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Webinar today! How To Sell Your Series To A Streamer Or Network In Today's Market

Stage 32 is excited to welcome Jeff Nemon, a TV executive and producer who has successfully sold over fifty shows to all of the major streamers and networks!

In this information-packed webinar, you'll learn about the specific criteria each network and streaming platform are seeking, the type of proje...

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Katzi Roman

The ones I took note of that he mentioned (from novice writers) were: Severance, Outer Range, and Teenage Bounty Hunters

Ray The...

Thank you.

I also had the following:

Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) as relatively newcomers;

Big Door Prize based on book IP but screenwriter was a novice;

Katzi Roman

Thank you! I'll add those to my notes too

Protecting Intellectual Property

I'm sure this has been addressed somewhere, but how does a screenwriter protect their IP?

I have never submitted any of my work to contests or to Readers and Executives on this platform because I wanted to make sure it was protected. I have heard that managers and executives don't even want to see a...

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Mike Boas

To clarify, the LOC is predominantly for published works. For example, publishers send their books to be cataloged.

Michael Savage Aka Sirtony Member Of Marquis Who's Who In America

Imagine you will Not Send a SPECULATION Script to anyone.. Yes .. if they are real and Honest ..they will LEGALLY Buy a Published Copy that you have printed that CREATES a LEGAL Paper Trail.. so EVERY...

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CJ Walley

Registering a claim with the LoC means you will be entitled to statutory compensation if you sue and win in the future. That's a big deal to lawyers as it means there's a worthwhile payday in a clear-...

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Frank Hauser
Decisions

You've got a fun story to tell. It could be a fun movie. Or it could be a fun TV show.

How do you decide?

Marcel Nault Jr.

It depends on the plot, the characters and their arc. That's my take on it. If the character arc is simple enough and trimmed enough for a worldwide audience, then it's a movie. However, if your chara...

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Marcel Nault Jr.

To Dan's point, maybe even a short film. Have you thought about that?

Ewan Dunbar

Map out the story to see how it plays. Sometimes when people consider making a movie treatment into a tv series, mapping it out as a show is a good way to see if the concept has enough going for it to sustain a whole season of tv. If it doesn’t, see how it can be told as a movie.

Ray The...

I'd love to hear more about your Madonna project. Did you eventually raise more funds? Also, how were you able to hire the actors?

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Ray. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Amanda Toney

Hello Ray -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won'...

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