Navigating the Hollywood Maze: Practical Advice from Film Sales Expert Matthew Ozuna from Arclight Films
Matthew Ozuna is a part of the Development and Acquisitions team at Arclight Films, a foreign sales/production company that has sold, produced, and co-financed numerous films over the last 25 years. Matthew has also previously worked with several other foreign sales companies who look for projects that appeal to foreign distributors. He shares his insights […]
Logical Talent Management’s Allen Eckhouse on the Evolving Landscape of Entertainment
Allen Eckhouse is the General Manager of Logical Talent Management. A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Allen has worked on the live production of four AFI Life Achievement Award ceremonies, two Emmy Awards telecasts, and the 2009 Oscars. During his time at Creative Artists Agency, he helped manage the […]
Why Horror Franchises Refuse to Die — And What Screenwriters Can Learn From The Good Ones
There’s something about horror that keeps audiences coming back. Despite the shuddering, jolting, and covering your eyes, no other film genre has so successfully generated sprawling universes, decade-spanning timelines, and iconic characters such as Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Ghostface who just won’t stay dead – for long. Whether it’s masked killers, demonic dolls, or death […]
Jaws: A Timeless Classic That Redefined the Blockbuster Experience Turns 50
Released on June 20 1975, Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, is often credited with the birth of the modern blockbuster. Fifty years later, its legacy still inspires filmmakers and audiences across the globe. The origins of Jaws begin in Peter Benchley’s novel, published in 1974. Benchley, inspired by a series of shark attacks along the […]
How Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Led to A Warner Bros Deal
In an industry where screenwriters are often treated as disposable cogs in the filmmaking wheel—hired to execute someone else’s vision, rewrite drafts they no longer control, or watch their work be filtered or redirected through a web of studios and producers—ownership of the work writers create is a revolutionary concept in Hollywood. This is in […]
