Where are we in the process? What have we learned? The answer to the first question: we are deluged. Hundreds of script submissions are still waiting to be covered. If you haven’t gotten your analysis yet (and that’s most of you), rest assured, we’re on it. We’ll be reading through the summer. Once every screenplay and pilot…
With Any Coverage for a Screenplay Centering Around a Holiday Yes, any holiday that takes place at any time during the year. From January to December. From Diwali to Ramadan. From Talk Like a Pirate Day to Festivus. If your script centers around a holiday–or, at the very least, a holiday plays a…
“Fealty” Screenwriter Joe Marino Caught the Eye of Schemers Entertainment We’re delighted to report that Joe Marino has signed with managers Gavin and David Binns from Schemers Entertainment as part of our Get Repped Now promotion. Marino’s Southern Gothic horror/thriller screenplay FEALTY was an intense, slow-burn page-turner, The script received a “consider” for both…
Our Valentine’s Day Sale runs from 2/14 through 2/19. Use code: Valentine Get Repped Now! returns next month. Here is your chance to polish those scripts! From now through Sunday, save 15% on any screenplay or pilot analysis at coverageink.com. Get those scripts ready to rock and hit the ground running for Get…
Writer, producer, CI story analyst, and former manager/development executive Mike Kuciak talks about the importance of the first 10 pages to grab a reader’s attention. By Mike Kuciak The first ten are the most important in the screenplay, because in the bare-knuckle real world of the film industry those pages often determine if…
David L. Williams’ script thoughtful sci-fi drama INTERGALACTIC was one of our Get Repped Now considers for 2021. He wound up getting signed by managers Gramercy Park and lit agents Verve, and now big things are happening for him. CI founder Jim Cirile caught up with David to see how it all came together for…
By Jim Cirile In the 20 years I’ve been running CI, not to mention over a decade writing about the biz, interviewing producers, agents and managers for The Wrap as well as the late, great Script and Creative Screenwriting magazines, well, you pick up a few things. And so as we dive in to…
Announcing the Get Repped Now 2022 industry panel! 15 reps from 13 top companies, all searching for the next great screenwriting voice. Last time out we helped three of our considers land representation. So get those screenplays and pilots ready to rock. Get Repped Now launches April 4th.
Last year’s GET REPPED NOW saw us read over 600 pilot and feature scripts, and 13 were awarded the coveted “consider” for script (around top 4%.) While many of those scripts got the writers meetings with our reps, alas, it doesn’t always work out, for various reasons. The most common: the rep has recently seen,…
We couldn’t be more excited about this. Last time out, two of our considers got SIGNED, and a third is still in play. We’ll be making an official announcement about this as soon as we can. If your script didn’t score a consider last time out, don’t despair. Everyone’s gonna have another bite at the…