by Jim Cirile Alright, enough time has passed. We need to talk about EL CAMINO. It wasn’t very good. SPOILERS TO FOLLOW… And we’re not even talking about Jesse Plemons’ inexplicably obese return as Todd Alquist. Heck, if he was female, they would have made it contractual that he was a certain weight….
Watch our first animated spot right now on Vimeo. As many of you know, last year we released our first feature film called TO YOUR LAST DEATH (and you can watch it right now on Prime, Vudu, iTunes and Tubi.) A bloody, twisted, animated horror film in the style of Archer and Metalocalypse, TYLD…
What makes a Get Repped Now “consider”? What the hell is a “consider”, anyway? Why is it so rare? How is it different from a “strong consider” or “recommend”? And why is it that a script which may have gotten a “consider” elsewhere, or even possibly from CI in the past, only scores a “pass”…
Fellow scribes, In a rather surprising turn of events, so far we’ve only seen TWO considers out of the 140-plus scripts we’ve evaluated so far during Get Repped Now 2021. Of course, we expect that number to rise as we get resubmissions from all the near-misses (almost 30 of them) we’ve read so far. So…
Tips for Get Repped Now (and in General) from CI Management by Anna Siri Poor writers. Everyone always tells you to be original, to stand out. At the same time, we know that the industry is totally risk-averse and there’s a reason we’ve all been watching LAW & ORDER for multiple decades, and you’re told…
“ADAPT OR DIE” Changes Indie Films Have Made to Survive Pro Insight for The Wrap by Coverage, Ink founder Jim Cirile Reprinted with permission from The Wrap “Many independent distributors are struggling and taking on less content,” XYZ Films co-founder Aram Tertzakian says Ah, the good old days. Make an indie genre film,…
Getting ready to submit your script or pilot to Get Repped Now and the contests? Not so fast! Check out these crucial pointers first. By Jim Cirile . 1) Spell-check and Proofread Yeah, I know, obvious, right? But it must be said: before submitting anything to anyone: Please run a spell-check. I mean, seriously, guys….
A photo of the typical screenplay coverage reader Hey, everyone, Thomas David Kehoe just posted a great article on the problems with many coverage companies (as well as with some writers.) It’s an eye-opening read, crystallizing what we’ve long suspected about how these things work. And he even quoted CI founder Jim Cirile in the…
. 19 years ago today I founded Coverage, Ink. It was just me with three other readers; now we have 32. Back then, we were one of three coverage companies (now there’s like 738,) and we were the lowest priced. We grew quickly, probably because of the prices as well as my column in…
Season’s Greetings, Fellow Scribes! 2020 is about to come to an end. And let’s face it, not a moment too soon. It’s been a rough and stressful year. But with a new year comes a fresh start. Contest and pilot seasons begin again. Development budgets and discretionary funds replenish. And most importantly, especially after the…