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Happy Monday, Creative Army! If you’ve ever dreamed of taking your film to the Croisette, shaking hands with global buyers, or simply navigating the incredible whirlwind that is the Cannes Film Festival and its Marché du Film, this is for you. I’m thrilled to announce that this upcoming Wednesday, April 1st, we’re hosting a completely FREE webinar with the Executive Director of the Marché du Film, Guillaume Esmiol, to help you prepare for Cannes—whether this is your first time attending or y...

Happy Sunday, Creative Army! I hope your weekend has been a creative one so far. Whether you have been writing, filming, editing, or sketching out the next spark of an idea, I have something today that will give you a boost. So grab your coffee, and let’s dive in. This week’s featured video comes from Thomas Flight- Why Some Movies Feel More Alive What I like about this piece is that it takes something most viewers barely notice and shows how important it really is to the experience of a f...

In a past life, as they say, I worked in the Olympic Movement. I will wait while you drift off and think of only the glamorous side of that, because yes, I was a Chief Press Officer at two Summer Games. But let me take you behind the scenes. There’s a popular expression, “It takes a village.” And people are also quick to whip out phrases like, “It takes teamwork to make the dream work.” But the fact of the matter is, there honestly was really only one person who was responsible for women’s fas...

Long title… I know. Should have gotten AI to do it. Lol. You've probably seen it by now. A 15-second AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise throwing punches on a rooftop, conjured by Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson using ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 tool. It looks polished. It looks cinematic. And it sent Hollywood into the kind of collective panic attack usually reserved for opening weekend box office disasters. Screenwriter Rhett Reese, co-writer of Deadpool & Wolverine an...

You've written a screenplay. You've polished it. You've maybe even gotten some positive feedback from friends, writing groups, online communities, or Stage 32's industry readers or execs. You feel good about what you've written and you're confident in your writing. Now what? Most writers face the same impossible catch-22: You need industry validation to get meetings, but you need meetings to get industry validation. Our contests at Stage 32 exist to break that cycle. And we do things fundame...

The New Gold Rush of Book Adaptations? Hollywood is going back to books and it's paying off. HAIL MARY, THE HOUSEMAID, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, VLADIMIR, PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION. The adaptations are coming fast and from every corner of the literary world. It would be easy to just assume studios are playing it safe, that they're leaning on proven IP, built-in fanbases, and the validation of an existing readership to reduce risk in an uncertain market. And there's truth in that. The numbers back...

I am proud to share an exciting milestone for the film industry in Mexico: CANACINE, the National Chamber of the Film Industry, has entered into a strategic partnership with Stage 32 to open up Stage 32’s certification program to Mexican filmmakers. This collaboration represents a powerful step forward, not only for Mexico’s creative community, but also for the global audiovisual industry looking toward Mexico as a premier destination for film and television production. Mexico: A World-Class...

If you've been paying attention to the conversation around prestige TV lately, you've heard about HEATED RIVALRY. The Canadian sports romance series, created, written, and directed by Jacob Tierney for Crave and streaming on HBO Max in the U.S., has taken the world by storm. Based on Rachel Reid's beloved Game Changers novel series, it follows two rival professional hockey players whose on-ice animosity conceals a passionate secret romance. It stars Hudson Williams, Connor Storrie, François Ar...

Happy Sunday, Creative Army! Let’s kick things off with a huge shoutout to everyone who has already jumped into this month’s Introduce Yourself Weekend. Thousands of creatives from around the world are connecting, sharing their stories, and building relationships that can lead to collaborations, opportunities, and lifelong friendships. If you haven’t made your introduction yet, you still have time. Head over to the Introduce Yourself Lounge before the weekend wraps. Be bold. Introduce yourse...

I've worked with a lot of big-name talent, developed movies from best-selling books from Stephen King to Ann Rule, and optioned and developed a few Opera Book Club picks, including Songs In Ordinary Time, Jewel (won the Humanitas Award), and Midwives. I have worked with and developed projects for Warner Brothers, Sony/Tri-Star/Columbia, Mark Harmon's Wings Productions, and more over the past 30 years of my career. Over the years, I have worked with hundreds of screenwriters in all stages of th...