
After previously signing with Benderspink managers Scott Stoops and David Baggelaar, 2015 Launch Pad alum Rohit Kumar has now been signed by ICM Partners’ Andrew Murphy, Brandy Rivers, and Matt Baldovsky.
After previously signing with Benderspink managers Scott Stoops and David Baggelaar, 2015 Launch Pad alum Rohit Kumar has now been signed by ICM Partners’ Andrew Murphy, Brandy Rivers, and Matt Baldovsky.
Every year, a new Young & Hungry List is compiled from across the industry, proudly showcasing those writers most eager to stake their claim. Voted on by Hollywood’s most influential players, each list distinguishes a fresh slate of up-and-coming creatives preparing to take the next step in their careers. We’re pleased to present the 2016 Young & Hungry List.
Congratulations to Launch Pad Alum and former Launch Pad Competition Mentor Santa Sierra, who has boarded the writing staff of the acclaimed Netflix drama Narcos as the series heads into its second season!
Logline: Based on the life of Rosalind Franklin, the English chemist who made significant contributions to the discovery of DNA in the mid-20th century.
31 set up, 57 signed, 56 on year end “Best Of” lists, 9 staffed on hit television shows, 3 bidding wars… and that’s just in 18 months. Welcome to our Launch Pad Writers!
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Sierra was also featured on the 2013 Young & Hungry List.
The list could not exist without these outstanding industry professionals!
Logline: A group of high school students try to survive in their post apocalyptic hometown following a nuclear explosion.
A two week extension that will NOT raise the submission fees, but WILL give you two more weeks to get your project ready!
A closer look at the top agencies, management companies, and the individuals repping the writers of the 2013 Hit List!
The Walking Dead, Lost, The Good Wife, The Goldbergs, Fringe, Alcatraz, House, Revolution, Person of Interest, Almost Human, Mockingbird Lane, and the upcoming series Extant are just a few of the television shows our judges got off the ground… and that’s just our new executive bracket! From Bad Robot to Scott Free – WME to Gersh – Bad Hat Harry to Verve – our 25 judges are changing the face of television one pilot at a time.
We are very pleased to announce the Top 100 writers as voted on by top executives, producers, agents, managers and assistants!
A closer look at the top agencies, management companies, and the individuals repping the top 100 on-the-rise writers of 2013!
Ellis Rogers is a seemingly ordinary man who is about to embark on an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing. But when he is faced with a terminal illness, Ellis is willing to take an insane gamble. He’s secretly built a time machine in his garage, and if it works, he’ll face a utopian world that challenges his understanding of what it means to be human, what it takes to love, and what the cost of paradise really might be.
Logline: A humorless man comes home for his mother’s funeral and must rediscover his imagination with the help of his imaginary friend.
Logline: Pitched as “The Hunger Games” meets “District 9”
While investigating the disappearance of her best friend, a precocious little girl finds a trail of evidence that leads her to believe that her friend was abducted by aliens. Upon her discovery, she puts herself in danger of being abducted as well.
Industry executive shuffle of the last week.
Potential franchise heats up!
Logline: Hadley Bishop is the descendant of the most powerful and famous witch of all time, and as the most popular girl at Astor High, it appears as if she’s gotten all her best qualities. But when Hadley’s mother is kidnapped and killed by the same evil coven that betrayed her ancestors during the Salem Witch Trials, Hadley swears to get rid of the witches once and for all.
Logline: When kingpin Victor “God” Galante kidnaps the daughter of New York City’s toughest district attorney, his plan begins to unravel when two 70-year-old ex-mobsters believe they are on a mission from the actual God.
THE VOTES FOR THE BEST SPECS OF 2011 ARE IN. CLICK INSIDE TO SEE WHO TOOK THE TOP PRIZE OF 2011!
Logline: A cadet from the prestigious Skyship Academy goes on the run from his own govenment when he discovers a secret power in himself that could change the world.
Logline: A vampire must protect a group of humans he feeds from to stay alive from other vampires, and get the humans to a save haven in Bethlehem, PA.