2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition Semi-Finalist Sarah McChesney has been signed at Benderspink by managers Scott Stoops and David Baggelaar. Her Launch Pad script follows a young girl who’s invited into a secret society where her and her companions must solve the mystery of their scary town.
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Thanks to their compelling sci-fi script The Belt, Launch Pad semi-finalists Joel Dorland & Garrett Lander have been signed at Benderspink by managers Daniel Vang and Scott Stoops.
Glover and Lanum’s sci-fi epic Timestoppers has not only been a favorite amongst our judges, but has already generated a great deal of interest.
LPPC Top 25 finalist Ryan Stack has signed with Brooklyn Weaver of Energy Entertainment thanks to his supernatural horror pilot Beneath.
2015 LPPC scribe Gannon Kenney has signed with Brooklyn Weaver of Energy Entertainment. His political thriller Apalachee is a semi-finalist in the competition, centering on the fascinating and largely unexplored world of the United Nations.
2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition writer Rohit Kumar has been signed by Benderspink managers Scott Stoops and David Baggelaar. Kumar, who currently has his script Greyshore sitting in our Top 26 semi-finalists, also earned a spot in our honorable mentions this year with his script Unbecomers.
The first 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Writer has been signed! Ben Kawaller wrote the current Top 25 Semi-Finalist The Next Best Thing. His dark comedy tells the story a middle-aged gay man facing the fallout of his longest relationships when he chooses to start dating women for the first time since realizing he was gay.
The day is finally here and we are very proud to announce the Semi-Finalists scripts and writers for our 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition! See here for the complete list of semi-finalists and read more about their pilots!
We’ve extended the deadline for our Launch Pad Feature Competition. And with 20% off all of our exclusive power-ups, there’s never been a better time to submit than the last minute.
The day is finally here and we are very proud to announce the Top 50 scripts and writers for our 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition! See here for the complete list of quarter-finalists and read more about their pilots!
CAA, WME, UTA, APA, ICM, Paradigm, Gersh, Verve, Energy Entertainment, Circle of Confusion, Benderspink, Anonymous Content, Madhouse Entertainment, Kaplan/Perrone… sound familiar? They should. Not only are they the top agencies and management companies in Hollywood, but this year they’re also just a small group of those judging our 2015 Launch Pad Feature Competition.
With films like Horrible Bosses and The Hangover, and clients such as Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman, Divergent), David Robert Mitchell (It Follows), Christopher Roach (Non-Stop), and Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen Series) Benderspink adds a whole new dimension to the Launch Pad Competition. Are you ready?
With 66 writers signed in the last two years via the Launch Pad competition we’ve had an amazing run of talent begin their careers here. This year we’re proud to present Ian Shorr (Cristo, Capsule, Marble Hornets), Eric Koenig (Matriarch) and Launch Pad Alum Santa Sierra (Chico Grande, In Search of Our Father Sylvester Stallone) as our newest Launch Pad Mentors.
Join us and our friends from CAA, Paradigm, Gersh, Energy Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Circle of Confusion, Benderspink, Kaplan/Perrone, MXN, Artillery, Ridley Scott Films, Blumhouse, Wonderland Sound & Vision, Perfect Storm, Bad Hat Harry & dozens more for all of our exclusive panels, panelists, prizes and giveaways at Scriptfest 2015 this weekend May 30th – 31st in Burbank!
Congratulations to Trevor Mayes on signing with Eric Williams at Zero Gravity Management!
Another writer fully repped from the Launch Pad competitions!
Our first TB Recommmends of 2015!
Pathare is the 61st Launch Pad finalist to land representation!
Brown is the 60th Launch Pad finalist to find representation!
Goldstein is the 59th Launch Pad writer to find representation!
The top twelve standouts who deserve to have their names and work recognized.
Another Launch Pad writer has found representation!
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!
Who won the second annual features competition? Click to find out!
A 2014 LPPC Finalist reps up!
Congratulations, Greg!
Amit joins the ranks of writers to be signed from the Launch Pad Competitions!
RSG snags another of the Top 25!
The Top 10 feature scripts in contention to become the 2014 LPFC winner!
Your First Look at the Top 25 Scripts & Writers of the 2014 Launch Pad Features Competition!