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Amy Giaquinto
Sep 19, 20246 min read
Part 22: THE ONLY WAY OUT, Civil Air Patrol, and The Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta
"There's a lot of money and talent at the festival in Malta," Marty said enthusiastically. "Hopefully, we can get some traction..."
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Amy Giaquinto
Jul 11, 202410 min read
Part 15: THE ONLY WAY OUT's Exciting Financing Deal...
I was still completely shocked and buzzing with excitement about the incredible partnership deal my film's producer, Steve Schklair...
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Amy Giaquinto
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Part 12: A Goldilocks Problem, Skydance, Paramount and Thunder Road
Paramount loved the script, but passed because they had a "similar" female-driven project in development.
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Amy Giaquinto
Jun 1, 20245 min read
Part 11: Paramount, Netflix, Thunder Road, and Skydance
What in the world was I going to do if Netflix or Paramount optioned the script and gave us a deal? I was going to explode, that's what. Ser
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Amy Giaquinto
May 23, 20246 min read
Part 10: Attaching a Director
Marty had been desperately trying to get the script to Chloé Zhao and Kathryn Bigelow, but it just wasn't happening.
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Amy Giaquinto
May 1, 20246 min read
Part 8: Lunch in Malibu with Legendary Hollywood Film Producer Marty Katz
decided to it would be best to meet with Marty Katz (TITANIC, REINDEER GAMES, MAN OF THE HOUSE) while flying solo.
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Amy Giaquinto
Apr 19, 20245 min read
Part 6: Hilary Swank and Gia Skova
Amazon wasn't interested without a name actress/director attached, so we began discussing directors.
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Amy Giaquinto
Feb 7, 202412 min read
Risk Taking with The Outset: It Can't Hurt...
The first actress I researched was Scarlett Johansson because she's an incredible actress and she recently launched The Outset...
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