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"There's a lot of money and talent at the festival in Malta," Marty said enthusiastically. "Hopefully, we can get some traction..."

My producer friend then told me that she paid B $10,000 for product integration on one of her films and wound up with absolutely nothing.

When Marty picked up the phone, he sounded off, very, very off. His speech was slow and labored. He was slurring his words...

In most cases, Marty responds to me lightning fast, but this time days passed. In my gut, I knew something was wrong, really, really wrong.

While I worked on product integration proposals, Marty worked on trying to find an alternate way to get the script to Mrs. Johansson.

As the Screenwriter and Associate Producer, I was tasked with creating a pitch deck, literally overnight.

The head of a major Hollywood branding company assured Marty his company could quickly help us raise money through product placement.

I was still completely shocked and buzzing with excitement about the incredible partnership deal my film's producer, Steve Schklair...

The thrill from having THE ONLY WAY OUT at 20th Century Fox and Thunder Road was exhilarating...

Paramount loved the script, but passed because they had a "similar" female-driven project in development.

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

Marty had been desperately trying to get the script to Chloé Zhao and Kathryn Bigelow, but it just wasn't happening.

During our lunch in Malibu, Marty mentioned that he had a lead on Kate Hudson and was hoping to make contact with her about starring in the

decided to it would be best to meet with Marty Katz (TITANIC, REINDEER GAMES, MAN OF THE HOUSE) while flying solo.

I spent the kids' last day of school frantically packing and loading our Ford Expedition for our road trip to CA.

Amazon wasn't interested without a name actress/director attached, so we began discussing directors.

We agreed to start with Charlize Theron because, well, she's Charlize Theron and Marty had worked with her on the film, REINDEER GAMES.

But Stephanie's a miracle worker and one day she called and said she had a producer who was interested and said he'd read the script.