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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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Sep 19, 20246 min read
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Part 21: THE ONLY WAY OUT, "You've Got to Know When to Walk Away..."
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.
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Sep 4, 20244 min read
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Part 20: THE ONLY WAY OUT, The Grim Reaper, La Sportiva, and Elbow Grease
When Marty picked up the phone, he sounded off, very, very off. His speech was slow and labored. He was slurring his words...
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Aug 25, 20246 min read
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Part 19: THE ONLY WAY OUT, Martinis in the Mountains?
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.
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Aug 15, 20249 min read
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Part 18: Sara Blakely and Finding a Path to Scarlett Johansson
While I worked on product integration proposals, Marty worked on trying to find an alternate way to get the script to Mrs. Johansson.
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Aug 8, 20247 min read
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Part 17: THE ONLY WAY OUT Creating a Pitch Deck for Product Placement and Landing Scarlett Johansson
As the Screenwriter and Associate Producer, I was tasked with creating a pitch deck, literally overnight.
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Aug 1, 20249 min read
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Part 16: THE ONLY WAY OUT's New Beginning and a Promotion
The head of a major Hollywood branding company assured Marty his company could quickly help us raise money through product placement.
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Jul 23, 20246 min read
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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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Jul 11, 202410 min read
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Part 14: THE ONLY WAY OUT, Steve's Great News, and Money, Money, Money!
In November of 2022, three years after I had completed the script for THE ONLY WAY OUT, 2 years since it had finished as a semifinalist...
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Jun 30, 20243 min read
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Part 13: Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, Thunder Road's Asbury Park, and Incredible News
The thrill from having THE ONLY WAY OUT at 20th Century Fox and Thunder Road was exhilarating...
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Jun 20, 20244 min read
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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.
Amy Giaquinto
Jun 9, 20244 min read
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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
Amy Giaquinto
Jun 1, 20245 min read
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Part 9: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Jlo, and Maggie Gyllenhaal
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
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May 10, 20243 min read
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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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May 1, 20246 min read
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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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Apr 19, 20245 min read
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Part 3: Landing an Amazing Producer
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.
Amy Giaquinto
Mar 18, 20243 min read
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