dw at 2013-01-24 22:58:34:
Thanks a lot to Adam and Scott for this series. You mentioned three spec script sales, Scott, but only got into "Prisoners" and "Safe House". Is the third for tomorrow?
Joan Adamaitis Agerholm at 2013-01-25 05:02:18:
Dear Adam, That was a very interesting interview. Thank you. Scott has suggested that we ask our follow-up questions here. I appreciate your taking the time to consider them. I'm an American writer who lives in Moscow, Russia. Communication with Scott, Tom, and SMC is done through their SMC website, email, and through Skype. How do you work with writers who don't happen to live in Hollywood? How often per year do you require your writers to come to Hollywood in person for meetings? For approximately how long at a time? When you present a script for sale, is the "international component" something that is important to the buyers now? With the sharp increase in BRICS box office revenues (eg. SKYFALL opened in Moscow a full 10 days before the USA opening. I believe the film was profitable before it hit the USA), do you look for scripts/writers who create scripts where the characters are truly from that culture, and that international audiences will connect with? (That's an issue with China right now, and they're starting to talk about it here in Russia). In the interview you discussed several Action and Action-Thriller projects. Do you and your team also work with writers producing Comedies? Thank you, Adam. (And I'm sure that many other GITS readers have these same outside-of-California questions!). John Agerholm Moscow, Russia