Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest
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Action and Thriller feature films continue to dominate the Global Box Office! Thanks to classic franchises such as the TERMINATOR franchise, the JAMES BOND franchise, and the BOURNE franchise, as well as new hits like DEADPOOL, TAKEN, JOHN WICK, and most recently THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, the world is looking forward to more Action, Adventure, and thrills!
TERMINATOR and AVATAR Director James Cameron says, “Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. Don't put limitations on yourself.”
At Stage 32 our entire mission is to help you bring your imagination to life with opportunities you can’t find anywhere else! We recognize that producers, studios, actors, streamers and audiences are clamouring for Action-Thrillers. So we’re going to bring your best Action/Thriller scripts right to them!
Nowhere else do you find top judges and mentors like you do on Stage 32. The Grand Prize Winner will meet with an incredible panel of judges from companies that have produced some of the biggest Action-Thriller films in recent memory, including HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD, WONDER WOMAN 1984, SKYSCRAPER with Dwayne Johnson, FREE GUY with Ryan Reynolds, JASON BOURNE, BRAVEHEART, HACKSAW RIDGE, THE WALKING DEAD, LOCKED DOWN with Anne Hathaway, and brand new films NO TIME TO DIE and THE TOMORROW WAR with Chris Pratt!
If you write Action, Adventure, or Thrillers this contest could launch your career! If you write Action/Comedy, Action/Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure, Family Adventure, Gritty Thrillers, Heist & Crime Thrillers, or any other sub-genre, this is the competition you have been waiting for!
Now - exclusively through Stage 32 - you have the opportunity to meet industry professionals from these prolific companies who will have read your script!
Benefits
The Grand Prize winner will be flown to Hollywood to meet with executives from:
MGM (NO TIME TO DIE, TOMB RAIDER, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD)
Millennium Films (THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARDS WIFE)
Lit Entertainment (THE TOMORROW WAR, FREE GUY)
Circle of Confusion (THE WALKING DEAD)
Captivate Entertainment (JASON BOURNE)
AGC Studios (LOCKED DOWN, MIDWAY)
Aaron Sims Creative (WONDER WOMAN 1984, SKYSCRAPER, MEN IN BLACK)
Underground Management
Icon Productions (HACKSAW RIDGE, BRAVEHEART)
Intrinsic Value Films (THE ALPHABET KILLER)
Compound B (DEBT COLLECTORS)
CK Artists Management
ALL FINALISTS will be in a Stage 32 Look Book which includes their script title, logline & bio mailed to over 500 industry executives including, managers, agents, producers, development executives, and financiers! Stage 32 Look Books are respected throughout the industry and have helped secure dozens meetings and which have led to writer success with companies like Verve, Good Fear, 3 Arts, APA, Echo Lake, Amazon, UTA, CAA, WME, First Friday, Pathfinder, The Cartel, Black Bear Pictures, Lit Entertainment and many, many more.
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ENTRANT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Void where prohibited by law.
This Stage 32 Contest is an international contest. Must be 18 years or older to submit.
Entrant agrees to Stage32.com terms and conditions.
This Stage 32 Contest is not a game of chance. All material is read and reviewed by industry professionals.
All quarterfinalists, semi-finalists, finalists and winners are subjectively determined by our judges.
There is no limit to the number of screenplays an Entrant can enter. The same screenplay cannot be submitted multiple times under different names. If so, you will be disqualified.
Entrant must not be an immediate family member or friend of any of the judges or their respective companies.
Entrants must submit screenplays and payment online.
Entrants must upload their submission within 72 hours of entry purchase.
Entry fees will not be returned or adjusted.
No waivers are available for this contest.
SCREENPLAY TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Screenplays should be written in English and in standard industry format.
The rights to the Entrant’s screenplay should not have been previously optioned or sold.
The Entrant retains the rights to his or her screenplay at all times.
Entrant’s screenplay must not have been produced.
The screenplay can be submitted with or without a title page and/or contact information.
After a screenplay is entered, no new drafts or corrected pages can be made by the Entrant. No exceptions.
Screenplay must be submitted as a PDF document.
Screenplay must be the original work of the Entrant and may not be based whole or in part on any fictional or non-fictional material, published or unpublished, produced or unproduced for which the Entrant does not have rights. Neither Stage 32 nor its judges investigates or attests to the authenticity of an applicant’s statement of authorship or rights secured. By entering the competition, you are acknowledging that you have secured all necessary rights.