http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager.jpg The Weekly blog of Hollywood Manager Rachel Miller who specializes in discovering and nurturing creative talent. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:56:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Time's running out!  Don't delay another second. RSVP NOW: http://ah-feb10.eventbee.com "Makin' It!" - A Special Awards Season Panel Wednesday, March 3, 2010 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Maggiano's Little Italy 3rd & Fairfax (189 The Grove Drive) Hollywood, CA 90036 RSVP NOW: http://ah-feb10.eventbee.com Join us in welcoming: Romell Foster-Owens, Award winning Producer-Director (Moderator) Millicent Shelton, Award winning Director Forrest Murray, Award winning ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2010/03/01/makin-it-a-special-awards-season-panel-on-e-scensioncom/ Yesterday we threw a "Tom Sawyer Entertainment is 4" birthday party at our favorite local bar. We have survived one strike, one defacto strike and a recession, so it seemed like a great reason to celebrate. And as I sat in a packed bar surrounded by all our clients, friends, former ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2010/02/19/tom-sawyer-entertainment-4-years-older-and-somewhat-wiser/ I have been hearing some passes that, if they weren't true, would be really funny.  Here are some: (Responding to a script similar to the Oscar-winning movie BEING THERE) "I don't know if we would have made BEING THERE." "It's going to be so successful and we don't really know how to ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2010/02/11/off-the-wall-responses-from-movie-and-television-executives-and-how-to-deal-with-them/ I just got back from my first trip to Sundance, where we premiered our movie HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE in dramatic competition. What an amazing experience!  To get a standing ovation on your first movie is pretty incredible. And all six screenings were sold out! After an exhausting five days, here is what I ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2010/02/01/popping-my-sundance-film-festival-cherry-and-what-i-learned-from-it/ Now I know many of you reading the subject line of this blog will think I am crazy. Yet if you stop to think, both of these huge successes are based on well-known stories. *    Twilight is the story of Romeo and Juliet *     Avatar is the classic conqueror vs. natives story.... ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2010/01/08/what-the-movies-avatar-and-twilight-have-in-common-it-is-more-than-you-think/ As the entertainment business wraps up for the holidays, many people are asking what's next in 2010 in entertainment? Here's my prediction: Interactive is where entertainment is going.  Audiences want to be connected to the story -- from beginning to end. They don't want to just be told what the story is ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2009/12/18/whats-next-in-2010-one-managers-prediction/ Since the dawn of the movie business, less established producers have teamed up with more established ones to help set up projects. However, as budgets shrink and studios strong arm producers, directors and talent into smaller and smaller deals, it is imperative that, if you are teaming up with a ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2009/12/14/what-you-need-to-know-upfront-when-you-join-forces-with-a-big-producer/ Sometimes it takes out of the box thinking to get the results you want. Here are two great examples of people who tried something different and got exactly what they wanted: TJ Miller, an LA-based comedian (CLOVERFIELD, "Carpoolers") shot the below video after two unsuccessful auditions for the Warner Bros' YOGI BEAR ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2009/12/07/two-out-of-the-box-ideas-produced-huge-results-for-an-actor-and-a-director/ I was just in an interesting situation that reminded me why this business needs a reboot or will fail.  We sold to a network an animated tv idea that "had the potential to be the next Simpsons" (the network's quote). Excitement! Bubbly champagne! Celebration! Now here is what actually happened: We sold ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2009/11/24/why-the-entertainment-business-needs-a-reboot/ As the studio system shrinks and the studios have less and less money for film production  -- Sony stopped buying in October -- more and more people are going outside the studio system to find investors and they are having success with this strategy! For example, I just read a great ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/themanager/2009/11/17/finding-film-production-money-outside-the-studio-system/