Thursday, May 14, 2026

Another Stage 32 "opportunity"

So, I got this email in my inbox.

It's  one of the hundreds of emails I get from Stage 32 each week since I first pitched with them about a year ago.

It's asking me to submit to the Stage 32 x Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Contained Genre Screenwriting Contest.

 Now, I am not gonig to submit to it.

Why?

1.) At this point, I am thoroughly convinced that Stage 32 is a huge scam (like the Tracking Board before it) and they have no real intention (or way) of getting my script made, getting it into the hands of someone who can make it or getting me representation of any kind.

In all reality, I think all the "success stories" they share at the bottom of this content are wholly B.S. Made up names, made up scripts, possibly even made up agents and agencies.

2.)   If you look at the movies this "Witchcraft Motion Picture Company" has made... it is all "thrillers" or "grounded horror" (which can mean a number of things, depending on who is using that buzz word... here I think it means that the horror of the screenplay could actually happen... meaning no supernatural or otherworldly horror).

The only movie I see that they've had a hand in that is supernatural is the (IMHO) atrocious Night Swim.

I think my $50 (and hundreds more if I opted for all their other B.S., like coverage (which I'm sure would be scathing) and the chance to resubmit... I'm sure after buying even more of their overpriced services, like "script doctor" services to make sure that my script is up to snuff... which, how much do you want to bet, they would reject it again anyhow...) can be better spent elsewhere.  

 

 

 

  

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