Screenwriting : What Streamers are Buying by Richard "RB" Botto

Richard "RB" Botto Maybe time to have Netflix Exec Chris Mack on another pitching Netflix webinar. Or is one already planned?

Thanks Richard "RB" Botto for always keeping us in the loop. I'm prepping for Q's 3 & 4, getting in my hour a day making connections, perfecting my pitch, script and deck. And being of service to others, even if it's an encouraging gesture. When the call comes, I will be READY! Thanks for all you do! I Love it here!

Actually discussed that on the call and next steps in our partnership with Netflix, but the details in all 5 of those workshops remain the same as it relates to TV. As for features, it's all about the right material and if it can be packaged or bring producing power, even better.

Good to hear, Richard "RB" Botto! If Stage 32 partners with Netflix, does that mean writers on here could potentially get their material packaged and shown to these streamers one day?

In your conversations with Netflix, did the subject of MGA's come up? In other words, what are the offers looking like for features?

Thanks for sharing, Richard "RB" Botto. I'm a feature guy, but I'm getting more into TV. This info helps.

Thank you for the information, RB.

Hello, RB, and thank you for the warm invitation. I look forward to seeing what Stage 32 has to offer for upcoming screenwriters such as myself. It's a pleasure. :)

Angela Lawrence I hope others here follow your lead. That's one lethal combination that embraces the long game and will win you pretty much every day.

Dustin Richardson educational partners. But we do, of course, work with prod co's who sell to Netflix. Package away.

M LaVoie project/package specific as always.

Good time to be a "feature guy" Maurice Vaughan

For sure, L. Tom Deaver. Lifting each other up, that's what it's all about.

As we like to say around here, Daniel Reed-Tracy, you get out what you put in. You have over 1 million film and television creatives and professionals around the world to network with here - not to mention 13 years of resources to explore. Be active, treat networking like part of your job and I have no doubt you'll reap the rewards. Great to have you in the community!

Thanks Richard "RB" Botto Just finishing my pitch deck and show reel. Watching several "How To Pitch Netflix" and close to the process. I will post here soon with the how to pitch to win the execs over! Vroom

That's what I want to hear, Pat Savage

And for those of you who think it's ONLY projects that have attachments or are based on IP, here's a sale to Netflix announced today off a PITCH, non IP

https://deadline.com/2024/04/andrew-sodroski-42-sell-law-school-thriller...

Stay off broad based social media and the broad brush bullshit and read the trades :))

Richard "RB" Botto I read the trades everyday .I have learned sooo much here on our beloved Stage32 platform and grateful for yours and lots of contributing creatives success stories and lessons too. One day soon I'll be a Stage32 success story an be able to coach others. Good night from the Isle Of Wight!

That was for all the contributors and lurkers, Pat Savage. I know you stay up on the industry news. And, of this, I have no doubt. Have a great night.

Your team does a sterling job, Richard! I have become a pitachaholic! I am now in my 30ies (as in pitches on years old) and ever hopeful. Grateful to have your brainchild at my fingertips! Congrats on such a booming business and a screenwriters/authors/budding somebody's best friend!

On behalf of the entire team, thank you, Jill Wallace. Means a great deal. 13 years into this, I can tell you that it's the community that makes the entire thing spin. So glad to have you and your positive energy here and wishing you nothing but the best with the pitches. Good on you for controlling what you can and getting after it.

Thanks Richard "RB" Botto, I'm learning from the Best! So Grateful for this platform.

Grateful to have you here, Angela Lawrence

Thank you! Richard "RB" Botto

Richard "RB" Botto "Project / Package specific". Yeah, that's a given. The key question is, are they capping offers of 5 or 6 figures for a movie that costs 7 or 8.

Richard "RB" Botto thanks for sharing the news about the Netflix acquisition. It gives us all hope and just goes to show that if the material is right, it will find a buyer.

Hi Richard, I have a question, on script services under first 10 page review and choose your genre and executive. Is that free or is there a fee?

God, I hope so! :)

WGA strike ended Sept 2023. Did the execs say why business is slow for 6+ months?

This is what I love about Stage 32, Richard "RB" Botto. There's someone watching out for us. This is certainly good news to hear being a feature guy. Side note: in my time here, I've been able to figure out that being a "feature guy" is where I feel most at home.

M LaVoie 5 figures? Not sure where you're getting that. If anything, they overpay to price out those with a theatrical model. One time, high end buyout.

Geoff Hall in many ways, same as it ever was.

Pretty well documented, Dan MaxXx. Always slows down into the holiday season, doubly so coming out of 2 strikes and an industry wide work stoppage. Also usually slow heading out of the holidays with Sundance and Berlinale back to back. Throw in uncertainty with business models, M&A action and a variety of other factors. Everyone knew it would be a slow ramp up and that those who had a clear understanding of their business model and their balance sheet would be the first back to the table. That has been exactly the case.

Thanks Leonardo Ramirez. Much appreciated. And if you were reading the trades yesterday, you would have seen 1 more feature deal and one more that will likely close this weekend.

That's great, Richard "RB" Botto. I do get a curated email from all the trades in my inbox every day so I'll have to go back and check that out.

There was no work from May to Sept 2023 from strikes. So you're saying employers went about as normal taking extended holidays from nov to Jan 2024 & 2 months for festivals? Wga & sag leaders, west & east coast, didnt expect this freezeout

The industry contraction on the TV side started in 2020, in part with Covid and in part due to market forces. These things are cyclical of course, but we haven’t seen a rebound to pre-2020 levels and things will not go back to that same industry structure. The industry is changing, as it always does. Globalization has been happening across all sectors of the economy for 30 years, and in the industry for at least 10. International expansion isn’t new - I was moving my company’s focus in that direction starting in 2018, and it accounts in no small part for the success of Stage 32 because R. B. saw the same economic trends coming. New technologies like AVOD and FAST are getting ready to replace some of the distribution models of SVOD, whose business model was never going to be infinitely sustainable- there are only so many subscribers in America. Most of the contraction we’ve been seeing has been gradually happening for several years, Covid accelerated it and the strikes obviously didn’t help, but the driving forces are much larger.

Which means we should be writing for a global audience, Anna Marton Henry!

What freezeout? Everyone knew contraction was already happening Dan MaxXx. Everyone. Including WGA and SAG leaders. And yes, many did take (extended) vacations, more moved out of the state recognizing that global is where its at. And yes, Sundance and Berlinale were more highly attended this year than last and Cannes is pacing ahead as well.

Anna Marton Henry for the win, as per. Spot on, Anna.

Also spot on Leonardo Ramirez and looking for international opportunities which are growing by the day.

Thank you for this update.

Most welcome, Asmaa Jamil