Summary
We've brought in producer Bradley Gallo, who's the CCO of Amasia Entertainment. Helmed by the former president of Marvel Studios, Michael Helfant, Amasia has emerged as one of the top production companies in the industry today.
Bradley's recent film, Them That Follow, which he produced with Gerard Butler, is an official selection at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In addition, he's worked on successful films such as Mr. Right (starring Anna Kendrick & Sam Rockwell) and The Call (starring Halle Berry). Over the last decade in the industry Bradley has mastered best practices to get a key director and cast attached to your film and he's going to be sharing his tips exclusively with the Stage 32 community!
What You'll Learn
Hiring Your Director
- Understanding the reality of getting an “A-List” director. What it actually takes.
- 5 alternative avenues to finding your director
- How to utilize Film Festival selections to your benefit
- What to look for in your director
- Understanding the worth of these different levels of directors and what it means for your film
- What are fair and competitive director’s offers?
Casting Your Film
- Should you hire the director or the cast first?
- How should genre play into your casting decisions?
- What are intangibles to look out when casting?
- Casting A-listers and what this truly entails
- The #1 best resource you need when casting, which is often overlooked, and how much it will cost you.
- Untraditional places you can cast
- Tips to get higher value talent
- Understanding the worth of all of these different types of actors and what it means for your
- What are fair and competitive actor's offers?
Q&A with Bradley
Executive
Bradley Gallo is the Chief Creative Officer for Amasia Entertainment. Helmed by the former president and COO of Marvel Studios, Michael Helfant, Amasia has emerged as one of the top production companies in the industry today.
Bradley and Gerard Butler are the producers behind the 2019 Official Sundance Selection THEM THAT FOLLOW, which was acquired by SONY (see it on Variety here), as well as films like THE CALL (Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin), and (Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell).
Amasia Entertainment is a production, finance and management company based in Los Angeles. They're behind films like CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, FEAR, INC., THE ROAD WITHIN, THE CALL AND MR. RIGHT. Amasia is currently in pre-production on FATE, written by Gary Whittar (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, BOOK OF ELI).
Recently, Amasia opened up a bidding war for MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, with SONY picking up the project, which is now in development (see it on Deadline) and announced a new Television division led by industry veteran Tracy Mercer, formerly with Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment (See it on Deadline here). Amasia just acquired the rights to the sci-fi feature WORLD BREAKER and the pilot DOPPEL (see more here).