John Cooney: In Portland, Oregon.

GENRE: Thriller
LOGLINE:

When a burned-out FBI undercover agent infiltrates an art theft operation, he encounters a charismatic war hero who is on the verge of finding - and stealing - the world's most famous missing paintings.

Tasha Lewis

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Matthew Parvin

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Marcos Fizzotti

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Outlining Your TV Pilot

Hi Everyone,

I have an exciting lab coming up called: Outlining Your TV Pilot with Liz Dickler.

It begins this Sunday 4/24/22 at 9am PT.

World-class Stage 32 Educator Liz Dickler is here to show you how to write a killer outline. Liz is an industry veteran who was the former VP of Lionsgate Television...

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John Cooney

This is a link to an article in The Atlantic; it made me think of Katie's series idea.:

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/05/arthur-kahn-german-je......

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Thank you, John, very much, for posting this. Mattie Kahn's article was beautiful and arresting. Yes, this is the story.

Sarah Teres

Hi! This is the "lounge", yes? Cool. I wasn't sure. Here is my email, I am totally open to keeping in touch out of class as well: seteres@serqetproductions.com

John Cooney

Hi Tasha - I wanted to thank you for taking the time to read and rate my logline for A Kind of Guilt. I appreciate it! Congratulations on your creative successes and best wishes for your current and future projects.

John

Tasha Lewis

Your welcome John. Happy to be of assistance! I’m in the filming stage of my projects and working on my checklist. See my Stage 32 Wall. Wishing you nothing but the best and much success!

Have a wonderful week!

Tasha

GENRE: Sci-fi, Action
LOGLINE:

When an ex-cop is released from prison to help a humanoid Investigator stop an imminent terrorist attack, he secretly pursues a hidden agenda - revenge.

Nate Rymer

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Tasha Lewis

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Maurice Vaughan

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HOLE IN THE SKY
GENRE: Sci-fi, Action
LOGLINE:

When a troubled US special forces veteran is recruited to hunt down a dangerous Russian military prison escapee, he soon learns the fugitive is an alien in human form who is looking for him as well.

John Cooney

Thank you - I wrote a pitch document for a pilot I wrote based on the same idea. I would be happy to send it to you and would be interested in any feedback you might have, but am not sure how to do that on Stage 32. If you know how that can be done, please let me know.

Tasha Lewis

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Seth Nelson

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Andy Redfern

Hey John. I didn't realise you had posted the script here. I'm currently half way through it but i'll let you know when I'm done. Really liking it so far! Wolf kinda reminds of the Terminator!

John Cooney

HI and thanks for reading! Any suggestions for improvement would be welcome:)

HOLE IN THE SKY "PILOT"
GENRE: Sci-fi, Action
LOGLINE:

A relentless Russian security officer tracks a dangerous fugitive - an alien in human form - to Los Angeles, where she finds an unlikely ally in a troubled US Special Forces veteran.

Nate Rymer

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Andy Redfern

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GENRE: Sports, Crime
LOGLINE: When his sister defaults on her gambling debts, a star baseball player must choose between letting his team down in the World Series or losing the only family he has left.
Nate Rymer

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GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE:

When a middle-aged rock star is compelled by court order to mentor aspiring musicians, she meets a hero-worshiping fan who soon gets too close for comfort.

Andy Redfern

I like this idea of an obsessive fan/groupie and a presumably a deeply flawed rockstar. I feel this could also work as a thriller!

John Cooney

Thank you! I wrote this as a short with a very specific idea in mind. I'm not sure the logline captures that idea very well, but it's the best I've come up with thus far:)

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Alex Troxler

This logline is damn near perfect!

John Cooney

Thank you, Alex! I appreciate that:)

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi John. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Like m...

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Amanda Toney

Hello John -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won...

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