SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 413 – Making Deadlock (2021) An Action Movie Starring Bruce Willis
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with returning guest Jared Cohn, the director and one of the writers of ‘Deadlock’ (2021), an Action movie starring Bruce Willis. They talk about writing a story based on a contained location and how a well known actor such as Bruce Willis became part of the cast.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with returning guest Jared Cohn.
Jared Cohn is the Director and one of the Writers of Deadlock (2021), an Action movie starring Bruce Willis. They talk about writing a story based on a contained location and how a well known actor such as Bruce Willis became part of the cast.
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Links mentioned in the show:
- Jared Cohn on IMDb
- Jared Cohn on Instagram
- Deadlock Trailer
- Deadlock on IMDb
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.