SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 501 – Deep Into Writing a Remake ‘The Dive’ with Maximilian Erlenwein
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with German Filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein about how being a deep sea diver helped him write ‘The Dive’ and how he made this remake different from the original story.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with German Filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein.
They talk about the Drama/Thriller The Dive (2023), a movie Maximilian Erlenwein is the Writer/Director of which was a remake of the Swedish film Breaking Surface (2020) from Joachim Hedén.
Other topics include how being a deep sea diver helped Maximilian write The Dive and how he made this remake different from the original story.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode. Links mentioned in the show:
- Maximilian Erlenwein on IMDb
- The Dive Trailer
- The Dive on IMDb
- Tickets For The Six Figure Film Festival here.
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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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.
