SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 438 – If Jumanji was a drinking game
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with actor and filmmaker Jim Mahoney, the Actor, Executive Producer, and Writer of the Comedy movie ‘Gatlopp’ (2022). Jim talks about what inspired him to write Gatlopp and he gives the great pitch by saying, it’s if Jumanji was a drinking game.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with actor and filmmaker Jim Mahoney.
He is the Actor, Executive Producer and Writer of the Comedy movie Gatlopp (2022). Jim Mahoney talks about what inspired him to write Gatlopp and he gives the great pitch by saying, it's if Jumanji was a drinking game.
Since Gatlopp mostly takes place in one location, our guest gives tips on how to keep a contained story like this interesting.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Jim Mahoney on IMDb
- Jim Mahoney on Twitter
- Jim Mahoney on Instagram
- Jim Mahoney website
- Gatlopp Trailer
- Gatlopp on IMDb
- Enter in The Six Figure Film and Screenplay 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.
