SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 444 – Making An Anthony Hopkins Movie Remotely With Rick Dugdale
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Director/Producer Rick Dugdale. He talks about his latest movie Zero Contact (2022), a Thriller starring Anthony Hopkins which was shot remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Director/Producer Rick Dugdale. He talks about his latest movie Zero Contact (2022), a Thriller starring Anthony Hopkins which was shot remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our guest, Rick Dugdale is the Director/Producer of Zero Contact.
Since Rick has produced many indie features, he also talks about how to make a compelling movie on a low budget.
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:
- Rick Dugdale on IMDb
- Rick Dugdale on Twitter
- Rick Dugdale website
- Zero Contact Trailer
- Zero Contact on IMDb
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"

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.