SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 522 – Writing an Action Thriller Starring Milla Jovovich with Doug Simon
Doug Simon talks about writing his latest Action/Thriller movie ‘Breathe’ (2024), and how he wrote while keeping a limited location, end of the world story in mind.
In this episode, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer Doug Simon.
Our guest, Doug Simon talks about writing his latest Action/Thriller movie Breathe (2024) starring Milla Jovovich. Milla Jovovich is well known for movies such as The Fifth Element (1997) and Resident Evil (2002).
Doug Simon goes into detail about how he wrote while keeping a limited location, end of the world story in mind. Doug is also the screenwriter of Demonic (2015) and Brotherhood (2002). 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:
- Doug Simon on IMDb
- Breathe Trailer
- Breathe on IMDb
- Enter the SYS Six Figure Screenplay Film Festival Here.
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
This live webinar is going to explore the kinds of shows that have a chance to be bought, the genres that are going to be thriving in the next couple of years, and how to take your own stories, characters and themes and adapt them into concepts that can fly in the current market.
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.
