SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 545 – Making a Movie Outside of Hollywood with Adam Burke and Jud Nichols

Adam Burke and Jud Nichols talk about their new cult based thriller ‘Wet Paper Bag’ and making the feature outside of Hollywood.

In this episode of the podcast, our host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers Adam Burke and Jud Nichols.

Our guests Adam Burke and Jud Nichols talk about their new Cult based Thriller set at a self-help wellness center. The indie movie is called Wet Paper Bag (2026) and was written/Co-Directed by Adam Burke and Co-Directed by Jud Nichols.

Topics also include making a feature outside of Hollywood, CA and how Adam Burke went from serving years in prison to being a Filmmaker. They also talk about how they used the AI Chat-GPT model to analyze their script during the writing stage.

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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.