Jake Thornton 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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Screenwriter, author, Warhammer fanatic. Reps = Film & TV: UTA, Circle Management (US)
London born. Hollywood bred.
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First in a series of posts charting the ups and downs of my ten years as a Hollywood screenwriter.
Here's how Ben and I sold our first screenplay.
#screenwriting
#Screenwriter
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Make a movie title less intense. I'll go first.
Mission: Possible.
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My first produced screenplay starts filming two weeks today...
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So in rather exciting news, Ben and mine’s film, The Princess, which was removed from Hulu and Disney+ earlier this year is now back, and available to buy and rent wherever you buy or rent moves from. Hurrah! The Princess is saved!
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I just read a script by an A-list director who writes CUT TO: at the end of every scene and I don’t even know what’s real any more.
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Agent: So Lucasfilm wanna meet with you. They have dates available on May the 2nd, May the 3rd, or May the…
Me: May the 4th. We’ll take May the 4th.
#truestory
#screenwriting
#screenwriter
#writing
#writercommunity
#ScreenwritingTwitter
#starwars
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Blog post: My Movie is Being Removed from Disney+ OR Why Streaming Sucks.
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Today I’m finishing my fist feature spec script in 3 years.
Next week I’m pitching a feature to 7 buyers.
This week I got my first offer from a publishing agent for my book.
Next month I pitch Final Fantasy to networks.
Life is just filled with so much hope right now!
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Being a screenwriter is taking notes. It’s being told every day for the rest of your life that that thing you poured your heart and soul into isn’t quite there yet, not quite good enough. If you can handle this, you can become a professional.
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And here is the trailer to our first produced movie,
#theprincess
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Good news! The studio Ben and I pitched our tv show to this morning wants to move forward. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
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So now you know what I’ve been working on this last 2 1/2 years....
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I bold my slug lines.
But here’s the thing. No one cares. I just prefer the way it looks.
Write a good script.
Good night.
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Our script is officially out to studios! MAY THE SCREENWRITING GODS BE IN OUR FAVOUR...
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Fellow screenwriters: I made my first paycheck from writing aged 32.
My first movie came out when I was 41.
I'm 42 and only just now wrapping up my first novel.
It's not about how old you are, but if you keep doing the work.
So keep doing the work.
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Casting has begun in the UK on a movie I wrote and friends of mine are auditioning for it...
This is surreal.
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If you liked
#DamselNetflix
, then check out my movie, The Princess, available to rent and buy digitally.
And if you didn’t like
#DamselNetflix
, consider checking out my movie, The Princess, available to rent and buy digitally.
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I mean sure, sex is good, but have you ever read a fantasy book that opens with a map?
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In 2020, Warner Bros signed a deal with Cinelytic to use an AI-driven project management system... 1/9
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Went for my citizenship interview/test this morning. Passed with flying colors.
Oath ceremony happening this afternoon!
So: today, I become an American citizen!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Boom. Deal closed. First project that I’ve closed on in the era of COVID. Super fun, and the first one that Ben and I have ret-conned from a feature pitch. And it’s ANIMATED!! And it’s R-rated!!
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So a year ago I literally had a project die in my arms. I was broken and nearly done with this business (as some of you here may remember).
Today, the good news about two separate projects keeps piling on. And it’s all just SO good.
The lesson: endure.
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I’ve been doing all the “grown up” screenwriter things lately. Had my first credit arbitration and I’m in the process of reacquiring an original idea from a studio. Thanks WGA! Couldn’t do these things without a great union behind me!
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My son ran in tonight, holding his Nintendo switch. A banner for
#theprincess
was on YouTube.
“Daddy, look! It’s your movie!”
Worth it all just for the look on his face.
#Screenwriter
#screenwriting
#ScreenwritingTwitter
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have just booked by first feature OWA.
Boom!
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Today I wear multiple hats: screenwriter, EP… and extra. :)
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I started writing screenplays 20 years ago. It’s taken a hot minute to get here.
The road is long.
Suffer what there is to suffer.
Enjoy what there is to enjoy.
Make friends along the way.
Be kind.
The journey is the destination…
#screenwriting
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My Top 5 Tips for Creativity:
1. Let yourself suck.
Stop judging your ideas or the quality of your work. Just let it come out and be what it is. Let it be "good" later.
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After the bad news last week of one of my projects dying, got news tonight that a project I zoom pitched two weeks ago is moving forward. Mountains and valleys, boys and girls...
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I had a conversation with my writing partner the other day after a company that provides coverage for aspiring screenwriters tweeted about wanting to see loglines for “inspiration”.
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I sold two movies and a tv show.
this year was rough - brag on yourself a bit :)! what did you accomplish this year?
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And just like that, the spec screenplay we wrote 11 years ago comes back to life.
#screenplay
#screenwriting
#Screenwriter
#ScreenwritingTwitter
#writeyourspec
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Question for screenwriters. Did you go to school for screenwriting? If not, how did you learn?
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Over the last week, one thing has become very clear to me.
People not in the film industry think the script of a movie is just the dialogue. This includes reviewers…
#screenwriting
#screenplay
#ScreenwritingTwitter
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I have a meeting tomorrow for just my dream dream dream dream IP. BUT IM COOL IM FINE IM COOL…
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The point is, a major studio is paying $$$ for AI to decide which projects to greenlight... and it's a bit crap. 9/9
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So tomorrow, I was going to the premiere of my first produced movie, The Princess.
But fate, it seems, has other plans.
The plans it has for me are COVID.
Gutted...
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I’ve spent the last few days on set of a film I wrote and it truly is a marvel to watch all the departments working as a well oiled machine. Making movies really is magic. Hard working, dedicated, meticulous magic. A joy.
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It is done. I have written a book. A whole book. 85,779 words. 24 chapters. So unbelievably excited and so proud I did what I set out to do.
#wrac19
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Read screenplays not books about screenwriting.
Carry on.
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So as promised, here is my
#screenwriting
thread on how me and
@ben_lustig
sold our first script together in 2014.
#screenwriter
#writerscommunity
#filmmaking
#Motivational
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@raehira_FFXIV
Hi!! Updates: the script is finished and we all love it! We are having some concept art done for it and Sony TV are on the hunt for directors as we speak! Hope to have more for you soon!!
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Thanks for all the feedback folks. Keep it coming!!
#FinalFantasyXIV
#finalfantasytvshow
#finalfantasy14
#finalfantasy
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@briantarnold
I’m just working towards the day I can get to the level where I write a screenplay in all emojis.
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So text from our producer this morning. Cavill’s producing partner has requested a read of latest spec… 🤯🤯🤯
I keep having dreams where Henry Cavill features very heavily.
What does this mean?
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If you’re a screenwriter, your IDEAS are your ASSETS. I cannot stress this enough. By sharing an idea in a public forum like this you are literally giving anyone the opportunity to steal it.
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I just signed with UTA.
Within the last 6 years, I’ve been repped by WME, CAA, and ICM.
Now I get to build a hotel!
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Caught Blade Runner last night at my local movie theater. Such a joy.
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So FF fans out there.
What would YOU like to see in our FF TV show?
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The Producer and the Manager liked the spec enormously. A few minor notes, doable in less than a week. Then onto attachments!
#writeyourspec
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Sharks get a whole week but women just get one day.
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Today is the last day of my 30s.
And I just finished my studio rewrite.
Come on 40s. I'm ready for you...
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I feel like I’ve graduated as a screenwriter.
I finally have a meeting about Hot Wheels…
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Keep your ideas safe. By all means share them, but only with people you trust. And definitely not on Twitter or other forms of social media. Just stop. Be smarter.
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A
#screenwriting
thread about connections in Hollywood, and one example how I used them to forge a career in
#hollywood
.
#srceenwriter
#ScreenwritingTwitter
#writerscomunity
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Finally reunited in person at LAX with my confidant and writing partner,
@benlustig
, as we travel to Bulgaria to see the progress ON OUR FIRST PRODUCED MOVIE!!
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Celebrating the 8 year anniversary of selling mine and Ben's first screenplay today. It was an amazing way to break in, and despite not having been made, I'm forever grateful to everyone involved in making Winter's Knight happen the way it did.
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Got my first one of these today. And it was not very big because streaming residuals suck. This is why we strike…
#wgastrong
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A pitch sells. A PITCH SELLS!!!!
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AI is deciding which movies to greenlight. Yay...
Here are their predictions for the 2023 summer box office.
Let's see how they did... 3/9
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A friend of mine just told me this.
One of the ways
#coronavirus
spreads is through the handling of money.
To be safe, handle money with gloves, put in a zip-lock bag, put that bag in an envelope, and mail it to me. I will destroy it 4 u.
I’m doing this for public safety.
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Hehehheeeeeeee
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The Flash
Domestic: $108m
International: $160m
WORLDWIDE: $268m
Projected by AI: $1.07B
Ouch. Try again AI. 4/9
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Anyway, the point is: have a dream and work your ass off to make it happen. Anything is possible when you work hard and believe.
And I got to show my father-in-law that I really could sell my first script for $1M. END OF THREAD!
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I passed a psychic store today. A sign in the window read: Closed due to unforeseen circumstances.
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I have a new spec hitting the town next week. Whoop whoop.
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Manuscript is in.
Please send good vibes.
And donuts. Lots of donuts.
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Final read through of my novel before sending it to my agent… 😬
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I’m not sure if you need to hear this right now but…
Keep going.
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Take six minutes to read this. It will change your day, and maybe even your life. Thanks,
@T_J_Newman
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Hey
#FinalFantasyXIV
fans. So as you may know, last year we announced an exciting live action TV show based on the game. I frequently get asked for updates on the project. So, here’s the update:
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I AM WRITING IN CAPS BECAUSE I JUST FINISHED MY SPEC!!!! It's the first screenplay I've ever written on my own! HURRAH!!!!
@screenwriting
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