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What it costs to self-distribute and promote an independent film
I collected 57 published accounts of filmmakers opening their books on marketing and release spend, from a $1,000 theatrical opening to a $500,000 campaign that returned nearly $80 million.
Stephen Follows
Does the Black List find talent or launch it?
Every year the Black List crowns Hollywood’s best unmade screenplays. I traced two decades of scripts and 1,682 writers to see if the list a brilliant talent-spotter, a genuine career-maker, or both.
Stephen Follows
Hollywood gives men second chances it doesn’t give women
I followed the careers of 1,765 directors of top grossing films to work out who gets another go after a first film that doesn’t quite land, and who doesn’t.
Stephen Follows