(Thriller and Suspense, Action and Adventure) A hard-drinking drifter, with a mysterious and regret-filled past, arrives in a small town ravaged by outlaws.
(Horror) Part machine. Part animal. All killer. The Evolver is an indestructible creature that can adapt to any conditions, overcome any...
(Comedy, Horror) A dying research scientist injects himself with an unproven formula that turns him into the undead. He must regain stolen funds...
(Horror, Action and Adventure) 1885. An outlaw leads a band of mercenaries into the Rocky Mountains after a Blackfoot war party, only to find themselves hunte...
(Thriller and Suspense, Comedy) Someone's killing the Hollywood Monsters (The Mummy, The Hunchback and others) and it's up to a down-and-out Dracula and a mons...
(Comedy, Horror) A dying research scientist injects himself with an unproven formula that turns him into the undead. He must regain stolen funds...
(Horror, Action and Adventure) In ancient Rome, a team of gladiators must fight its most vicious opponent ever... Zombies. As the outbreak spreads and the cre...
(Thriller and Suspense, Science Fiction and Fantasy) Skylar is thrilled to finally be pregnant— until she discovers her unborn baby is not entirely human. Pursued by a government ...
(Action and Adventure) Coming from violent, traumatic childhoods, a disaffected Hipster and a wildly demented Schoolgirl embark on a killing spree aga...
(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Action and Adventure) A young woman who has been purposely sheltered from life finds her world opening up when she meets a man who can freeze time, b...
(Thriller and Suspense, Drama) A Solider wakes up with amnesia in "La Zone Occupée". the only thing he remembers is his duty to deliver a package on the corne...
(Thriller and Suspense, Comedy) Trapped in his life, a pushover archivist finds refuge in a secret guy's club that holds meetings in the house of a neighbor, w...
(Horror, Action and Adventure) In ancient Rome, a team of gladiators must fight its most vicious opponent ever... Zombies. As the outbreak spreads and the cre...
(Horror, Action and Adventure) In ancient Rome, only a team of gladiators can fight through a horde of undead humans and beasts to save the civilized world fr...
(Science Fiction and Fantasy) In ancient Rome, during the Constantinian Dynasty, the outbreak of Christianity has spurred the anger of the ancient gods. Orc...
A test movie is a visual rough draft of a script. A table read is a test movie. So is a storyboard. No matter what form they take, test movies should be full-length and should have good acting and sound. Polished visuals are not required.
A dialogue track is a recording of the dialogue of a script. It should not contain any descriptions or slug lines (like INT. OFFICE, DAY). And it should not include music or sound effects, even if they are part of a character’s action, like applauding. Do not overlap any of the characters’ lines or voices. Each line should be an independent cue separated by silence.
There is no minimum length for a dialogue track, as long as substantially all of the dialogue for each character is voiced. And remember: Quality is important – in terms of sound and performance. The actors don’t need to be pros, but they should be able to convey the emotions of the story in an engaging way. The idea is that these tracks can go on to become key components in fully realized test movies, which are visual rough drafts of a script.
Michael Weiss and Gregg Ostrin, who wrote ZvG: Zombies Vs Gladiators, have opened the script up for collaboration, which means anyone can upload their own revised version. They’re looking forward to seeing what other writers bring to the ancient Roman table.
Here’s some of what the Amazon Studios Story Department had to say about the project: “ZOMBIES VS. GLADIATORS is an exciting and well-written script that cleverly combines the heretofore separate worlds of zombies and ancient Rome. The promise of exotic mysticism, bloodshed, muscled warriors covered in blood, end-of-the-world stakes, and general fright is clear and in large part fulfilled. The structure is great and the story is tight. There’s no flab as we set up the villain, the hero and the supernatural threat, and as the zombie scourge rolls out across the city. In addition, the prospect of a series of ancient world undead pictures is exciting, and could speak to the same broad audience that found THE MUMMY so appealing. While ZvG is a lot of fun as it is, there may be opportunities to make it even more compelling. The setting, the elephants, the destruction of the city, the Roman army and all the zombie action could make this the most expensive zombie movie of all time. This means that ZvG has to reach beyond the story conventions (and audience) of a zombie genre picture in order to get the big, global audience it needs.”
Edward Saxon, an Oscar winner, is a graduate of the USC Peter Stark Producing Program. He received his undergraduate degree at McGill University.
His credits include producing The Silence of the Lambs, which swept Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He also produced Philadelphia (which won two Oscars, including Best Actor for Tom Hanks), Adaptation, nominated for 4 Oscars—including Best Supporting Actor winner Chris Cooper—and the Oscar-nominated documentary Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation.
Most recently, he has been a producer on Enlightened, an upcoming HBO comedy series. He produced Sam Mendes's Away We Go at Focus Features in 2009, and Our Family Wedding at Fox Searchlight in 2010, which stars Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera.
Past credits include Tom Hanks' directorial debut That Thing You Do!, Ulee's Gold, Devil in a Blue Dress, Beloved, Fast Food Nation, Something Wild and Miami Blues.
Saxon is a founding Advisory Board member of the Independent Film Channel, and is a mentor for the Sundance Institute, Producer's Guild, and Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at USC. He also has extensive experience working in Haiti both as a documentary filmmaker and as an activist. Saxon is married to the artist Kirsten Coyne. They have two young daughters and live in Los Angeles.
Joshua was born in New York City and raised in Westchester County, just outside the metropolitan area. He graduated from Northwestern University, majoring in Film and Theater.
Josh then went on to receive a Master’s Degree in producing from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema/Television. His two master’s theses (Dog Daze, starring Olivia D’Abo and Billy Cusack, and Recon, starring Peter Gabriel, Charles Durning, and Elizabeth Pena) were screened around the world at such events as the Hamptons Film Festival, the Edinburgh Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival, among others.
Josh then partnered with fellow USC alumni Thomas Dean Donnelly in 2002 to write and co-executive produce the two-hour pilot Thoughtcrimes, starring Navi Rawat, Joe Flanigan, and Peter Horton, for USA Network. In the following year, the pair had two scripts of theirs produced; Sahara, starring Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn, and William H. Macy, for Paramount Pictures, and A Sound of Thunder, starring Sir Ben Kingsley, Ed Burns, and Catherine McCormack, for Warner Bros. They also wrote Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, starring Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington, based on the popular comic book and produced by Hyde Park and Platinum Studios.
Upcoming productions include the adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s Conan The Barbarian, starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, and Stephen Lang, as well as Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, based on the best-selling video game, with Neil Burger attached to direct. They are also writing Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios, and Voltron for Relativity.
Joshua lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lucy and their two daughters Olivia and Juliana.