LIT ENTERTAINMENT GUARANTEES SIGNING OF ONE WRITER OR TEAM FROM THIS YEAR’S SEMIFINALISTS AND ABOVE IN ANY SCRIPT COMPETITION CATEGORY
We’re partnering with Lit Entertainment to help get you the representation you need. In line with our mission to help launch and support screenwriter careers, Lit Entertainment will select and represent one writer or team from this year’s group of Semifinalists and above in any Script Competition category. Landing representation is widely considered the first step through Industry doors.
Lit Entertainment Group is committed to its support of original voices and stories from around the world. Partnering with the incredible team at Austin Film Festival is a natural progression of our longstanding relationship – a rich history of lively panel discussions, industry lunches with writers in the competition, and discovering new talent. We look forward to continuing that tradition and meeting the attendees at the 2020 Conference.”
—Adam Kolbrenner, founder of Lit Entertainment Group
Lit Entertainment Group is a Beverly Hills, CA-based literary management and feature film and television production company founded by Adam Kolbrenner.
Upcoming producing projects for Lit Entertainment include Disney/Fox’s Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer directed by Shawn Levy, Paramount/Skydance’s The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt directed by Chris McKay, the HBO Max upcoming sci-fi television series Raised By Wolves directed by Ridley Scott, and the Netflix upcoming sequel for the franchise Christmas Chronicles among others. Each of these projects are original ideas from Lit Entertainment clients.
On the management side, Lit Entertainment represents some of the top creators and filmmakers working today. Highlighted clients that have previously participated in AFF in some form include: Dave Andron (Snowfall), Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis (Curse of La Llorona from New Line, and CBS Films’ Five Feet Apart), Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners, Raised By Wolves), David Guggenheim (Safe House, Designated Survivor), Matt Lieberman (Addams Family, Playing With Fire, Scoob, Christmas Chronicles, Free Guy), Justin Marks (Disney’s Jungle Book, Top Gun 2, and Starz’s Counterpart), Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, and writer/director of The Slows), Ed Ricourt (Now You See Me franchise), and Trey Selman (Fruitcake) among several others.
May the doors open for you.
And as a reminder, our Regular Deadline is this Friday, April 17th.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Sage Kosiorek, Director of Script Competitions, at sage@austinfilmfestival.com.