Toronto sales up a bit Tuesday

After a lull, the buying picked up Tuesday at the Toronto Film Festival with some North American purchases. The consensus emerging from the event's 32nd edition is that no title has been a total knockout, at least on the acquisitions circuit.

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=...

Indie Film Production Companies

Independent film production companies - dedicated to original and experimental films - not mainstream! By the very nature of this page...expect constant change and updating of listings.

http://www.redinkworks.com/Indie_Film_Production.htm

Chiller Scares Up ‘Dare to Direct’ Short-Film Content

Chiller will begin accepting entries for its "Dare to Direct" short-film contest Aug. 1

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6464137.html?

The Dead One

This comic book crossover finds That ’70s Show’s Wilmer Valderrama portraying 21-year-old Diego, who lives in East Los Angeles and is in love with Maria (Angie Cepeda).

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6472068.html?q=

Horror Movie Scripts - 10 Steps To Writing A Horror Screenplay

1. The Hook. Start with a bang. Step right into a suspense scene. ("Scream" opens with a terrifying sequence with Drew Barrymore on the phone with a killer) 2. The Flaw. Introduce your hero. Give him a flaw. Before you can put your hero in jeopardy we must care for him.

http://www.writerssoftware.com/article~ct~Writing~sct~screenplays.php

NBCU to Launch Chiller, 24-Hour Horror Channel

Media Headlines - News and current headlines targeted towards the media industry.

http://mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003532065&imw=Y

The Hollywood Reporter

If there's one lesson that should have been learned from Thomas Harris' dipping into the Hannibal Lecter well once too often, it's that backstories detract from the mythos of a character.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=...

Graveyard Alive

First, let me mention that for a small, indie film, these folks provided one of the nicest DVD menu setups I've seen, simple, clean and effective. I've seen much worse from big companies.

http://www.bonestructure.net/nurse.html

Putting Summer 2007 On The Couch...

Hollywood has no institutional memory. One of the reasons that the vast majority of its execs aren’t in therapy, and should be, is because they don’t want to talk about the past even if it’s prologue. They’re purposefully amnesiac.

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/putting-summer-2007-on-the-therapy-couch/

Wilshire & Washington: Crush on "Captivity"

Last night they held the premiere of "Capitivity," the slasher pic that would just be any other slasher pic this summer were it not for the MPAA's sanctions on its marketing campaign.

http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/07/crush-on-captiv.html