We are very happy that Woolf+Lapin is among top agency/management partners to judge the Launchpad’s upcoming 2019 TV Pilot Competition. This would be our second collaboration with the competition. Their focus is on elevation and discovery. So we’re especially grateful to Chris Contreras from the Launchpad for giving us access to this hub of creativity and enabling us to discover great, emerging talent.
The Holy City (OccupiedVR) is an innovative immersive and gamified VR experience of one of the world’s spiritual epicenters. The project reflects an innovation mindset, harnessing cutting edge technology and creating a platform that carries a unique opportunity to understand a new perspective.
The interactive experience will be utilized as an educational, exploratory, and interactive experience rich in narrative and cultural history. Users will be transported to an ancient land to explore historic sites, interact with locals, and gain a deep understanding of a foreign culture.
The historical and culturally driven learning experience will make the viewer feel like they are traveling across the world to a foreign land, seizing an immersive cultural experience of a lifetime. This rich immersion will help celebrate diversity rooted in culture, fostering an inclusive sense of community that you will have to see to believe.
PROJECT FACTS
+ Interactive environments are all 3D scanned replicas of the historic locations
+ Using a hybrid approach of 360 and Room-scale interactivity
+ Exclusive Interviews with key religious figures from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in Jerusalem
This February, the winners for the 2018 ScreenCraft Action/Thriller Screenplay competition were announced. Selected from roughly 800 entries, Edison’s Ghost by our very own Kevin Bachar was named the winner.
In Edison’s Ghost, after the mysterious death of his wife, young infamous inventor, Thomas Edison, teams up with renowned magician, Harry Houdini, to uncover the truth. Inspired by true events, the two men use their diametric skill sets to reveal diabolical forces at play. The judges were impressed with the slick confident writing and fun read akin to recent historical action films such as Sherlock Holmes.
In addition to the ScreenCraft team, the judges included: Belles Avery of Apelles Entertainment (The Meg); Jeannette Francis of Bad Robot (Star Trek, Cloverfield); Matthew Leonetti (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Equalizer); Andrew Bergamo (Deadpool, Logan, Constantine, and The X-Men films); and the legendary screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, (Die Hard, 48 Hrs., Commando and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life).
Both the Grand Prize winner, Bachar, and runner-up, Travis Opgenorth, will each receive cash prizes and have their material circulated to ScreenCraft’s network of agents, managers, and producers.
That’s not all for Kevin. His other script Blood Relative is casting with John Poliquin directing. Mitchell Peck optioned Kevin’s Page Award finalist Tundra Kill and his My Boy Friend the App, which won Final Draft Big Break, is a finalist for Stage 32 National Lampoon Search for Comedy Gold.
During this morning’s press conference at Montreal’s Bell Centre, MMA superstar Georges St-Pierre says he’s finally satisfied. And that’s why he’s retiring because throughout his career he hasn’t been satisfied. And this dissatisfaction has been his main motivator. Now he says he does not have the same hunger anymore.
“It takes a lot of discipline to retire on top. I wanted to retire on my own and not be told to retire or be taken out by an opponent. In full contact sports you should retire on top. And I’m happy to have the wisdom to do so,” he says.
Georges shared his proudest moment. Oddly enough, it’s not a particular victory. Or a particular knockout. “For me it’s when I got dropped by a Carlos Condit kick and I stood up again. I showed I had the guts to overcome an obstacle,” he says.
He names Wayne Gretzky as one of his greatest inspirations. “Everything starts with a dream,” he said. And his was to be the best.
Here’s a gig we did with GSP during a break from fighting and training six years ago. It’s a little comedy starring the MMA icon with Quebec’s Patrick Boivin directing. True to himself, his fee went to the Georges St-Pierre Foundation. All our best GSP!
Woolf+Lapin Agency has always been inspired by writers. Virginia Woolf for one. Who’s afraid of her? We’re certainly not… Hey, have you figured where we got a part of our funny name yet? For 2019, we wish you inspiration to raise up the magic world. 