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Brendan Kelly, star of CON AIR, THE ROCK and OZ - and our client!

We're all about industry relationships here at WriteMovies. We structure our services the way we do, and give the advice and results that we do, because we talk to many filmmakers, producers and talent who get things made, and know how to get things made - so by seeing how they respond to projects, we learn from them and put that insight to use, over many years. Some of these interactions are specific to one goal at one moment in time, but some are open ended - conversations that might lead to many things over time. We'd like to share a fresh example of one of these with you!

Brendan Kelly used to be Mike Tyson's sparring partner, and continues to work with the boxing legend. He's also worked with street cops for years in dangerous neighborhoods - and he's got the scars to prove it. These credentials made him a natural casting as powerful, deadly, prominent characters in hard-hitting HBO drama OZ and legendary action thriller films CON AIR and THE ROCK.

And then he became a writer. Which led him to submit a script to WriteMovies. Which led to us starting a discussion that has now been ongoing for several years. Which has now led to a management contract to take his latest script to industry. Just another example of how our patient, supportive, open approach pays off for writers, talent and us!

We're greatly looking forward to sharing his project with industry colleagues and our audience over the coming weeks. At the same time, Brendan's new book is soon to be published - about the New York gang that Rudy Giuliani called the most violent in the city - whose leader Brendan met.

Meet More of Our 2025 Winners

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing a selection of writers who have come through our contests - highlighting how their projects are now being developed and prepared for industry.

Today, we’re pleased to introduce:

Michael A Elliott
Teleah Moore
Don Stroud

Each of these writers was selected as a contest winner in 2025, and their projects are now progressing through the next stage of development.

View the latest article on our website to learn more: https://writemovies.com/meet-more-of-our-2025-winners/

Take your script entry further with our mentoring options. 🎬

Entering the contest is just the first step.

You can also combine your submission with:

Studio Coverage
→ A professional assessment of your script and what needs strengthening.

Development Notes
→ Detailed studio-quality guidance on how to improve and take your script further.

Many writers:
• Enter early
• Get feedback
• Refine their script
• Resubmit before final judging

⏰ Earlybird Deadline: April 12

Enter: https://writemovies.com/spring-2026-screenwriting-contest/

This Saturday, discover the creative partnership that developed a unique blockbuster script!

Register free: https://buytickets.at/writemovies/2130017

TERRA - a high-concept sci-fi thriller about colonisation, corporate control, migration and extermination.

A new world offers freedom from our ruined planet, but only if we can overcome even more toxic evils from outside and inside ourselves.

Pitched by TalentScout International Management and developed by WriteMovies - TERRA balances spectacle and vast science-fiction battles with deep moral consequence, like the AVATAR films.

TERRA is science fiction that feels inevitable, not distant. A prestige thriller with franchise potential, grounded in human emotion and moral urgency. This is not a story about the end of the world. It’s about what we decide to save when the world ends.

This project was made possible through WriteMovies Ghostwriting Service.

WriteMovies’ Screenplay Ghostwriting service is designed for writers or creators who want to take their project from concept or draft through to a completed, industry-ready script - working with an award-winning screenwriter matched to your project.

Client Alex Serafini partnered with WriteMovies to develop TERRA, with award-winner writer Vanisha Renée Pierce joining the project to development the treatment, outline and the primary draft of the script, whilst the WriteMovies team provided developmental feedback throughout, with WriteMovies Director Ian Kennedy editing and polishing the final draft.

This Saturday you can join us for a FREE live event where we will explore and explain this collaboration from client brief to ghostwriting, script development, and industry pitching.

Date: Saturday April 11
Time: 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm UK

Featuring:
Ian Kennedy – WriteMovies Director
Vanisha Renée Pierce – Ghostwriter, WriteMovies Award Winner
Alex Serafini – Ghostwriting Client

This is a great chance to go behind the scenes of how a screenplay can move from idea to collaboration to industry opportunity.

Register free: https://buytickets.at/writemovies/2130017