Podiobook author gets screenplay deal
Many of you are enjoying The Failed Cities Monologues, a production of Variant Frequencies written by Matt Wallace. Rick and Matt have been producing free short fiction audio content for awhile now, and it seems to have reached the right audience. Here’s a sanitized version of Matt’s post from his NSFW MySpace blog:
I’ve been waiting until everything was signed and I had the cash in hand to blog about this, lest I risk the whole thing falling apart (as I understand they often do) and feeling like a huge [unmentionable body part]. But now I can safely announce that one of my stories, which originally appeared on the Variant Frequencies podcast, has been optioned by an Australian producer. What’s more, I’ve signed on to adapt it into a feature-length screenplay myself for his production company.
Needless to say, I’m pretty [pretty] jazzed. This is a huge gig for me, creatively and professionally. It’s hardly a million dollar studio deal, but it’s certainly 300 times more than I’ve been paid for any of my other stuff. And it’s a shot, however slim, to break into an industry I honestly never thought I’d have access to. I have no idea if the thing will ever sell, much less be made into an actual movie; I’m dealing with an independent producer here. But so far he’s delivered on everything he said he would. If he can deliver the contacts, who knows? The one thing I do know about Australian filmmakers is that they’re resourceful [people with questionable fatherhood].
Congrats to Matt. Just goes to show you the quality of what we’re offering here on Podiobooks.com and also illustrates that success as a writer can come in many forms. Gosh. Look what can happen when you focus on beating obscurity. Now where’s my cut? (Kidding…)
December 14th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
Congratulations Matt! That’s really good news.
Now if only a reference to Podiobooks.com could be sneaked in into the movie.
December 14th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
Yay podcasting!
and YAY Matt!
December 14th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
I think Matt has been pretty surprised by all of the attention. Personally, I think this all really “ROCKS!” The podcasting community is just so amazing. I can’t say enough good about it. For all of the Variant Frequencies team, I want to say thank you for all of the kudos we have received.
This has been a great example of why we started Variant Frequencies in the first place. The whole point was to get Matt and Anne’s writing noticed. It is working. They aren’t getting rich yet, but hey, who knows what will happen in the future.
And then there is Podiobooks. I know there have been some bumps in the road, but this is just the coolest group to be part of. I can’t tell you how honored we are to be part of it.
Rick Stringer
Producer, Variant Frequencies and The Failed Cities Monologues
December 14th, 2006 at 8:46 pm
What Rick said. I’d add more, but I’d just end up cursing and you’d have to censor it with humorous bracketed captions.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Way to go, Matt!
October 4th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
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