July 8 – The Bikeriders

Meet ONLINE from 7:00-10:00 PM Pacific Time on July 8th for an in-depth analysis and discussion of the screenplay THE BIKERIDERS.

LOGLINE: Set in the turbulent 1960s, a local Midwestern motorcycle racing club becomes a regional haven for misfits and outcasts, forcing an essential member to choose between his commitment to the club and the woman he loves.

ABOUT THE WRITER: The Bikeriders is the sixth feature film written and directed by JEFF NICHOLS, all of which featured Michael Shannon. Nichols wrote his first screenplay, Shotgun Stories, with Shannon in mind, contacted the actor through a mutual friend, and shot the film on a budget of $250,000. His next film, Take Shelter, paired Shannon with Jessica Chastain and premiered at Sundance in 2011. That was followed by Mud, which starred Matthew McConaughey, played in competition at Cannes, and won the Robert Altman prize at the Spirit Awards. His most recent film, Loving, about the US Supreme Court case that invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage, was nominated for an Oscar, two Globes, two Spirits, a WGA award, and an MTV Movie award, among many other accolades. (more to come). The Bikeriders was inspired by the 1968 book of the same name by photojournalist and civil rights activist DANNY LYON, which chronicled the lifestyle of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

(registration deadline: Friday, July 5)

Registration in advance is required to attend the discussion, and includes a copy of the script sent to you in advance.

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The Bikeriders premiered at last year’s Telluride Film Festival and is currently playing at a theater near you. Please see the movie before the meeting and be prepared to discuss the differences between the script and the finished film. It is highly recommended that you read the screenplay first so that your initial impression is from the writing on the page. The film stars Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Last Duel, Free Guy), Austin Butler (Elvis, Dune: Part Two), and Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises) alongside Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Man of Steel, Elvis & Nixon).

Rated R. 112 pages. 116 minutes. Drama. Crime.

Donna Michelle Anderson, a veteran entertainment executive whom everyone calls DMA, will provide in-depth analysis and lead our discussion. Her groundbreaking 1-3-5 Story Structure Made Simple System: The Nine Essential Elements of a Sellable Screenplay was the first story structure system integrated into Final Draft, the industry’s leading screenplay formatting software, and is included in her newly updated book, Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay: A Hollywood Buyer’s Insider Guide to Getting Your Script Past the Gatekeepers, along with new content on the elements of story, the writing process, analyzing your own scripts, and more. Over the past 20 years, she has helmed top-rated programming for CBS, Bravo, BET, A&E, TLC, and others, and founded Korgi Inc., which produces Korgi, a content creation, productivity, and project management tool that lets you easily create and organize content using colorful cards on a digital board. A Stanford University graduate with distinction, DMA has championed diversity throughout the industry. She founded the Hollywood Diversity Network and is an active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Producers Guild of America, and American Mensa. Currently offering strategic consulting services, she gives the steps, support, and strategies to help writers succeed. Visit her at PlanetDMA.com.