Write and sell your script like a pro.
So you’ve finished your script, and now you want the world to read it?
👉 Get my new Pitching 101: The 5 Pillars of Pitching Successfully (PDF Tutorial), and learn how best to start pitching your project — whether it’s over the phone, video conference, or in the room — to agents, managers, producers or studio execs. I’ve drawn upon my decades of experience selling scripts and pitches to Hollywood studios to provide you a detailed roadmap to success!
By spec script specialist Mike Thompson, Hollywood Screenwriter & Producer and noted recipient of the “highest-paying scripter deal ever” (Variety Magazine)
Companies Mike’s sold to:
Warner Brothers
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Walt Disney Studios
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Paramount Pictures
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Columbia Pictures
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MGM
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20th Century Fox
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NBC
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CBS
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FOX Television
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Sony Pictures Television
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Universal Pictures
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Lionsgate
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New Line Cinema
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Screen Gems
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New Regency
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Warner Brothers | Walt Disney Studios | Paramount Pictures | Columbia Pictures | MGM | 20th Century Fox | NBC | CBS | FOX Television | Sony Pictures Television | Universal Pictures | Lionsgate | New Line Cinema | Screen Gems | New Regency |
About Mike
Mike is a veteran Hollywood writer/producer, perhaps best known for his feature films, Dragonfly, starring Kevin Costner, and Love Happens, featuring Jennifer Aniston. He also co-created the FOX television series, John Doe, and has written and produced indie film and award-winning documentary features as well.
In addition to his produced credits, he is uniquely distinguished for having written and sold dozens of high-profile spec scripts, pitches and teleplays to nearly every major Hollywood studio, including multiple seven-figure deals and at one point, the “highest-paying scripter deal ever" ~ Variety. He has collaborated on projects involving the likes of Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Will Smith, Edie Falco, Chris Pine, Richard Gere, Michael Keaton, Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis, and presently, blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Writing Services
“When I was starting out, by sheer luck of the movie Gods, I was fortunate enough to apprentice under some of the most successful screenwriters and producers in Hollywood. Over the years as I’ve achieved my own success, I’ve tried to impart all that I’ve learned to those who expressed an interest. As a script consultant and screenwriting coach, I find great fulfillment in passing along that experience to all who now may seek it.”
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Idea Vetting • Free
Submit your project logline, and I’ll apply my decades of experience writing and selling scripts to assess the potential commercial viability of your idea in the marketplace. This is, without a doubt, the most important step in the process of writing any script that has a chance to sell!
Best of all, this service is absolutely FREE!
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Script Consulting • Starting at $149
Whether your project is in the idea, outline or finished script stage of development, I offer a package just for you. I’ll personally read your material and spend (1-2) one-hour video or phone conversations with you to provide detailed notes, insights and concrete suggestions for how you can take your script from good to great!
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Screenwriting Coaching • $2999
If you’re beginning from scratch on your screenplay idea and prefer a more immersive approach, I offer an all-inclusive package in which, over the course of (6) one-hour video or phone conversations, I will personally collaborate with you throughout the process of taking your project from idea to outline to finished script that’s the very best it can be!
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Pitching and Representation • Starting at $149
Whether you’re ready to start pitching your project to industry professionals, or perhaps you’re in need of a concrete roadmap to securing representation in the form or an agent or manager, I offer a consulting package just for you in which I’ll lay out my tried and true methods and actionable steps for success!
What people are saying…
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Working on my screenplay with Mike was of enormous value. It’s like having a really, really talented writing partner who doesn’t even want a credit. What’s not to like about that?!
~ Actress/Writer/Director Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess)
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"I have wanted to work with Camp and Thompson for a long time and they have written a great thriller which I believe is highly commercial.”
~ Variety/Producer Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan)
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Mike's advice is worth every penny!
~ Client, Susan Y. (6/19/24)
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Mike is obviously a real pro!
~ Client, Brad D. (8/21/24)
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For the first time, I wasn’t lost after the evaluation, but rather was able to come up with the solutions for the problems my script had.
~ Client, Jess Z. (10/17/24)
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“(Mike and Brandon) have become major writers with major fees, and they have entered that stratosphere that every writer aspires to.”
~ Variety/Producer Steve Reuther (Pretty Woman)
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“Mike and Brandon are two very talented writers who have a unique and powerful voice.”
~ Variety/Lorenzo DiBonaventura (President of Production, Warner Bros)
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Totally worth it!
~ Client, Steve K. (5/22/24)
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“Dragonfly, to be directed by Tom Shadyac, has long been considered one of the best unmade scripts in Hollywood.”
~ Variety
Filmography
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![Love Happens Movie Poster]()
Love Happens
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![Dragonfly Movie Poster]()
Dragonfly
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![Choose Movie Poster]()
Choose
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![John Doe TV Promotion Poster]()
John Doe
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![A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar Movie Poster]()
A Lawyer Walks into a Bar
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![The King of Kong Movie Poster]()
The King of Kong
Mike’s 7 Logline Essentials
Drawing from my decades of experience selling scripts to Hollywood, I’ve distilled what I believe to be the 7 most critical elements of writing an effective logline to help sell your screenplay. Step-by-step, I’ll walk you through the exact process that I apply before starting to write any new script.
Gain free access below to Mike’s 7 Logline Essentials! 👇
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