Script Analysis & Discussion of the Aaron Sorkin screenplay "MOLLY'S GAME"

Meet at Fox Studios on Monday, Feb 12 for an in-depth analysis and screenwriting discussion of the Aaron screenplay MOLLY'S GAME which has been nominated for an Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Screenplay Development Group | StoryBoardDG.com has been getting the STORY right since 1981. Read the script in advance, come to FOX STUDIOS to analyze and discuss the writing & network with writers & filmmakers. Jenny Frankfurt, founder of THE FINISH LINE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION will lead our script analysis & in-depth screenwriting discussion. Last month we had 25 people attend - come join us for this month's meeting!

View Trailer: https://youtu.be/wBEVMBZp7Xc

Logline: Olympic-class skier turned cocktail waitress runs an underground, high-stakes poker game in the basement of The Cobra Lounge (West Hollywood's Viper Room) that grows into a multimillion-dollar business attracting elite Hollywood celebrities, Wall Street financiers, and the Russian mob, whom she must protect when she becomes the target of an FBI investigation.

The Writers: Bloom handpicked her favorite screenwriter, AARON SORKIN, to adapt this true story of MOLLY BLOOM, and her 2014 memoir, "Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker."

Directed by: This is Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut, which has earned him a DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film.

Producers and Production Companies: With Sorkin already on board, Bloom sold her book’s film rights to The Mark Gordon Company, which had produced Sorkin’s previous film, "Steve Jobs." Gordon’s other producing credits include "Saving Private Ryan" for which he shared a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Gordon brought the project to Sony Pictures Entertainment for distribution and when Sony eventually sold their distribution rights to STX Entertainment, former SPE chairperson Amy Pascal stayed on as producer through her new company, Pascal Pictures. The Mark Gordon Company’s Matt Jackson is also listed as a producer. Gordon, Pascal and Jackson were nominated by the Producers Guild for The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Festivals & Awards: Molly’s Game had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last September was selected as the closing film at AFI Fest in November and nominated for two Golden Globe awards, including Best Screenplay. Twelve other groups also nominating Sorkin’s script, including the WGA and the Academy for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Release Date: Opened in limited release on December 25 and wide on January 5 (STX Entertainment). If you plan to see the movie before our meeting, reading the script before watching the film is advised.

Rated R. 140 minutes. 199 pages. Drama Biopic.

JENNY FRANKFURT will provide in-depth script analysis and lead our discussion. Founder of the Finish Line Script Competition, Jenny is a script consultant and former literary manager who was the head of the literary department at Handprint Entertainment and later formed her own company, Highstreet Management, specializing in helping British, European, and Australian writers and directors break into the U.S. market. Jenny attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, worked at the William Morris Agency in New York and ICM in LA with such clients as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Lasse Hallström, and many others.

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DEADLINE IS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018

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