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Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from Saban Films' newest action thriller, Night Train. Currently playing in select theaters before arriving on digital and On Demand next week, the action-packed adventure was directed and produced by Shane Stanley from a screenplay by Cj Walley (who also served as producer). Night Train stars Danielle C. Ryan as a woman driven to extremes and features a strong supporting cast that includes Diora Baird, Joseph D. Reitman, Ivan Sergei, Brent Bailey, Kevin Joy, Paul Haapaniemi, Reggie Austin, Thomas Nelson, Joe Lando, and Abraham Benrubi.

Night Train follows Holly McCord (Ryan), a mother who is desperate enough to save the life of her young son that she will take on any job, whether it's hustling strangers or hauling black market drugs with her souped-up truck. Despite having bounties on her head and federal agents like Jaylynne Jackson (Baird) in hot pursuit,...

In his latest interview/podcast, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with screenwriter Cj Walley about his book Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter’s Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster.

Inspired by Cj Walley’s extensive online posts and extended three-fold to include content on character development, dialogue, effective drafting, and building a career, the Turn & Burn methodology offers practical, real-world advice for quickly turning stories – within any genre – into engaging and authentic movie scripts. Turn & Burn is a proven and systematic way to get the very best out of your ideas and your unique artistic voice.

Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter’s Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster is out now. Order your copy from Amazon.

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Stars: Matthew Lawrence, Danielle C. Ryan, Dawn Olivieri, Kevin Joy, Mo Gallini | Written by Cj Walley | Directed by Shane Stanley

Jimmy has just lost his brother and is taking his ashes to the coast to scatter them in the ocean. As bad as that is, things promptly get worse when a stop at a convenience store puts him in the middle of what seems to be a very well-armed robbery. Only the cashier, her name is Natasha takes out the robbers with a shotgun and a throwing knife before grabbing her backpack and bolting.

But Jimmy’s bad day is far from over as he finds Natasha has stowed away in his vehicle and a couple of big black SUVs full of goons are on their trail. He’s not sure whether to be relieved or terrified when she easily dispatches them.

Writer Cj Walley and director Shane Stanley, who...

Hello everybody, what’s up? You’re listening to I Was Just Wondering With Tom Salmon! The podcast that dives into music, film and games and everything else in between.

My guest on this week’s episode is writer and producer Cj Walley, who wrote his first feature-length film Break Even (2020) starring Tasya Teles, Steve Guttenberg and James Callis. The film tells the story of four thrill seeking friends that find fifty million dollars in cash on a remote island, only to discover it was left by the DEA for a ruthless Cartel in a rogue deal gone wrong.

We jumped into Cj’s experience of how his mental breakdown in 2012 lead him to follow his life long passion for screenwriting, why he started the free screenplay sharing website Script Revolution and what’s it like working and collaborating with Hollywood director Shane Stanley on Break Even (2020) and Double Threat...

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the rights to Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy, the documentary about late underwater cinematographer Mike deGruy. Mimi deGruy, Mike’s widow and filmmaking partner, wrote and directed the doc, which will begin its rollout starting with Apple TV/iTunes and Amazon rentals on January 19.

A man for whom the ocean was his home and her inhabitants were his family, Mike died doing what he loved while working with his friend, director James Cameron. The film, which opened the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2019, includes decades of Mike’s work paired with never-before-seen footage and on-camera commentary by Mike. In addition, Mimi interviewed many of Mike’s friends including Cameron, National Geographic Explorer Sylvia Earle, British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, and the deGruy children, who often served as Mike’s filmmaking helpers.

“When I found out Mike had died, I felt...

The Personal History Of David Copperfield filmmaker Armando Iannucci and Escape From Pretoria director Francis Annan will be the recipients of the inaugural Dda Spotlight Award at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The honorary prize was set up to time with the 50th anniversary of comms company Dda and will honor honours artists and filmmakers whose recent work takes a concerted step forward in improving diversity and inclusion in the film industry and cinema culture. The pair will accept their awards virtually on November 15.

Exclusive: Danielle C. Ryan, Matthew Lawrence, Dawn Olivieri And Kevin Joy will star in action-comedy feature Double Threat for director Shane Stanley, whose Break Even releases December 1 via Vision Films and Artist View Entertainment. Mo Gallini and Andrea Logan are also on board the pic which follows a forensic accountant (Lawrence) whose quiet pilgrimage to travel cross country to scatter his late brother’s ashes...

In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with Script Revolution founder and screenwriter Cj Walley. For those unaware, Script Revolution is a free script hosting website that offers screenwriters a platform to promote their scripts and a way for filmmakers to search through them.

With over 100 screenplays uploaded on average per month and over 200 downloaded on average by readers per week, Script Revolution is the fastest growing unproduced script database on the web. Boasting over 500 award winning scripts suggests the quality is there too. Not bad for site only eighteen months old.

For Screenwriters:

No limits. Upload all your scripts to the database and add a variety of tags to describe your material. Share a screenplay by giving people the direct link. Build a portfolio and add a bio with your social media links included. Receive notifications when your scripts are downloaded or favorited. For Filmmakers:

No cliques.