Tag Archive for ‘Hollywood’

A Little White Lie (aka Shriver) Trailer

A Little White Lie – Trailer from Michael Maren on Vimeo.

Flavor of the Month

Several years ago I was in LA to pitch a project with a young, hot director.  He was fresh off a big indie success; i.e, lots of festival praise and award nominations. The first night we were in town, his agency threw a reception for him at the flavor-of-the month restaurant on Melrose.  It seemed […]

I’m a Big Fan

The first evening after the first time I ever went on a series a Hollywood pitch meetings, I was walking on air. I was with my wife, and we’d sat down with producers at Paramount, Fox as well as a number of successful independent producers in Beverly Hills. Everyone loved the project, a love-story murder […]

Chasing the Market in Hollywood

Several years ago I was pitching a film to a producer who had a deal with one of the major studios. My story hewed closely to a real life tale about some super smart middle class New York City kids who turned themselves into expert gamblers. They started playing online and eventually ending up in […]