Student News: “Fury” goes into production

I’ve been teaching screenwriting since 2002. Any of you who teach know how exciting it is when a student achieves some success in the field. So I am pleased to announce that Mike Hultquist, who took several online screenwriting courses with me, has a movie going into production in May based on an original screenplay Mike co-wrote.

The film is called Fury. Here is some background:

Sam Jackson and Kellan Lutz have signed on to star in the underground fighting thriller Fury directed by Jonah Loop. The film centers on drifter David Lord who finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses and the profit of Radu, a sadistic capitalist that makes Vince McMahon look like Howie Mandel. David’s defiance to willingly execute his beaten opponents per the “rules” of the game, makes him the target of resident executioner and psychopath, Constantin, who makes it his personal mission to destroy David. Filming is set to begin May 5 in Baton Rouge.

Congratulations, Mike!

UPDATE: Title change per the NY Times to Deathgames.

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