Update: Jason Scoggins and FilmFunds

Interesting and good news re friend of the blog Jason Scoggins:

Launched last summer at the Toronto International Film Festival, FilmFunds offers filmmakers a platform to promote their wares and connect with financiers. The site allows filmmakers to upload their projects so that film fans can sample them, give feedback and vote for favorites. Popular projects can get assistance in a variety of ways, some of which are outlined below. Through FilmFunds, audiences can follow projects from inception to — maybe — the big screen.

Entertainment/tech entrepreneur Jason Scoggins (The Wrap’s ItsontheGrid.com) has signed on as CEO of FilmFunds. He plans to expand the company toward more mainstream film and TV, he says: “I’m really excited about the opportunity to build a site that meets the needs of entertainment pros as well as the needs of movie lovers around the world. Our goal is to make FilmFunds the go-to site for everyone who’s big into movies and TV.”

Scoggins is the founder of ItsontheGrid.com, a film industry database he sold to The Wrap News, Inc., in 2011. He is a former television literary agent who began his career as a trainee at International Creative Management before moving to the Gersh Agency and Writers & Artists. He continues to co-write The Scoggins Report, a weekly newsletter that concentrates on the day-to-day film development business and is renowned for its coverage of the pitch and spec screenplay marketplaces.

Jason has been one of my primary sources for cross-checking spec script sales and so we’ve gotten to know each other pretty well over the years. The FilmFunds initiative looks promising and hope this works out for all involved.

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