MJ Dean
@emjaydean.bsky.social
Optioned Screenwriter
SF Bay Area 🪷
Ella - In Development
Regression Test - In Development
Multiple WIP (thriller/drama/heist)
Pluviophile.
Chopstick ambidextrous.
imdb.me/mjdean
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SF Bay Area 🪷
Ella - In Development
Regression Test - In Development
Multiple WIP (thriller/drama/heist)
Pluviophile.
Chopstick ambidextrous.
imdb.me/mjdean
www.networkisa.org/profile/mjdean
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MJ Dean
@emjaydean.bsky.social
· May 12
I am excited to announce that Director Maria Victoria Ponce has signed to direct my upcoming feature, ELLA.
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I mean...
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I mean...
Reboots may be cheaper for studios, but audiences don't want them!
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reboots may be cheaper for studios, but audiences don't want them!
What are your top 5 movue genres? Mine are:
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What are your top 5 movue genres? Mine are:
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
I have a better idea. Grieve.
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I have a better idea. Grieve.
I'm writing a 4-character drama feature that I'm sure will option fast.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'm writing a 4-character drama feature that I'm sure will option fast.
What's a movie you never tire of?
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What's a movie you never tire of?
I got an outline cooking, y'all. This is gonna be one helluva winter to write.
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I got an outline cooking, y'all. This is gonna be one helluva winter to write.
My pal @tschrack.bsky.social wrote and directed an award-winning short and I think you'll enjoy it, too!
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
S.K.A.T.E. | A Skateboarding Short Film | Award Winning
YouTube video by Thomas Schrack
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My pal @tschrack.bsky.social wrote and directed an award-winning short and I think you'll enjoy it, too!
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
youtu.be/59wgFUKzB4s?...
Refuse to use the "making shit up" machines.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Refuse to use the "making shit up" machines.
I am excited to announce that Director Maria Victoria Ponce has signed to direct my upcoming feature, ELLA.
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May 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am excited to announce that Director Maria Victoria Ponce has signed to direct my upcoming feature, ELLA.
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Reposted by MJ Dean
After viewing Brian De Palma's Blow Out, make sure to watch Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation.
Later, dive into an excellent analysis: cinephiliabeyond.org/the-co...
Later, dive into an excellent analysis: cinephiliabeyond.org/the-co...
January 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
After viewing Brian De Palma's Blow Out, make sure to watch Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation.
Later, dive into an excellent analysis: cinephiliabeyond.org/the-co...
Later, dive into an excellent analysis: cinephiliabeyond.org/the-co...
Script request from a prod co in the wee hours. Just sent. Now we wait. #scriptsky
November 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Script request from a prod co in the wee hours. Just sent. Now we wait. #scriptsky