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~ Marcel Proust

about

Emergence Entertainment was founded in 2004 by CEO, Mark Kratter.

We are an all-purpose entertainment company devoted to developing feature films, television programs, and video games.

Mr. Kratter graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in English, as well as a minor in Creative Writing. He also has an extensive background in business, including experience in Venture Capital Financing and securities trading.

screenplays

Repped By Sean Davis of The Phoenix Organization.

Assignments

In Negotiations To Adapt A Classic Graphic Novel.

Completed A TV Pilot For Elan Entertainment.

Completed A Prestige Drama In The Vein Of “21 Grams” For An Indie Film Company.

Completed A Family, Coming-Of-Age Drama In The Vein Of “Breaking Away” For Summertime Films.

Completed Adaptation Of Jim Starlin & Daina Grazuinas’ Novel, “Thinning The Predators” For Stephen L’Heureux.

Developing A High Concept Comedy With Sean Robins And Todd Garner.

Completed A Graphic Novel Adaptation For Solipsist Films.

Completed A Political Thriller For Clark Peterson.

Completed A Rewrite Of Dirty Cop Drama For Primetime Pictures And Emmett/Furla

SCRIPT Magazine Columnist.

Spec Screenplays

TRIPLE POINT – Producer Attached

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ENDANGERED – Producer Attached

Attached To Finance And Produce On A $20M Budget.

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EMBEDDED (TV Series) – Producer Attached

Co-Written With George S. Mahaffey

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[Under Wraps] – Producer Attached

Genre: High Concept Reality Show

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DARKNET – Optioned

Genre: Psychological Thriller in the vein of “The Game”

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WHERE THE DEAD GO

Genre: Occult Thriller With A Hardcore Horror Edge.

“Serpent & The Rainbow” for the “Saw” generation.

Logline: “A by-the-book bioweapons expert is deployed to the war-torn Congo to investigate a mysterious outbreak of disease — only to discover that it may be of supernatural origin.”

Accolades

* WINNER – Fade In Awards Grand Prize
* WINNER – Hollywood Script Competition
* WINNER – Triggerstreet’s Script Of The Month
* 2nd Place – PAGE International (Horror Category)
* 2nd Place – Acclaim Screenplay Competition
* 3rd Place – Phoenix Festival Screenplay Search
* 3rd Place – Terror Film Festival
* 3rd Place – Award Winning Screenwriters Contest
* Finalist – Cinequest (Top 10 twice, making contest history)
* Finalist – National Screenplay Showdown
* Finalist – Movie Script Contest
* Semi-Finalist – Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
* Semi-Finalist – Screenplay Festival
* Semi-Finalist – American Accolades
* Semi-Finalist – Cinestory
* Top 2% – Nicholl Competition

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services

Emergence Consulting provides comprehensive solutions for a wide variety of film producers’ and filmmakers’ needs, including assisting production companies seeking to structure slate financing or individual production financing whether or not the picture is appropriate for financing through Emergence Entertainment. We also offer script consulting services through our sister company, Breakthrough Script Consulting.