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Back in 2012, Texas Chainsaw 3D was just about to be released, and my writing partner and I had written a vaguely similar script. We figured we might be able to sell it to The Asylum to use as one of their infamous mockbusters. Yes, we were completely willing to sell out. Selling out sure beats not selling anything at all. So we asked a colleague with connections if he could put us in touch with them. Beforehand, he warned us not to mention that my writing partner had won awards for screenwriting. They would be more interested in using us if they thought we were young, hungry screenwriters, willing to work for cheap. If they thought we knew too much about what we were doing, they wouldn't want to hire us. Stop and ponder that for a moment.

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Good at your job? Fuck you, you're fired.

He also told us that since The Asylum was so cheap they liked to hire people who could do more than one thing. So if we knew how to do CGI, that would help us.

The Asylum

Note how I didn't say, "well."

My day job is as a producer/editor, so I thought we could push that angle. We emailed The Asylum and waited to hear back. After months of pestering, we finally got it!

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Our rejection. Of sorts.



