Armory Films & Motor Content Rev Up Screenplay Spring with SCRIPT2COMIC Prize Run

Curated by Screenmancer Staff from S2C

LOS ANGELES, CA: Production companies Motor Content (“Knightfall,” The Founder) and Armory Films (Mudbound, The Peanut Butter Falcon) announced today their newly minted Script2Comic contest, in association with Scout Comics, CGC^® Certified Guaranty Company and Comic Impressions.
This inaugural contest will offer the Grand Prize Winner the chance to see their screenplay, teleplay, short story, or comic script come to life as a comic book series or graphic novel.

“Most screenplays are read by a handful of people, then put on a shelf and never seen again. Comics can be discovered and enjoyed by an audience for years, decades and even centuries to come. There is no better medium for a creator to see their vision come to life, as evidenced by great stories like Road to Perdition, Watchmen, The Mask, From Hell and Oldboy, which all originated in comic form,” said Don Handfield from Motor Content, who recently saw his first comic series The Rift produced by Steven Spielberg as the season finale to the Apple+ reboot of “Amazing Stories.”

The final product will not only be published and in stores nationwide, but it will also be optioned for development into a film or television series and produced by Armory and Motor.

“Some of the most notable film and TV shows of our time started out as comic books; everything from Snow Piercer to Superman to Black Panther and Blade. We sponsored this contest to find the next great story and foster the unique voice behind it,” said Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros of Armory Films, in a joint statement.

The prize winners will receive special CGC^® Award Trophy slabs with Gold, Silver, Bronze and White labels, depending on placement. These top prize winners will also receive a slabbed and CGC^® graded copy of their published comic.

The winning comic series will be printed by Comic Impressions and published by Scout Comics, the company behind hit series such as Stabbity Bunny, White Ash, The Mall, Wretches, Long Lost and Henchgirl, many of which have been optioned for television. 

Judges lined up for the contest so far include Elgin James, showrunner of Mayans MC; Josh McLaughlin, former President of Focus Features; Trevor Engelson, EP of “Snowfall” on FX; longtime CAA agent Jon Levin who is now head of film & TV at Fourward; Adhrucia Apana, EP of Tom Hardy starrer Capone; Pop Mhan, comic artist of Flash, Aquaman, and Shazam; and Lauren Vilchik, Producer of the horror franchise Cabin Fever. 

Additional judges, sponsors and prizes are expected to be added in the coming months.

Armory and Motor are already collaborating on two other comic properties: The Dark Age, a successful comic series penned by Handfield that launched in 2019, and the upcoming historical fiction graphic novel Palindrome penned by Barbara Marshall & Alex Thompson with art by English illustrator David Hopkins.

The contest is open for entries now and extends through October 15^th with Quarter-Finalists announced October 30^th, Semi-Finalists announced on November 5^th, and Finalists & Winners announced on December 5^th, 2020. 

Prize Details

“WINNING SCRIPT TO BE MADE INTO A GRAPHIC NOVEL AND OPTIONED FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO A FILM OR TELEVISION SERIES.”- S2C    

Get Your MOTOR CONTENT Running…

Motor is a content production engine founded by Don Handfield (The Founder, Knightfall) focused on Film, TV and the creation of Intellectual Property. On the film side, the company is producing Switched On at Focus with Emma Frost (White Queen) adapting the best-selling memoir by John Elder Robison, as well as the US remake of the #1 grossing horror film in Vietnam The Housemaid being adapted by Academy-Award winner Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious). 

All About ARMORY, YW 😉

Founded in 2013 by Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, Armory Films is a film finance and production company that creates, develops, produces, and finances high concept and commercially viable content. With the ability to finance projects from initial creative inception through production and release, Armory has amassed an impressive slate spanning numerous genres and styles, nurturing distinctive stories into groundbreaking films.

Armory Films’ slate includes: The Peanut Butter Falcon, starring Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern, which received rave reviews and the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award out of its SXSW premiere, was acquired by Roadside Attractions, and made over $20million at the box office, making it one of the biggest indie releases of the year; Joe Penna’s Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen which made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival where it was acquired by Bleeker Street for North American distribution and released in the US on February 1, 2019; Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair’s horror/thriller Mom and Dad, which premiered in the midnight madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival; and Dee Rees’ lauded feature Mudbound, which Armory produced and financed, starring Carey Mulligan and Garrett Hedlund. The film rose to critical success following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, and after being acquired by Netflix, went on to receive a record breaking four Academy Award Nominations, making the film a milestone in Netflix’s history in the awards race. 

Armory recently wrapped production in Los Angeles on Charlie Day’s directorial debut El Tonto starring Day, Kate Beckinsale, Jason Sudeikis, John Malkovich, Edie Falco, Jillian Bell, Ken Jeong, Adrien Brody, Ray Liotta and Travis Fimmel; and are currently in pre-production on Raja Gosnell’s live-action family film Santa: The Adventure Begins. For more information, click here.

Ever Heard of SCOUT COMICS?

Scout Comics & Entertainment was founded to discover, develop, and support content creators in addition to helping translate their projects to different platforms and mediums.  Scout currently has projects in development at Amazon Studios and Disney, among many others. Scout Comics & Entertainment is one of the fastest growing independent comic book companies in the world.  It was founded to discover, develop, and support content creators in addition to helping translate their projects to different platforms and mediums.  Scout currently has projects in development at Amazon Studios and Disney, among many others.

CGC, the Official Word…

Certified Guaranty Company^® (CGC^®) revolutionized the comic book marketplace when it was founded in 2000 by providing clear, objective and impartial assessments of authenticity and grade. Today, CGC is the world’s largest and most trusted third-party grading service for comics, magazines, concert posters and related collectibles with more than 6 million collectibles certified since 2000. 

 Who is COMIC IMPRESSIONS?

No matter the size of the run, Comic Impressions is a one stop destination for comic printing and production needs. Parent company, Direct Impressions, has over 25 years of mail and distribution experience. So Comic Impressions can produce and ship comics anywhere in the world.  

Visit the competition here; deadline is coming for deadline Oct. 15, 2020. 

Good Luck!

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