BPS 281: How to Turn Your Movie Script into a Money-Maker with Mark Toia

So insane and talent Australian filmmaker Mark Toia is back to tell
us how he made millions of dollars self distributing his remarkable
debut film Monsters of Man. After getting offered bad and predatory
distribution deals he wondered if there was another way. Enter my
book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: How to Turn Your Film into a Money
Making Business. When I wrote my book Rise of the Filmtrepreneur I
hoped it would help filmmakers around the world. I never thought
that a filmmaker halfway around the world would read it and change
his entire marketing and distribution plan for his million-dollar+
indie film.

After reading Rise of the Filmtrepreneur he reached out to tell me
what he was thinking of doing. He was planning on self-distributing
his film as an experiment to see if he could do it and also to
prove to filmmakers around the world that you can get a great ROI
(Return on Investment) on a million-dollar+ indie film without any
major bankable stars.

I asked him,

"So a million-dollar Filmtrepreneur experiment?"

Mark said yes. He had already been offered multiple seven-figure
deals from distributors but after looking at the convoluted fine
print of the distribution contracts he decided to opt out. The
payment schedules were so insane it would take Mark forever to get
any money at all. The traditional film distribution path was not
designed to help him get paid and if a film like Monsters of Man is
having these issues the system is most definitely broken.Then he
discovered my book and down the Filmtrepreneur rabbit hole, he
went. When I saw the trailer for the first time I almost fell out
of my chair. I recently had the pleasure of watching the film and
all I can say is:"Monsters of Man is one of the BEST films I've
seen in 2020.

A must watch!"In this conversation Mark is completely transparent
on how he made millions with his film. He also reveals not only his
successes but also some failures he dealt with along the way. This
is truly a one in a decade indie film experiment that you now have
access to see how it was done.

Enjoy my conversation with Mark Toia.

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