Much Ado About Everything

Caitlin McCarthy's photo and quotes made a front page story in the Telegram & Gazette about the historic ruling for the 53 DES breast cancer cases in Boston, MA. View the story HERE.

Caitlin was also quoted in The Boston Globe's article about the DES breast cancer cases. Click HERE to view the article.

Caitlin's screenplay WONDER DRUG is about the DES drug disaster. The feature film is now in development with producer/actor Alysia Reiner (SIDEWAYS). Click HERE for more information.

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Talk about Happy New Year! Just received word that WONDER DRUG has been chosen as a semi-finalist for the 2012 Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition!!

WONDER DRUG will be posted on the Vail Film Festival's website soon. Finalists will be announced on January 23rd.

Fingers crossed! -- Caitlin

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Check out my latest post "A Soapy Life" for acclaimed author Elizabeth Searle's blog.

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So excited that my screenplay idea FORTUNE'S FOLLY just advanced to the 3rd Round of the Action On Film's inaugural AOF $100,000 Writers' Challenge. The "challenge" is to write a winning script that AOF can produce utilizing a $100,000 cash and sponsorship prize package. The package includes cash, equipment, equipment rentals, and sponsor provided services such as post production, music, graphics, deliverables, etc.

Announcement of Top 10 (4th Round) will be made January 24, 2012.

Fingers crossed!

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The November 2011 issue of IMAGINE Magazine highlights Caitlin McCarthy as a "Woman to Watch"! Turn to page 18 at this link to view the article online.

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Actress Alysia Reiner is now attached to produce and star in  WONDER DRUG, an award-winning scientific drama by Caitlin McCarthy. Alysia just wrapped the film BACKWARDS, in which she also held dual roles of actress and producer.

Winner and nominee in over 20 international film festival screenplay competitions and labs, including the prestigious Hamptons Screenwriters Lab as an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation script, WONDER DRUG is inspired by the true story of DES (diethylstilbestrol), a toxic, carcinogenic drug seen as a medical miracle to help women with pregnancy issues and a cash cow for pharmaceutical companies upon its creation.

Alysia and Caitlin first met at the 15th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, when Alysia starred with Steve Guttenberg in a live staged reading of WONDER DRUG that was co-sponsored by the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and directed by Tom Gilroy (who previously acted as Caitlin’s mentor on WONDER DRUG at the Hamptons Screenwriters Lab).

Last year, Alysia starred alongside her husband in a standing-room-only live staged reading of WONDER DRUG at New York City’s Manhattan Theatre Club, again directed by Tom Gilroy.

Alysia is an award-winning actress, producer, mother, humanitarian, and outspoken environmentalist, and widely recognized for her role as Christine, Jack's fiancée and then bride in the Oscar-winning film SIDEWAYS, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award (Outstanding Performance for an Ensemble Cast). For more information, please visit www.alysiareiner.com.

In addition to WONDER DRUG, Caitlin has another feature film in development: RESISTANCE with Populus Pictures (based in London with facilities at Pinewood Studios) and UK director Si Wall. For more information, please visit www.caitlinmccarthy.com.

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WONDER DRUG screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy has been nominated for the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal. Because of Caitlin's efforts and work with the offices of Senators Kerry and Brown, the FDA finally acknowledged DES as a "tragedy" in 2011 after 40 years. Caitlin also champions DES awareness through her screenwriting, blogging, activism, public speaking, and government/media relations.

The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest civilian award in the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The winners will be announced before the end of 2011 -- but as they say, it's an honor to be nominated.

If people would like to express their support of Caitlin McCarthy's nomination for a 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal for her work on the DES issue, please Tweet the White House (@whitehouse) and/or send a message via this webform to the White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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Woo hoo! My DES story has broken into the Reader's Digest "My Life" Top 100 entries!! Please continue to vote for it once a day HERE, until November 1.

Note the Top 100 entries are the ones that get judged for publication in Reader's Digest, reaching 70 million readers worldwide. Please help spread the word about DES. As always, thanks for your support!

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Check out my blog post/review about THE WAY, a must-see movie that opens on October 7 nationwide, HERE. -- Caitlin

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The WONDER DRUG screenplay has advanced to the semi final round of the Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition for 2011! Finalists will be announced @ September 20. Stay tuned and thanks for your support! -- Caitlin

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WONDER DRUG by Caitlin McCarthy has made the quarterfinals in the Just Effing Entertain Me Screenwriting Competition for 2011, which represents the top 9% of all entries received. Next round will be announced on September 10th. Stay tuned!

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The following publications contain items about Caitlin McCarthy's CAPE COD LITE screenplay winning "Best Drama" at the 2011 Action on Film International Film Festival:

• Telegram & Gazette  
• Women in Film Los Angeles
• IMAGINE Magazine (turn to page 30)
• CapeCodToday.com
• Massachusetts Cultural Council
• Hollywood East Connection (shout-out on Facebook) 

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Caitlin McCarthy won two awards at the 2011 Action on Film International Film Festival: "Best Drama" screenplay CAPE COD LITE; and 2nd place group award for the Writers Room Invitational screenplay LOCKDOWN HIGH.

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The screenplay for CAPE COD LITE by Caitlin McCarthy has received *two* nominations at the 2011 Action on Film International Film Festival: "Best Drama"; and "Best Family - Children." The Gala Writers Awards Show is on July 29. Stay tuned for updates!

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Check out my guest blog post (about the Action on Film International Film Festival's support of women filmmakers and screenwriters) for Women & Hollywood on IndieWire HERE.

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I participated in the first-ever AOF Writers' Room Invitational. My assigned team wrote a short called "Lockdown High" (based on my synopsis chosen in a blind vote), which will screen as a mini-movie at the 2011 AOF Festival this month (date/time/location TBA). Our mini-movie is also in the running for an award, as the AOF Writers' Room Invitational is a competition. Fingers crossed!

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The Action on Film International Film Festival has selected both "Pass/Fail" and "Cape Cod Lite" for interpretation on camera. Five-minute scenes from both scripts will be shown as "mini-movies" during the festival July 22-31 in Pasadena. Stay tuned for the date/time/location!

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Three leading information sources for the film industry -- ScreenDaily; The Tracking Board; and MovieInsider -- have updates on RESISTANCE.

To view the ScreenDaily update, click HERE.

To view The Tracking Board update, click HERE.

To view the MovieInsider update, click HERE.

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The 2011 Woods Hole Film Festival has just issued its first release re: its highly regarded screenplay competition -- and RESISTANCE by Caitlin McCarthy won 3rd for Best Drama! Winners will be honored on August 6th during the festival's awards ceremony on Cape Cod.

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