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ATCHITY ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL, INC. (AEI)
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FOR WRITERS READY FOR REPRESENTATION:
AEI is a one-stop full-service literary
management and motion
picture production company, delivering a full array of development,
sales, marketing and promotion, producing, licensing, and merchandising
services for writers and storytellers who are ready for multimedia
global representation within the Book, Film, TV, Music and Product
Arenas. ( Note: If your work is not yet ready for representation,
please visit our sister company, The
Writer's Lifeline. Neither AEI nor any of its Associate
Managers charge reading or processing fees for submissions).
What We Do
Virtually every facet of a literary property can be exploited for
commercial gain in all media throughout the world.
At the turn of the millennium, literary assets are among the most
valuable assets in the world. AEI assists writers in creating and
earning major income from getting his or her story to the right audience
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Incorporated in June, 1996, by Ken
Atchity and Chi-Li Wong, AEI has made millions
of dollars in sales for our clients, put nonfiction books and novels
on national bestseller lists and major films in development and production.
MAJOR FRANCHISES
AEI has sold, and is producing, six major franchises:
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The original bloodsucker walks the earth
again in screenwriter Ian Holt’s "The Un-Dead," the
official sequel to Bram Stoker’s "Dracula." |
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Noire, the provocative #1 Essence Bestselling
Queen of Urban Erotica, licks some more candy out of
the ballpark. |
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Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks
in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats,
Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men by Nick Redfern,
Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite)starring. AEI producing
with Greasy Entertainment at Universal. |
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Jim Carrey
and Gong-Li starring, Tim Burton directing; AEI producing
with Richard Zanuck and Alphaville at Paramount. Script
by Scott A. Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ("People
vs. Larry Flynt," "Man on the Moon") and Steve Oedekerk
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Royce Buckingham’s Demon Keeper,
forthcoming from Putnam’s and in development with Fox
2000.
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Meg, based on Steve Alten's New York
Times Bestselling Novel, producing with Larry Gordon
Productions ("Die Hard," "Lara Croft"), and Nick Nunziata,
Jan de Bont ("Speed," "Twister") attached to direct
script by Shane Salerno ("Armageddon," "Shaft"). |
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With offices in Los Angeles and New York, and Associate
Managers throughout the U.S. and in eleven foreign countries,
AEI's intertwined businesses are:
- EDITING and DEVELOPING
AEI has become known for its editorial and development skills,
which it provides to new clients as a matter of course.
For writers with good ideas who are not yet ready for management,
AEI has a sister company, Writer's Lifeline,
Inc., to provide a bridge to the professional level. Writer's Lifeline
currently services over 100 clients.
- BOOK PUBLISHING
- FICTION
When a novel is judged ready for the marketplace, AEI directly
sells the novel to publishers (primarily in New York), and
either before, after, or simultaneously, offers their dramatic
rights to the television or motion picture industry (primarily
in LA) - as well as to other industries, including audio,
electronic, etc. Although AEI sometimes sells foreign publishing
rights to domestic publishers, increasingly AEI is handling
foreign either directly or indirectly via Baror International
to maximize revenues to the client.
In addition AEI works with outside and in-house publicists
to market the properties, and serves as producer of the
motion pictures based on them. Successful AEI novel deals
have included Steve
Alten's Meg,
(Disney; Doubleday-Bantam), The
Trench (Kensington), Domain,
Goliath,
Resurrection,
and The Loch; John Scott Shepherd 's Henry's List
of Wrongs (New Line Cinema); Rugged Land -- an AEI-Zide-Perry
production, Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not (Paramount-Alphaville
["The Mummy"] producing with AEI), James Michael Pratt's The Last
Valentine (St. Martin's Press, Literary Guild), The
Lighthouse Keeper, and Ticket Home (both SMP);
and S.N. Palmer's The
Danger Zone (Lawrence Marks Productions, Mira). Other
novels are listed here
- NON-FICTION
When nonfiction books are judged ready for the marketplace,
AEI directly sells them to publishers; and either before,
after, or simultaneously, offers their dramatic rights to
the television or motion picture industry -as well as to other
industries, including audio, electronic, etc.
Although AEI sometimes sells foreign publishing rights to
domestic publishers, increasingly AEI is handling foreign
via Baror International to maximize revenues to the client.
In addition AEI works with outside and in-house publicists
to market the properties, and serves as producer of the
motion pictures based on them. Successful AEI nonfiction
deals have included Governor Jesse Ventura's I Ain't
Got Time to Bleed (Villard), Do
I Stand Alone? (Pocket), Gary and Joy Lundberg's I Don't
Have to Make Everything All Better (Viking; Book of
the Month Club), and Writers Lifeline editor Julie Mooney's The
Amazing World of Ripley's Believe It or Not, Joyce
H. Brown's Heavenly
Answers to Earthly Questions (Dutton NAL); and Clinton
Greenleaf's Gentleman's
Guide series. Other nonfiction books are listed here
- TELEVISION PRODUCTION
SCREEN- AND TELEPLAYS
When screenplays are judged ready for the marketplace, AEI places
them directly with studios or with a co-producer who can assist
in assembling cast and/or director before approaching financers
or broadcasters. Upon sale, AEI retains a management commission.
AEI also serves as producer on the project, and contracts to receive
producing fees. When a project moves into development, AEI refunds
its commission to the writer. "The Amityville Horror-The Evil
Escapes" and "Shadow of Obsession" both appeared on NBC; "The
Madame's Family: The Truth about Canal Street Brothel" appeared
on CBS.
AEI TV projects are listed here
- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION
When our clients' motion picture screenplays are ready for the
marketplace, AEI places them directly with studios or with directors,
stars, or senior producers who can assist in "packaging" cast
and/or director before approaching financiers (like Warner Bros.,
New Line, Fox, or Disney) or broadcasters (HBO, Showtime, etc.).
Upon sale, AEI retains a management commission. AEI serves as
producer on clients' projects, and contracts to receive producing
fees directly from the financing company. When producing fees
are received, we refund our commission to our clients.
John Scott Shepherd's "Joe Somebody," directed by John Pasquin,
and starring Tim Allen, was released by Fox 2000 and New Regency
December 21, 2000. Shepherd's "Life or Something Like It," directed
by Stephen Herek, starring Angelina Jolie and Ed
Burns, appeared in 2002.
AEI clients have been published by:
AMACOM - Atria Books – Ballantine/Strivers Row - Bantam
Books - Black Dog & Leventhal - Clarkson S. Potter - Doubleday
- Dutton – Fair Winds Press - Forge - Harmony Books - HarperCollins
- HealthComm - Helios - Henry Holt - Kensington Books -
McGraw-Hill - Mira - New American Library - W. W. Norton
- Onyx - Penguin Books - Perigee - Pocket Books – Prentice
Hall - Random House - ReganBooks – Rugged Land - Signet
- St. Martin's Press - Thomas Dunne Books - Tom Doherty
& Associates – Three Rivers Press – Strivers Row Books -
Viking - Villard Books - Warner Books - John Wiley & Sons
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AEI motion picture projects are listed here
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| LATEST AEI DEALS |
Nancy Freedman’s Sappho: The Tenth Muse was sold to Mir Knigi Publishers (Russia)
Dr. Nicolas Bazan’s "fable of music and the mind," Una Vida, will appear from Five Star Publishing (Linda Radke)
Serdar Ozkan’s The Missing Rose has been sold to Minerva (Finland) and All Prints Distributors (Lebanon).
Alvin Schwartz’s novelized 1997 memoir, An Unlikely Prophet, has been sold to Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag (Germany).
Royce Buckingham has closed a deal with Putnam (John Rudolph) for his third novel (after Demonkeeper and Goblins), Scary Monsters. Via Baror International, Random House/Germany has made a deal for a sequel to Demonkeeper
Breaking Ball Films' Scott Abramovitch and Lonny Dubrofsky have acquired feature rights to William F. Diehl's pre-WWII spy novel 27
Alvin Schwartz’s An Unlikely Prophet has been sold to Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag (Germany), for publication in October
Royce Buckingham’s Goblins (forthcoming from Putnam in April) has been sold to Random House/Germany
Michael Radford is set to direct "Taj," Michael A. Simpson and Judy Cairo are producing with Ken Atchity and Ch-Li Wong
Noire, "the queen of urban erotica," has signed a significant 3-book deal with Ballantine
Royce Buckingham 's Demonkeeper was sold to Random House/Germany by AEI/Baror
AEI client Phil Daay has optioned his contemporary script adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story From Beyond to Austin-based HD Pictures & Post
AEI and Spark Digital Media have optioned John Burke (aka Richard O’Connor)’s Duet in Diamonds (Putnam)
Peter Bielagus' Kwik Kash for Kids has been sold to Sterling Publishers (Meredith Hale)
Noire, the Queen of Urban Erotica, in collaboration with Mary K. Morrisson on an erotic anthology, to Kensington (Selena James)
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