Genre film lab & prodco w/ a pay-it-forward attitude. Discovering & supporting diverse genre talent. Brainchild of @jenna_payne.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2020
Could we get $15m to make six fresh, original horror movies by diverse up & coming writers & directors? I'm tired of finance people lecturing me about investment strategies and then watching the Emperor's New Clothes on repeat. 🙃
Reese Witherspoon is buying back Hello Sunshine for a fraction of its $900 million valuation in 2021, marking a potential 94% drop in value for the production company. Candle Media’s bet on Witherspoon’s celebrity brand and book club fell short as growth in direct-to-consumer subscriptions lagged. @Lmanfredi7 and @sharonwaxman explain why the once-promising deal unraveled: mrf.lu/26JRY
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I literally do everything here while working full-time and juggling chronic illness, so don't sleep on all these skills:
Anyone looking for a Jenna of All Trades? I am looking to level up and would love to level up your company with me. Long-time producer/project manager with a wealth of experience in events, travel, creative, budgets, and more. Call me! 🎃
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As a chronically ill & disabled filmmaker, I'm excited to see Michael J. Fox receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, but the while audience looks sad. 1. Production team needed an omni mic in front of him & 2. That Lola Falana joke should have killed. He's done great! Congrats!
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Many old adages treated as sage wisdom in the business are really just self-fulfilling prophecies. I didn't know this, but I'm not surprised. Women are also considered money losers, but our budgets are smaller from production to marketing to screens. The numbers are skewed!
There are 750 screens in the film market labeled "the Caribbean". A majority Black audience and Black-led films do well there. Not tracked by Box Office Mojo or The Numbers. Should b under international If tracked, it'd prove Black-led casts to be more lucrative & we'd get more
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Our approach to packaging is we’re trying to evolve to say how can we make the best possible film so it can compel people in an undeniable way to see it in a movie theater & if they do go see it it’s going to work in home video, it’s going to work on pay, it’s going to work on TV
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Tied of seeing these stories where stars who have had big paydays think they're getting no offers... while their agents are like, "It's gonna cost you $50k for me to even pass this script to my client" (or just don't share even the logline).
Elliot Page says he has received NO role offers despite the huge success of “The Odyssey”, and believes being transgender has made it harder for him to get cast as Hollywood still needs to ADAPT 😲 He also opens up about feeling deeply UNCOMFORTABLE while working on Inception and other projects before his transition, but believes his BIGGEST successes are still ahead of him 👀 “I was seen in a certain way before and it’s different now, so maybe there is something to reaching out to people and trying to create projects that way. But it’s a little tricky for me to get cast now, for obvious reasons.”
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The industry loves to hold these up as the gold standard - and I'm glad when they hit - but for every micro budget picked up by a major distributor & (somewhat) marketed, there's an infinite graveyard of broken dreams. Many talented but not well-resourced visionaries unsung.
How did a Gen Z filmmaker make one of the year's best movies for just $150,000 and a car? @CaseyMLoving goes behind Alex Ullom's debut feature “It Ends,” a Neon horror film made with four actors, a car and a scrappy group of collaborators that included a magician, a “Grand Theft Auto” CGI artist and Letterboxd. thewrap.com/creative-content…
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Did someone say TRILLIONAIRE??? I've got a recipe for that. EAT THE RICH is now on Bloodstream. Get a free trial and plan a revolution.
Replying to @jenna_payne
My latest short film was shot during the solar eclipse of 2024 and asked if we could repurpose billionaires for something greater. EAT THE RICH premiered at Morbido Fest, and it's now on @BloodStreamTV: bloodstreamtv.com/show-detai…
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New Fiona video just dropped.
Fiona says eat a balanced diet of billionaires and watch EAT THE RICH on Bloodstream. 😋😇
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Big week for horror but is the industry getting the right lessons out of the numbers? Sounds like original ideas by fresh voices sell movie tickets to us. We've got 6 piping hot horror scripts ready to slay.
I'm excited about the possibilities that should crop up for emerging filmmakers & horror in the wake of OBSESSION & BACKROOMS but again, the industry just doesn't want to do the work of nurturing early career filmmakers. Buying ready to screen on YouTube isn't it, PR aside.
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New financing plan for fresh genre talent in motion 😜:
Replying to @jenna_payne
And here I am discussing the making of EAT THE RICH and my filmmaking career, including with @DisasterCap: searchmytrash.com/articles/j… We made it to #7 on Bloodstream last weekend!
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Fantastic week at @bifff_festival & the Brussels Genre Market. Can't wait to see what blooms.
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*Taps sign* My dark comedy/medical revenge feature script HYSTERIA is inspired by my own battle with autoimmune disease, ignorant doctors, and the US healthcare system. It's been selected by industry contests, incubators, film festivals, and the world needed to see it yesterday.
You know what’s actually overdiagnosed? Anxiety. Let’s talk about that, because without that label, doctors wouldn’t have a way to dismiss and control patients. It’s a modern-day hysteria diagnosis.
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Maybe it's the autism, but the industry often has me asking, WHY do we do it like this? And I basically just decided I wouldn't and built @DisasterCap focused on emerging writers & directors in horror and giving them the support - including leadership skills - to do it better.
Be careful with obsessive, mean men who are "creatives" Not only are they strategic about backstabbing friends & pulling from women's work to be crowned "genius", they have no creative vision beyond "transgression". They archive & reproduce fragments, bits of everyone elses soul
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My side hustle is producing horror films, and we've had a pretty killer year at @DisasterCap. Can't wait to make these movies! (If you are interested in film investment, do let me know)
Happy Holidays to all - and to all a good fright! Disaster Capital’s mission is to transform the industry by funding & producing groundbreaking films from underrepresented voices. If you’re looking for just the right holiday fright, we’d love to share more about our horror slate.
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Happy Holidays to all - and to all a good fright! Disaster Capital’s mission is to transform the industry by funding & producing groundbreaking films from underrepresented voices. If you’re looking for just the right holiday fright, we’d love to share more about our horror slate.
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Disaster Capital’s 2025 Year in Review: - Children of the Sun – BIFFF Market Hatching Ravens selection. - Hysteria – winner of Wench Film Festival’s Pitch It Till You Make It. - Multiple cast attachments across 6 diverse horror features.
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- We attended Frontieres Film Market @ Fantasia in Montreal. - Jenna Payne / Disaster Capital made the short list for Square Peg Social’s inaugural incubator weekend. - We’re looking forward to attending the BIFFF Market next year. disastercapitalproductions.c…
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One of the six awesome, hilarious, social justice-oriented horror scripts we have here at Disaster Capital. HYSTERIA has been recognized internationally. Give it a read!
One year ago, getting Luigi'd was added to the English language, and to honor our nation's dedication to providing some of the worst health outcomes at the most expensive rates in the world, you can now download my medical revenge script Hysteria for free. Link in the comment!
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Our UK premiere is 5 days away with FFStival! Don't forget to #BYOB - Bring Your Own Billionaire.
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