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The head of a major Hollywood branding company assured Marty his company could quickly help us raise money through product placement.

I was still completely shocked and buzzing with excitement about the incredible partnership deal my film's producer, Steve Schklair...

In November of 2022, three years after I had completed the script for THE ONLY WAY OUT, 2 years since it had finished as a semifinalist...

The thrill from having THE ONLY WAY OUT at 20th Century Fox and Thunder Road was exhilarating...

Paramount loved the script, but passed because they had a "similar" female-driven project in development.

What in the world was I going to do if Netflix or Paramount optioned the script and gave us a deal? I was going to explode, that's what. Ser

Marty had been desperately trying to get the script to Chloé Zhao and Kathryn Bigelow, but it just wasn't happening.

During our lunch in Malibu, Marty mentioned that he had a lead on Kate Hudson and was hoping to make contact with her about starring in the

decided to it would be best to meet with Marty Katz (TITANIC, REINDEER GAMES, MAN OF THE HOUSE) while flying solo.

I spent the kids' last day of school frantically packing and loading our Ford Expedition for our road trip to CA.

Amazon wasn't interested without a name actress/director attached, so we began discussing directors.

Who better than Emily Blunt and John Krasinski to turn this film into a success?

We agreed to start with Charlize Theron because, well, she's Charlize Theron and Marty had worked with her on the film, REINDEER GAMES.

But Stephanie's a miracle worker and one day she called and said she had a producer who was interested and said he'd read the script.

Once the idea for THE ONLY WAY OUT was born and I had determined who my main characters were, my brain went into hyperdrive.

"The illegal growers," he warned, "are extremely dangerous and heavily armed. They don't care who you are and what you're doing..."

The first actress I researched was Scarlett Johansson because she's an incredible actress and she recently launched The Outset...