Screenwriter Alexis Jolly had a big-budget family adventure script called Baby Monster that had been collecting dust. When he heard about the game-changing work Ritual Ads was doing with brands, he wondered if the same process could bring his script to life. Ritual Ads delivered a cinematic previsualization trailer in days, transforming a screenplay into a visual experience that let agencies and studios step inside the world of the story.
FROM BURRIED SCRIPT TO BIDDING WAR
Jolly came to Ritual Ads with a script inspired by the magic of Amblin, the wonder of E.T., and the scale of Jurassic Park. The challenge was that no one in town could see what he saw in his head. Ritual Ads took the logline, the tone, and the creative vision and delivered a previsualization trailer that made the movie feel real before a single dollar of development was spent. CAA sent out the script with the trailer attached. What followed was a bidding war between Netflix and Universal, ending with Universal landing the project with Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 producing, the same team behind the $180M+ box office hit Nosferatu.
"Ritual Ads® turned my big-budget family script into a trailer in days. It was a fun and ridiculously easy process. Suddenly the town could experience the movie I had in my head... Weeks later my spec sold to a major studio!"
— Alexis C. Jolly, Screenwriter (repped by CAA)
RITUALIZED RESULTS
A screenplay that had gone unsold became a major studio bidding war acquisition in weeks. The previsualization trailer gave decision makers something a script alone never could: the ability to see the movie, feel its tone, and understand its commercial potential before committing a production budget. Jolly’s latest credits include The Belly of the Beast with Andrew Haigh directing and Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell attached to star.
Final Impact
Hollywood Storytelling at the Speed and Scale of Software
From dusty script to Universal Pictures with Nosferatu producer Jeff Robinov attached. Ritual Ads proved that a cinematic previsualization trailer can do what years of traditional development couldn’t: make the town say yes. For writers, producers, and studios sitting on unrealized IP, the barrier to getting greenlit just disappeared.
