# How To Break Into a Broken Hollywood: Writing Horror in 2026

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**Date:** March 17, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Courtyard Marriott / Guadalupe  
**Format:** Workshop  
**Track:** Film & TV track  
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## Speakers

- **C. Robert Cargill** — Screenwriter/ Producer/ Co-Founder

Streamers and studios are consolidating, a full third of television production has been cut, people aren't going to the movies as often anymore, and professionals are not only leaving the industry, but the trades have begun reporting when prominent ones do. But you're undeterred. You intend to break in. And many are saying horror is the industry's salvation. Screenwriter and Producer C. Robert Cargill (Sinister, Doctor Strange, The Gorge, The Black Phone) will discuss writing horror for Hollywood, tips and tricks on how to write, sell, and produce, and share what he’s learned about navigating the current environment swollen with unsold scripts.

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