FINAL DRAFT SCREENPLAY CONTEST WINNER "DAWG" GOES INTO PRODUCTION -
Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley set to star in Gold Circle Films Production

Encino, CA - November 13, 2000

Final Draft Inc., makers of the award winning screenplay software program, are proud to announce that Ken Hastings script "Dawg," the winner of the 1st Annual Final Draft International Screenplay Competition, began principal photography November 13 with Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley starring. Gold Circle Films is producing.
We created this competition because we truly believe that there are many talented writers out there like Ken Hastings with movie ideas and we are thrilled to have been able to give him this opportunity of turning his words into a major motion picture, said Marc Madnick, President and CEO of Final Draft, Inc.

Final Draft held the competion last year in order to offer undiscoverd screenwriters a way to break into Hollywood. Of the 2000 scripts submitted, Hastings, from Orlando, FL was chosen the winner and awarded the grand prize of $5,000 and a trip to Hollywood. The Cannell Company assisted by supplying readers of the scripts. Final Draft then set-up three days of meetings with top Hollywood agents and producers for the aspiring screenwriter. The Cannell Company subsequently took an interest in Dawg, and became a producer on the project.

When cameras roll on Dawg, it will mark the first time a software company has been responsible for propelling a major motion picture into production. Budgeted at $4 million - $7 million, the project centers on a ladies man (Leary) who must apologize to the women he has betrayed to inherit $1 million from his grandmother. Hurley plays an attorney who accompanies him to supervise his mission. Gold Circle Films, based in Los Angeles, is producing with Victoria Hechberg (Sex in the City and Ally McBeal) directing.

"This is excellent! It's a step toward meeting Elizabeth Hurley," said Hastings. "Final Draft has helped to turn a Hollywood dream into a reality for me!"

About Final Draft, Inc.

Winner of the 2000 Golden Satellite Award for Best Interactive CD-ROM, Final Draft Screenplay Software (www.finaldraft.com) is the leading screenplay program used worldwide by professional film and TV writers to create such Oscar(r)-winning hits as American Beauty and The Usual Suspects and is endorsed by industry talents such as Oliver Stone, James L. Brooks and Tom Hanks.

Final Draft, Inc. was founded in 1991 by writer Marc Madnick and software engineer Benjamin Cahan, who recognized the need for a screenwriting software package, which would eventually re-create and revolutionize the way an entire industry writes and revises its scripts. Final Draft has become the best selling screenwriting program worldwide, with more than 120,000 units sold since its introduction. Final Draft Inc. was named one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in 1998 in Los Angeles by Deloitte & Touche. Headquartered in Encino, California, Final Draft Inc. counts 30 employees and is currently expanding into the global software market.