The eighteen TV show finalists, selected after the initial audition rounds, were: The oldest contestant was 41 years old and the youngest was 21. Of them, 48 resided in the United States (21 of them in Los Angeles, CA) and 40 already worked professionally in the film industry. These 12,000 submissions yielded 50 semi-finalists. The official On The Lot site gathers 12,000 submissions from all over the world and the submission deadline was February 16, 2007. The show was self-described as a worldwide search to discover new filmmaking talent. From the 11 December 2008 SABC 2 begun broadcasting On the Lot once again.Ĭontestants Semi-finalists The show also aired on SABC 2 in South Africa from July 19 until early August, when it was removed from the schedule. The show also aired in Canada (on CTV), on People+Arts in Latin America, Portugal and Spain, on FOX8 in Australia, on STAR Movies in Asia, and on Star World in Pakistan, India and Israel.
Originally scheduled for separate episodes on consecutive nights, the "Film Premiere" episodes eventually aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00PM/7:00PM CT, with voting results as part of the following week's episode, as of May 31, 2007. Votes could be made online at, in addition to landline calls and Verizon text messages, and were permitted for two hours after the show. Viewers could vote each week for their favorite directors, which resulted in the elimination of the directors with the lowest vote totals. The next day featured half-hour episodes of viewer reaction, entitled Box Office. After the audition stage, the program was a one-hour show, in which movies were screened: Film Premiere. Initial episodes narrowed 50 semi-finalists down to 18 finalists. The show was initially hosted by Chelsea Handler but she quit early on she later said, "I quit because I smelled the disaster happening before it did." She was replaced by Adrianna Costa. In the online competition which mirrored the show, competitors from around the globe created and submitted their short films that aired online and were voted on by judges and the national popular vote. The On the Lot online Movie Video Making Challenge competition aired online simultaneously alongside the TV show. On the Lot premiered May 22, 2007, and aired Tuesdays. The show, which aired on Fox, featured filmmakers competing in weekly elimination competitions, with the ultimate prize of a million-dollar development deal at DreamWorks. On the Lot is a single season reality show and online competition for filmmaking, produced by Steven Spielberg, Mark Burnett and David Goffin.
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