‘Work In Progress’ achieves dream a year after Sundance by being picked up by Showtime

Conventional wisdom is that total unknowns with little money can’t possibly get a film into the Sundance Film Festival. That as the festival has grown, it’s become more corporate and more exclusive.Not true. “You absolutely do not [need connections]. I didn’t,” said Tim Mason, who co-created, co-wrote and is an executive producer of “Work In Progress,” a dark comedy that premiered in the indie episodic category at the film festival in 2018.“You go