Page One: “Gemini Man” (2019) Screenplay by David Benioff and Billy Ray and Darren Lemke, story by Darren Lemke and David Benioff
Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking Silicon Valley’s invasion of Hollywood brought with it science fictional notions of growth for the industry, a penchant for secrecy and…
Writing in the Moment. Being in the Moment. Time is a mystery, especially in a screenplay. As writers, we can leap through decades from one scene to the next. Or we can stretch a…
Video: Showrunners Roundtable The head writers of the TV series Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, The Last of Us, Swarm, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Ramy.
The Hollywood strike can and must win — for all of us, not just writers and actors The thousands of strikers are at the frontlines of two key battles: against a future controlled by AI, and against suffocating inequality
Script To Screen: “Scream” Part of the memorable opening sequence in the 1996 horror movie Scream, written by Kevin Williamson.
Page One: “The Gambler” (2014) Screenplay by William Monahan, based on a 1974 screenplay by James Toback
Writing Tip: The Power of Structured Procrastination “The beauty of the structured procrastination method is that it recognizes the extreme challenge in changing that pro-tomorrow vein, and…
Screenwriting Tip: The Low-Down on High Concept A high concept screenplay must have a clean, simple, and basic idea.
Page One: “Fun with Dick and Jane” (1977) Screenplay by David Giler & Jerry Belson & Mordecai Richler, story by Gerald Gaiser
SAG-AFTRA And WGA Fears About AI Are Warranted Christopher Nolan compares entertainment companies and AI to the ethical dilemmas nuclear scientists faced in Oppenheimer.
Script To Screen: “The Searchers” From the 1956 movie The Searchers, screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, novel by Allan Le May.
Screenwriting 101: Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar “You should always have that ‘Break-in-case-of-emergency script.’ The thing that you can turn to when, ‘Everything’s on fire, I haven’t got…
