Scott Myers

Inside the Actors’ Strategy

Dissecting the latest SAG-AFTRA moves amid a last-minute deadline extension and Hollywood’s “hot labor summer.”

Script To Screen: “The Social Network”

The final scene from the 2010 movie The Social Network, screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, based on a book by Ben Mezrich.

Page One: “First Reformed” (2017)

Written by Paul Schrader

Deadline’s Strike Talk Podcast

Episode 9: Billy Ray talks with Lindsay Dougherty, leader of the Hollywood Teamsters.

Screenwriting 101: Stephany Folsom

“I always have one project I’m working on in the background that I really don’t care if anybody ever sees or if it ever gets made. Of…

Page One: “First Cow” (2019)

Screenplay by Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, novel by Jon Raymond

L.A. City Council Approves Resolution Supporting WGA Strike

Calls On AMPTP To Return To Bargaining Table

On Writing

“I finish them all. This comes out of some kind of professional pride. I finish even if I know or strongly suspect a story is crap. You’ve…

Page One: “Finding Neverland” (2004)

Screenplay by David Magee, play by Allan Knee

SAG-AFTRA & AMPTP Extend Contract To July 12

Negotiations continue.

Script To Screen: “The Terminator”

The beginning of the 1984 film The Terminator, written by James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd.

Page One: “Fatal Attraction” (1987)

Written by James Dearden

Peak Hustle on the Picket Line

How a writer’s mindset transforms into grindset and walking the line becomes a networking opportunity.

Writing Tip: The Spirit of the Spec

The creative empowerment of writing a spec script.

Page One: “The Favourite” (2018)

Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara

SAG-AFTRA “Prepared To Strike” Letter Hits 1,000 Signatures

Including Guild President Fran Drescher

Possibility Thinking, Practicality Thinking

The singular importance of a story idea.

Page One: “Far From Heaven” (2002)

Written by Todd Haynes

Netflix turns to South Korean writers and crews as Hollywood strikes.

But they feel exploited too.

Three Scripts

You write, you learn. And I humbly suggest that three scripts is a minimum for achieving any sort of grasp of the screenwriting craft.

Page One: “Executive Decision” (1996)

Written by Jim Thomas & John Thomas

A-List Actors Threaten to Strike in Letter to SAG

Via Rolling Stone:

Script To Screen: “The Talented Mr. Ripley”

A pivotal scene from the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley, screenplay by Anthony Minghella, novel by Patricia Highsmith.

Page One: “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (2022)

Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

All Eyes on Actors as SAG-AFTRA Deal Deadline Looms

Elaine Low has been covering the work stoppage via StrikeGeist, a newsletter for The Ankler. Since the start of the strike, she’s been…