Page One: “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014) Screenplay by Simon Kinberg, story by Jane Goldman & Simon Kinberg & Matthew Vaughn
Screenwriting 101: Seth Lochhead On the lead character in the movie Hanna being a girl: “It’s what was in my head. It’s what felt right. The more I thought about it, the…
Page One: “X2: X-Men United” (2003) Screenplay by Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris and David Hayter, story by Zak Penn and David Hayter & Bryan Singer
On Writing “I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art, you’re an idiot.”
Page One: “Zola” (2020) Screenplay by Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris, story by Andrew Neel & Mike Roberts, based on the tweets by A’Ziah King
Screenwriting 101: Jeffrey Leiber “If the end of the scene is obvious from the beginning of the scene, there’s no point to having the scene. If the beginning of the scene is…
Page One: “Young Woman and the Sea” (2024) Written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the book ‘Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the…
Selena, excellent questions. Re reading scripts: Check out my 7-part series: How to Read a Screenplay.
On Writing “I’ve always said there are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. Architects do blueprints before they drive the first…
Page One: “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein, story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, characters by Ian Fleming
Screenwriting 101: Jonathan Lemkin “If you let your lifestyle expend your last check, you then say yes to a really bad project to keep the checks coming. The quality of your…
