Daily Dialogue — November 7, 2016 “A eugoogalizer. One who speaks at funerals. Or did you think I’d be too stupid to know what a eugoogly was?”
Exploring Theme in “The King’s Speech” In the Core VII: Theme online class I’m currently teaching, we’ve had some great discussions and analysis. One of the most vibrant involved…
Interview: David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Panic Room, Mission: Impossible) A Collider interview with screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Indiana…
Interview: Jon Spaihts, co-writer, “Doctor Strange” A Variety interview with Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Passengers) who is co-writer of the new Marvel movie Doctor Strange.
Daily Dialogue — November 6, 2016 The sky clears. The waves are still big. The fish are back. And then come the sharks, cutting through the water. Chuck can’t get up to get…
Lisa, as long as I’ve run the blog, I’ve made it part of my mission to promote screenwriters when… BTW I am in the process of working with the good folks at Medium to finish the migration of my 80+ archived subjects from the old site…
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 262nd installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Interview: Scott Derrickson, co-writer/director, “Doctor Strange” The Wrap interviews Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister) who co-wrote (with C. Robert Cargill and Jon Spaihts) and…
Interview: Robert Schenkkan, co-writer, “Hacksaw Ridge” A Script magazine interview with Robert Schenkkan, co-writer of the movie Hacksaw Ridge.
Spec Script Deal: “Furby” The Weinstein Company acquires family comedy spec script “Furby” written by Daniel Persitz and Devon Kliger. From Wired:
My Interviews with Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Winners: Part 4 Last night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the six winners of the 2016 Nichol Fellowships in Screenwriting. Those…
Reddit AMA: Eric Heisserer, writer-executive producer, “Arrival” Yesterday Eric Heisserer did an AMA on Reddit, the focus being his new movie Arrival which debuts here in North American on November 11…
My Interviews with Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Winners: Part 4 Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the six winners of the 2016 Nichol Fellowships in Screenwriting. Those…
Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win! One guy’s journey into the heart of darkness, Cubs history, and Lincoln Park pubs.
Podcast: The Process.Ink — Episode 1 with Brent Forrestor Tom Benedek is my good friend and co-founder of Screenwriting Master Class. In fact, Tom is the very first screenwriter I met when I first…
My Interviews with Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Winners: Part 3 Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors the six winners of the 2016 Nichol Fellowships in Screenwriting. Those writers…
Spec Script Deal: “Yuba” Netflix with a preemptive acquisition of Western drama spec script “Yuba” written by Eamon O’Sullivan. From Deadline:
Update: 2016 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 4 New Scripts, 22 Total! Christmas comes early for screenplay fans as Hollywood studios and production companies have just begun their annual ritual of making the…
Daily Dialogue — November 3, 2016 COLOSSUS: This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content, or the peace of unburied death…
My Interviews with Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Winners: Part 2 On November 3rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor the six winners of the 2016 Nichol Fellowships in…
The Importance of Theme in Writing a Screenplay Adaptation I’m currently teaching a one-week course on an important writing subject: Theme. The writers participating in the class and I have gotten…
