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…
Great Scene: “Amadeus” This is one of my favorite all-time scenes, a brilliant inspiration for the viewer to hear what Mozart is ‘hearing’ in his own mind, but…
Daily Dialogue — November 2, 2016 “To all our listeners, listen to what I have to say. God bless you all. As for you bastards in charge, don’t dream it’s over. Years will…
My Interviews with Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Winners: Part 1 On November 3rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor the six winners of the 2016 Nichol Fellowships in…
Spec Script Deal: “The Post” Pascal Pictures acquires historical drama spec script “The Post” written by Liz Hannah. From Deadline:
Screenwriting 101: Wentworth Miller “The one question I will ask myself as I’m re-reading a script for the 60th time is, ‘Am I entertained? Still?’ If the answer is ‘yes,’…
Daily Dialogue — November 1, 2016 BRUCE: What have I done, Alfred? Everything my family, my father, built… ALFRED: The Wayne legacy is more than bricks and mortar, sir…
“How the writer of ‘Arrival’ spent a decade getting his sci-fi Oscar contender made” I’ve seen the movie Arrival and it’s fantastic. I also know its screenwriter Eric Heisserer and his long journey to seeing the movie get…
Classic International Movies The latest in our ongoing series on classic movies focused on international movies and as always, it was fascinating to see where GITS…
On Writing “Language is not the lowborn, gawky servant of thought and feeling; it is need, thought, feeling, and perception itself. The shape of…
