Movie Trailer: “Mood Indigo” Scenario, adaptation, dialogue by Michel Gondry & Luc Bossi, novel by Boris Vian A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs. IMDB Release Date: 18 July 2014 (USA) Comment Archive
30 Days of Screenplays, Day 16: “Hanna” Why read 30 screenplays in 30 days? Because whether you are a novice just starting to learn the craft of screenwriting or someone who has been writing for many years, you should be reading scripts. There is a certain type of knowledge and understanding about screenwriting you can only get
On Writing “You have to resign yourself to wasting lots of trees before you write anything really good. That’s just how it is. It’s like learning an instrument. You’ve got to be prepared for hitting wrong notes occasionally, or quite a lot. That’s just part of the learning
Daily Dialogue — June 16, 2014 Klara: Good morning, Madam. It’s a lovely box, isn’t it? Customer: Oh, yes. It’s a candy box, isn’t it? Klara: Yes, Madam, a candy box, and I should say, a very unusual one. May I open it for you? Matuschek: Yes, Madam. That’s Ochi Tchornya.
Go Into The Story Week In Review: June 9-June 15, 2014 Links to the week’s most notable posts: 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 9: The Queen 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 10: The Artist 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 11: The American 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 12: Looper 30 Days of Screenplays, Day 13: Greenberg 30 Days of Screenplays,
Interview: Misan Sagay Misan Sagay is a screenwriter whose credits include The Secret Laughter of Women, starring Colin Firth, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry. Misan’s most recent writing project is Belle, an historical drama starring Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw playing the title role. Here
Screenwriting News (June 9-June 15, 2014) Bryan Cogman adapting role-playing card game “Magic: The Gathering” for Twentieth Century Fox. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar sell spec script “Captain Nemo” to Sony Pictures Entertainment. E. Lockhart options teen drama “We Were Liars” to Imperative Entertainment with Lockhart to adapt. Adam Mason and Simon Boyes writing horror
30 Days of Screenplays, Day 15: “Nebraska” Why read 30 screenplays in 30 days? Because whether you are a novice just starting to learn the craft of screenwriting or someone who has been writing for many years, you should be reading scripts. There is a certain type of knowledge and understanding about screenwriting you can only get
Interview [Video]: Pete Docter A member of the famed Pixar “Brain Trust,” Pete Docter has co-writing credits on Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Up and the upcoming Inside Out, having directed Monsters, Inc., Up and Inside Out. Here is a half-hour DP/30 interview with Docter in which he focuses
Daily Dialogue — June 15, 2014 Peppers: She’s a beauty, ain’t she? Frank: Yeah, what kind of gun is this? Peppers: It’s a tranquilizer gun. If any of these little fuckers decide to freak out on the kids, I get to take them down. Ain’t that right? [yank’s on the mule’
Daily Dialogue theme for next week: First Day on the Job! The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: First day on the job, suggested by Bretton Zinger. “And they dock ya’!” What movie scenes can you can come up that feature a character’s first day on the job? The usual drill: * Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other
Interview [Part 6]: Misan Sagay, Screenwriter, “Belle” Misan Sagay is a screenwriter whose credits include The Secret Laughter of Women, starring Colin Firth, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry. Misan’s most recent writing project is Belle, an historical drama starring Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw playing the title role. Today
Spec Script Sale: “Captain Nemo” Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment acquire action adventure spec script “Captain Nemo” written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. From THR: Sources say president of production Michael De Luca made a pre-emptive move for the spec, which offers a new take on the iconic antihero who was first
Saturday Hot Links Time for the 138th installment of Saturday Hot Links. The Great Soccer Goal Calls Around The World Edition. How The Fault in Our Stars mobilized its teen audience. Related: There’s at least one person who did not like TFIOS. Related: Off of TFIOS success, young women are now the
30 Days of Screenplays, Day 14: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Why read 30 screenplays in 30 days? Because whether you are a novice just starting to learn the craft of screenwriting or someone who has been writing for many years, you should be reading scripts. There is a certain type of knowledge and understanding about screenwriting you can only get
Interview [Audio]: James Gray Via Indiewire: The director [James Gray] stopped by Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast recently, and the pair embarked on a hour talk about “The Immigrant,” Gray’s rediscovery of his love of cinema thanks to Apple TV, “Little Odessa” and much more. It’s a solid discussion, and one that fans
Interview [Written]: Roger Corman From Huffington Post: With credits dating back to 1954, Roger Corman has one of Hollywood’s longest running careers, and every step of the way has fearlessly pioneered ideas in filmmaking, through all of new media’s many definitions over the decades. So it’s perfect that the 5th Annual
Daily Dialogue — June 14, 2014 GREENBERG: People don’t call on my birthday anymore. I guess I don’t call people on their birthdays, why should they call me? I didn’t call you. When is yours? IVAN: In February. GREENBERG: That’s right. I’ll call you this year. People at another table erupt
Wanted: Daily Dialogue themes! It’s interesting how the Daily Dialogue has evolved over time. You can go here and see the very first one, actually the second GITS post dated May 16, 2008. Compare it to today’s post and you will note these differences: * Video clip * Trivia * Dialogue On Dialogue There’s
Interview [Part 5]: Misan Sagay, Screenwriter, “Belle” Misan Sagay is a screenwriter whose credits include The Secret Laughter of Women, starring Colin Firth, and Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry. Misan’s most recent writing project is Belle, an historical drama starring Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw playing the title role. Today
Commencement Address: Shonda Rhimes at Dartmouth http://video.vulture.com/video/Dartmouth-College-Commencement/player?layout=compact&read_more=1 Via Vulture with transcript. Comment Archive
Interview [Audio]: Moira Buffini [BAFTA Lecture] BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has been hosting a wonderful lecture series the last few years, featuring some of the best screenwriters in the U.S. and U.K. If you go here, you can listen to 65 minutes of Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Byzantium) talking
Movie Trailer: “Big Hero 6” Screenplay by Don Hall, Jordan Roberts, comic by Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle A group of six superheroes are recruited by the government to protect the nation. IMDB Release Date: 7 November 2014 (USA) Comment Archive
30 Days of Screenplays, Day 13: “Greenberg” Why read 30 screenplays in 30 days? Because whether you are a novice just starting to learn the craft of screenwriting or someone who has been writing for many years, you should be reading scripts. There is a certain type of knowledge and understanding about screenwriting you can only get
Great Character: Django (“Django Unchained”) The Great Character theme for the month: Tarantino characters. Today: Jason Cuthbert looks at Django from the movie Django Unchained. In 2009, screenwriter/director/brand name Quentin Tarantino outperformed all of his previous box office bank statements with a $321,455,689 deposit from Inglourious Basterds. But three years later
