Scott Myers

Daily Dialogue theme for next week: New Year’s Eve

Wrapping up a week’s worth of Christmas posts, focusing as it turns out mostly on Christmas songs, we charge toward our next holiday celebration with this week’s theme: New Year’s Eve. You may be tempted by all the romantic movies which include New Year’s Eve, but

Great Scene: “This is Spinal Tap”

The ‘mockumentary This is Spinal Tap was released 25 years ago this month, so it seemed only fitting to feature one of the movie’s most memorable scenes. Since most of the movie’s dialogue is improvised, I also thought it would be interesting to see the script, written by

Classic 80s Movie: “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back”

Today’s Classic 80s Movie guest post comes from John Casu. Movie Title: Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back Year: 1980 Writers: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas. Lead Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz and Alec

Saturday Hot Links

Time for the 118th installment of Saturday Hot Links! Today: The Orchestra Flash Mob Edition. Everything that happened in 2013 in one drawing. 2013: The year in charts. Ted Hope: 10 must read or watch film biz articles from 2013. Spain’s B.O drops 15% in 2013. The 13

Interview [Written]: Peter Berg (“Lone Survivor”)

Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) with an Indiewire interview with Lone Survivor writer-director Peter Berg: How did you come to make “Battleship” if “Lone Survivor” was what you really wanted to do? I was getting ready to make “Lone Survivor” in 2008 when I was asked by the studio if we

Daily Dialogue — December 28, 2013

Christmas is all around me, and so the feeling grows It’s written in the wind, It’s everywhere I go, So if you really love Christmas, C’mon and let it snow? You know I love Christmas I always will My mind’s made up The way that I

Writing Goals: 2014 [Part 10] — Trust The Process

We pick up from last week with our year-end attempt to help GITS readers set and achieve their writing goals for 2014. To revisit the process of self-reflection from last week, here are the links: Part 1: Looking Back Part 2: Assessing Where You Are Part 3: Where

Spec Script Sale: “Unleash the Mules”

Columbia acquires drama spec script “Unleash the Mules” written by Chris Parker. From THR: In 1956 Henry Lebash, chafing to leave his teaching job at the Missouri School for the Blind for a gig at up-and-coming IBM in California, nevertheless agreed to create a wrestling team before he

Spec Script Sale: “The Drop”

The Solution acquires action thriller spec script “The Drop” written by Jeremy Drysdale. Logline: N/A Drysdale is repped by Independent Talent Group [U.K.] and Sentient. Date: October 23, 2013 The last week of every year, I go back through various sales reports which I was not able to

Spec Script Sale: “Run ‘N Gun”

Boundless Pictures acquires action comedy spec script “Run ‘N Gun” written by Casey DeVargas. From TheWrap: Story finds a thief named Jericho in the midst of a cross-country bank-robbing spree run when his getaway car is towed. When he steals a car, he gets more than he bargained

“I did it!”

FADE OUT. At least that’s what some in the GITS community have typed at some point in the last 24 weeks as they went on the sojourn that has come to be called Go On Your Own Quest. By way of historical context, here is a post from last

Movie Trailer: “Transcendence”

Written by Jack Paglen A terminally ill scientist downloads his body into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable. IMDB Release Date: 18 April 2014 (USA)  Comment Archive

Classic 80s Movie: “Running Scared”

Today’s Classic 80s Movie guest post comes from Bretton Zinger. Movie Title: Running Scared Year: 1986 Writers: Gary DeVore (story); Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston (screenplay) Lead Actors: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Jimmy Smits Director: Peter Hyams Plot Summary: Danny and Ray are two street wise cops in Chicago.

Great Character: Hans Gruber (“Die Hard”)

In December, guest columnist Jason Cuthbert looks at Christmas Grinch characters. Today: Hans Gruber from the 1988 movies Die Hard, screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, novel by Roderick Thorp. Alan Rickman is a reputable and recognizable British actor that many movie audiences remember from his appearances

Daily Dialogue — December 27, 2013

THATCHER: Well, Charles. Merry Christmas! YOUNG KANE: Merry Christmas! THATCHER: And a happy new year! In closing, may I again remind you that your twenty-fifth birthday, which is now approaching, marks your complete independence from the firm of Thatcher and Company as well as the assumption by your full

Writing Goals: 2014 [Part 9] — The Only Way Out Is Through

We pick up from last week with our year-end attempt to help GITS readers set and achieve their writing goals for 2014. To revisit the process of self-reflection from last week, here are the links: Part 1: Looking Back Part 2: Assessing Where You Are Part 3: Where

Spec Script Sale: “No Good Deed”

Electric Entertainment acquires thriller spec script “No Good Deed” written by Brandon Boyce. From Deadline: No Good Deed revolves around a pair of young valets who practice home burglary on the side. The two find themselves way out of their depth when they target the wrong house with a woman

Spec Script Sale: “Matthew 21”

Thunder Road and QED acquire science fiction spec script “Matthew 21” written by Kurt Wimmer. From TheWrap: ‘Matthew 21′ is the next chapter in the theme that has informed my entire career as a writer — from “Equilibrium” to “Salt” — the journey of the machine to become human.” Wimmer is repped

Spec Script Sale: “Hyperbaric”

Voltage Pictures acquires thriller spec script “Hyperbaric” written by Dominic Morgan and Matt Harvey. Contained thriller set in a narco submarine Morgan and Harvey repped by APA and Energy Entertainment. This is an option deal. Date: September 5, 2013 The last week of every year, I go back through various

“What have I learned about my themes?”

As we jam through to the end of The Quest including those participants in Go On Your Own Quest, follow the prime directive: Keep pushing to FADE OUT. But you can also start shifting your attention to the next phase: Rewriting. This week, a series of questions to ask to

Classic 80s Movie: “War Games”

Today’s Classic 80s Movie guest post comes from Brad Wilke. Title: Wargames Year: 1983 Writers: Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes; Walon Green (uncredited); Tom Mankiewicz (uncredited scenes) Lead Actors: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood Director: John Badham Plot Summary: David (Matthew Broderick), a young hacker,

Daily Dialogue — December 26, 2013

What’s this? What’s this? There’s color everywhere What’s this? There’s white things in the air What’s this? I can’t believe my eyes I must be dreaming Wake up, Jack, this isn’t fair What’s this? What’s this? What’s this? There’

Writing Goals: 2014 [Part 8] — First Draft

We pick up from last week with our year-end attempt to help GITS readers set and achieve their writing goals for 2014. To revisit the process of self-reflection from last week, here are the links: Part 1: Looking Back Part 2: Assessing Where You Are Part 3: Where

“What have I learned from my dialogue”

As we jam through to the end of The Quest including those participants in Go On Your Own Quest, follow the prime directive: Keep pushing to FADE OUT. But you can also start shifting your attention to the next phase: Rewriting. This week, a series of questions to ask to

Movie Trailer: “Dhoom: 3”

Screenplay by Vijay Krishna Acharya, story by Vijay Krishna Acharya & Aditya Chopra Trained as a circus entertainer by his father, the adult Sahir co-stars in a circus alongside the gymnast Aaliya, though his true motive is to rob the show’s owners, whom he believes were responsible for