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Written by Adam Leon When their latest work is buffed by a rival crew, two determined graffiti writers embark on an elaborate plan to bomb the ultimate location: the New York Mets’ Home Run Apple. IMDB site Release Date: 22 March 2013

“My desert island, all-time, top-five most memorable breakups, in chronological order, are as follows: Alison Ashmore; Penny Hardwick; Jackie Alden; Charlie Nicholson; and Sarah Kendrew. Those were the ones that really hurt. Can you see your name on that list, Laura? Maybe you’d sneak into the top

Last year in a true spirit of the spec act, I launched The Quest Initiative. From the original announcement: I will be looking to work with up to four writers in a 24-week Screenwriting Master Class intensive [The Quest] in which they will learn my comprehensive theoretical approach to

If you are a screenwriter, you should know about Anita Loos. Loos was one of the most influential writers in the early stages of American cinema, associated with 136 film projects per IMDB. Married to writer John Emerson, the pair wrote one of the first books on screenwriting in 1920:

Craig Brewer adapting Rolling Stone article “Gangster Princess of Beverly Hills” for Paramount. Jez Butterworth rewriting crime drama “Black Mass” for Cross Creek Pictures. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen rewriting drama “Unbroken” for Universal Pictures. Matt Cook [Black List 2009] rewriting “Button Man” for DreamWorks. Evan Daugherty rewriting “Teenage Mutant

“I’ve been writing stories for 11 years. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl.” — Boy Meets Girl (1938), screenplay by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack, based on their play This week’s Daily Dialogue theme is boy meets girl suggested by TaraPhelps. Trivia: Two lazy screenwriters need

No matter what other good things happen to screenwriter Justin Kremer, he will always have this fact as part of his personal history: His script “McCarthy” was the first one to generate enough interest in the new Black List script-hosting site to land the ‘new’ writer representation — with CAA

It’s one of the most poignant, sad, and beautiful movie moments I can remember: The ending of The Elephant Man (1980). Directed by David Lynch from a screenplay he co-wrote with Christopher De Vore & Eric Bergren, the movie tells the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), known

Time for another installment of Saturday Hot Links! Today: The Walk Off The Earth Edition! THR: What really happened at the Oscars [analysis]. Oscars: Best and worst moments. Oscars: Behind the scenes on how Michelle Obama ended up on the show. Oscars: Backstage with the winners. Oscars: Telecast by the

One of the most interesting screenwriting figures in the last 50 years is Terry Southern who film credits include Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Barbarella, Easy Rider, and The Magic Christian. Here is an excerpt from the spring 1996 issue of the

Alvy packs his tennis gear. Annie enters. ANNIE: Hi!… hi! Hi! ALVY: Oh, hi. Hi. She laughs, finding no other words. ANNIE: Well… bye! She CRINGES, tries to EXIT. ALVY: You play very well. ANNIE: Oh yeah? So do you! Oh God, what a dumb thing to say, right? I

Tom Benedek is one of the most well-connected screenwriters in Hollywood. It shows every time he offers his Network Hollywood course through Screenwriting Master Class. Top agents, managers, producers, screenwriters, he’s made them available to class participants in spades over the last year or so. Starting next Monday,

No matter what other good things happen to screenwriter Justin Kremer, he will always have this fact as part of his personal history: His script “McCarthy” was the first one to generate enough interest in the new Black List script-hosting site to land the ‘new’ writer representation — with CAA

Nice feature on the Black List featuring some choice quotes from Franklin: Franklin Leonard is the man behind The Black List, and he said crowdsourcing is the answer. On one side of the marketplace, screenwriters submit their work which is evaluated by a team of readers. If it is good,

Written by Walter Strafford A man decides to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after his relationship ends. IMDB site Debuting at South By Southwest

This month’s theme: Femme fatale. Today’s guest post by Jason Cuthbert features Norma Desmond from the classic 1950 movie Sunset Blvd., written by Charles Bracett & Billy Wilder & D.M. Marshman Jr. The legendary Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, The Apartment) sat in the illustrious director’s chair

She flies around the bay. Soars like a graceful bird. Does loops in the sky. Zooms right past Wally’s rock. He is hypnotized. Eve descends gently to the ground… Wally sneaks up closer. Hides behind another boulder. Slips. Makes a NOISE. Instantly, Eve whips around. Her arm converts into

No matter what other good things happen to screenwriter Justin Kremer, he will always have this fact as part of his personal history: His script “McCarthy” was the first one to generate enough interest in the new Black List script-hosting site to land the ‘new’ writer representation — with CAA

That’s the focus point of a recent IndieWire article. Here are the seven movies with their cumulative worldwide box office: Life of Pi: $580M Les Miserables: $379M Django Unchained: $369M Lincoln: $236M Argo: $205M Silver Linings Playbook: $153M Zero Dark Thirty: $102M People are making a fuss about this