Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 199th installment of Saturday Hot Links.
Meryl Streep’s Writers Lab Selects 12 Female Screenwriters.
A list of cities in North America where you can watch The End of the Tour this weekend.
Google becomes Alphabet.
Google’s Hidden ‘Silicon Valley’ Joke Draws Reply From Show’s Producer.
Toronto International Film Festival Announces Documentary Slate.
How Fox Can Continue ‘Fantastic Four’ Without Rebooting The Franchise Again.
‘Fantastic Four’ Flops: How to Fix Hollywood’s Reboot Problem.
‘Fantastic Four’ Box-Office Flop Seen Costing Fox $60 Million.
‘Fantastic Four’ Blame Game: Fox, Director Josh Trank Square Off Over On-Set “Chaos”.
Read: First 4 Pages Of The Action Packed ‘Fantastic Four’ Script By Max Landis.
We’re All Ready For the Next Phase of Superhero Movies.
Belly Up! 5 Hollywood Players That Went Famously Bankrupt Before Relativity.
True Detective Season Two: Assessing the Damage to HBO’s Once-Promising Franchise.
German Box Office Jumps 21 Percent in First Half of Year.
Will Hollywood Embrace Cuba as a Shooting Location?
Christopher McQuarrie Says He Would Write A More Marketable ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel.
Report: An Unfinished J.R.R. Tolkien Tale, “The Story of Kullervo,” Is on Its Way.
Netflix Nabs Christopher Guest’s ‘Mascots’ Mockumentary.
Alex Kurtzman Says Universal Monsterverse Will Be Horror Movies After All.
Incoming: The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader’s IFC Comedy ‘Documentary Now!’ to Pre-Premiere on VICE.
Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ has amazing titles in other countries.
Diablo Cody: I’m Done With Directing.
NBC Sports acquires Premier League rights in 6-year deal.
Why a Bunch of English Expats in the Film Industry Formed a Soccer Club.
‘Sesame Street’ to Air on HBO [and PBS] for Next 5 Seasons.
ASCAP Scoring Workshop Gives Top-12 Upcoming Composers Taste of Hollywood.
If You Love Movies, Why Ruin Them? When Spoilers Go Too Far.
Ring Theory: The Hidden Artistry of the Star Wars Prequels.
Infographic: The Influence of ‘Star Wars’ on Film & TV.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Inspires $3 Billion Crowdfunding Campaign to Build Fictional City.
All Work and No Pay: Writing is Rarely Considered a Serious Occupation. Why?
The 10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels of 2015 So Far.
Why 35 screenwriters worked on The Flintstones movie.
WGA Members Still Paying For 2008 Strike.
Periscope Now Has 10 Million Accounts, Streams 350,000 Hours A Day.
10 Fantastic Comic Books That Tell Women’s Stories.
11 Great Films About Female Friendship.
The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time.
129 Of The Most Beautiful Shots In Movie History.
Polishing the Apple: What ‘Dangerous Minds’ and Other Movies Get Right and Wrong About Teachers.
A mini-oral history of Whit Stillman’s ‘Metropolitan’ on its 25th anniversary.
Whit Stillman on Jane Austen, George Gershwin, and 8 Other Things That Influenced His Work.
‘Show Me a Hero’: David Simon Is Still Mad as Hell.
Religion in Horror: Using Spirituality as a Fear Tactic.
Physical Production Chiefs Face the Heat From Studios in Choosing Locations.
A Modest Profession: If You Want Screenwriting Tips, Ask a Literary Agent.
‘Ricki and the Flash’ Writer Diablo Cody on Creating Meryl Streep’s Conservative Rocker.
Gene Wilder and The Appeal of Seeing Your Heroes Again.
Peter Bogdanovich still loves old Hollywood — he’s just funny that way.
The Women Who Defined Alfred Hitchcock.
Heath Ledger’s ‘Joker Diary’ For The Dark Knight Is Incredibly Detailed.
Hulu Sticks With Weekly Release Schedule For Original Series.
Disney to Revive ‘Lion King’ With ‘Lion Guard’ TV Series.
Toy Story 4 Will Be a Love Story Between Woody and Bo Peep.
There Isn’t “Too Much Television,” And It’s A Stupid Thing To Say.
Wall Street Turns Off TV: How to Fix the Stock Slide.
Lynch, Fincher, ‘True Detective’ and the Unknowable Future of Auteur TV.
Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full ‘Tonight Show’ Episodes.
Supporting The Sisterhood: The Women Exec Producers Of The CW.
How a Professional Cinematographer Breaks Down a Script.
10 Must-See Movies by American International Pictures.
Inside ‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Soloway’s Bed-Dazzled Office.
The Master Class Review: Meredith Stiehm and Pam Veasey Share Lessons Learned.
Retrospective: The Films Of Noah Baumbach.
Chuck Wendig: Third Person, Present Tense Is My Space Jam.
The Black List Table Reads: Chrome Noir [Part 2].
3rd and Fairfax (WGA Podcast): Episode 5.
Broken Projector: Episode 102.
Chicks Who Script: Episode 53.
Cinema Jaw: Episode 245 (special guest Franklin Leonard).
Scriptnotes: Episode 102.
Indiewire: Screen Talk.
Watch: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are Intense Filmmaking Mentors in Exclusive Teaser for HBO’s ‘Project Greenlight’ [video].
Watch Howard the Duck Get a (Fake) Big-Budget Reboot [video].
Watch: Phallic Symbols in Film [video].
Watch: Supercut Shows Hitchock’s Obsession with Eyes [video].
Watch: Floor It With This Supercut Tribute To Chase Sequences [video].
Watch: Supercut Highlights The Extreme Close-Ups In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Films [video].
Watch: Epic 18-Minute Tribute To The Films Of David Lynch [video].
Finally Uggie the Dog, ‘Artist’ Canine Star, Dead at 13.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: I have two classes in the second half of August:
August 17: Prep: From Concept to Outline (Scott Myers)
August 31: Core IV: Style (Scott Myers)
Prep is a 6 week online workshop. There is 1 spot left! The class begins Monday, so if you are interested, now is the time to act.
Core IV: Style is a 1 week online course. It covers a hugely important subject, exploring the connection between a writer’s voice and their writing style.
I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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