Saturday Hot Links

Today’s hot links:

Spielberg wanted to make Harry Potter an animated franchise?!?!

Speaking of HP, the first review of Deathly Hallows, Part 1 is in. Key point: “The final story may well be colourful and complex, but, on this evidence, there’s absolutely no artistic justification for a two-movie split.”

TimeOutLondon with a funny list: Christmas Movies That Never Were.

Here’s a blurb about Charlie Kaufman leaving UTA for WME. But that’s not the big revelation: He did a polish on Kung Fu Panda 2?!?!

Headline of the week: “Playboy quarterly bust bigger than expected”. 

Over the Halloween weekend, Seattle hosted ZomBCom with special guests Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Max Brooks (author of the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z), Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke), and Malcolm McDowell.

TotalFilm with 30 Awesome Moments in Awful Films.

Seriously was there ever a time when “The Simpsons” wasn’t on the air? Just renewed for Season #23. 

Screenwriter-director Nora Ephron has a new memoir: “I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections”.

This is interesting: The Five Best and Five Worst Movie Posters of 2010.

H/T to GITS reader Tom Peterson who sent me this Outside magazine link: 10 things you should know about the movie “127 Hours”. 

Some background on Jonathan Nolan’s newest movie project “Hell and Gone”.

How about 18 Unofficial Videogame Movie Remakes? 

Aaron Sorkin has four big problems with the WGA. 

Hey, filmmakers. Here are 5 big mistakes you might be making with your business plan. 

Hm. What’s the subtext of Harrison Ford’s response to what he thought of the Star Wars prequels?

Here are 21 strategies for breaking in and advancing your screenwriting career. Let me make it simple with just one: Write a great script!

Ah, I love libraries. Wonderful places to write. Here’s HuffPo with 10 most beautiful college libraries. Yale’s Sterling Library is fantastic. 

FilmmakerIQ with this helpful article: 7 things writers need to know about production budgets.

30 Unsuccessful Alien Invasions.

Finally Quidditch on college campuses? Yep!

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