Screenwriting News

For the week of 2/26–3/3:

Jason Keller (Machine Gun Preacher) sells a period vampire pitch to Sony.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses) not only writing the script for the reboot of the Vacation franchise, but also directing it.

Chris Weitz (About A Boy) to rewrite live action “Cinderella for Disney.

Peter Craig (The Town) hired to write Top Gun 2 for Paramount.

The original movie’s director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller to write the sequel to The Muppets for Disney.

Sheldon Candis (co-writer/director) and Justin Wilson (co-writer) of the Sundance hit Luv sign with Gersch.

Tony Grisoni, the writer who rewrote The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, another project that refuses to die, comments on the film’s current status.

Jim Rash and Nat Faxon (The Descendants) talk about what it was like to win the 2012 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) talks about writing the upcoming R-rated teen comedy Project X.

Interview with screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Final Destination 5).

Interview with screenwriter John Swetnam (Evidence).