Screenwriting News

Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase are writing a comedy script together.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss talk “Game of Thrones,” Season 2.

Paige Cameron (Hills Like White Elephants) hired to adapt an untitled Salvador Dali project for Imagine.

David Elliot & Paul Lovett (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) hired to rewrite Midnight Run 2 for Universal.

Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg (American Reunion) land a 2-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures.

Brad Ingelsby (“The Low Dweller”) sells adventure family pitch “The Signal” to Indian Paintbrush for high six-figures.

Jonathan Kasdan’s film The First Time picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.

Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (Night at the Museum) are directing their first movie “Hell Baby” for Darko Entertainment.

William Monahan (The Departed) locks up a deal to write and direct “Mojave” for Atlas Independent.

Angela Robinson (“True Blood”) sells untitled supernatural teen thriller pitch to Paramount.

Jason Rothenberg named to adapt graphic novel “The Red Star” for Warner Bros.

Rodney Rothman sells an untitled cop comedy pitch to Paramount with Seth Rogen and Kevin Hart attached.

Damian Shannon & Mark Swift sell untitled high school horror pitch to Paramount

Kevin Smith talks about leaving filmmaking.

Novelist and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”) talked about the movie based on his book and script Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter at the recent WonderCon 2012.

Anthony Zuiker (“CSI”) sets up 90 minute multipart feature “Cybergeddon for Yahoo.

Finally Italian screenwriting great Tonino Guerra, who co-scripted projects with Fellini and Antonio, died this week. He was 92 years old.

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