At some point, all writers get writer’s block. And when you get stuck, it’s natural to reach for something you know has worked before: a cliché.Of course we all want to write the most original, unexpected,...
Netflix will release the film on Father’s Day weekend Kevin Hart plays a widower attempting to raise his daughter as a single parent in the new trailer for “Fatherhood.” “I’m a parent and I...
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriters Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly. They are the screenwriting team behind the movie 'Golden Arm' (2020), a female buddy comedy about two competitors in the...
Darren Lynn Bousman has a red room in his house where he displays posters from all the movies he’s directed — including Saw II through Saw IV — as well as mementos like the very creepy Billy the Puppet...
Even seasoned screenwriters can struggle when venturing into comedy for the first time. Unlike drama, comedy has additional structures and considerations that have to be understood for the work to succeed. Humor is...
In today’s Global Bulletin, the Monte-Carlo television festival reveals award nominees; Fremantle takes distribution rights to race relations documentary “Dreamland”; Bavaria Fiction promotes Nina...
BBC One and Amazon have rounded out the cast for their six-part Western The English, with the likes of Chaske Spencer (The Twilight Saga), Rafe Spall (Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom), and Toby Jones...
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VARIETY
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 10, 2021, which means it’s 21 days until Emmy eligibility ends on May 31; 38 days until nomination-round voting starts on June...
VARIETY
Top female stars reflect on the “secret weapon” of being funny, their path to fame and their heroes in “Lifetime Presents Variety’s Power of Women: The Comedians,” which premiered...
VARIETY
Sony Pictures Classics Updates Release Information for Summer Slate Sony Pictures Classics has updated its summer release plans for “I Carry You With Me,” “12 Mighty Orphans” and “The...
VARIETY
In today’s Global Bulletin, the Monte-Carlo television festival reveals award nominees; Fremantle takes distribution rights to race relations documentary “Dreamland”; Bavaria Fiction promotes Nina...
DEADLINE
UPDATED with more reactions…After NBC put more pressure on the beleaguered HFPA, to demand reform within the organization, by announcing that it would not be airing the 2022 Golden Globes, reactions from the...
DEADLINE
It’s the case of good news-bad news for Fox’s The Moodys. The good news is that the remaining three episodes have been scheduled. The bad news is that they are getting the burn-off treatment, with two...
DEADLINE
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has purchased screen rights to The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, the new book by Michael Lewis about several U.S. heroes who, in the early days of Covid-19, tried to sound the alarm...
DEADLINE
Peacock is diving into the sporting life for a pair of new series. The NBCUniversal streamer has ordered WWE Evil, from creator/exec producer John Cena, along with a multipart docuseries about legendary quarterback...
CS MAGAZINE
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series TV Pitch:During part one of this series on pitching, we covered the overall feel of your TV show in broad strokes – the format, the theme, and the overall...
CS MAGAZINE
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series TV Pitch:By all accounts, we are still in the golden age of television. TV writers are in the peculiarly enviable position of being spoiled for choice in terms of...
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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Female Archetypes:At long last we come to the final of the four major female archetypes – the Maiden.The Maiden is lamented and resented by some and worshipped and...
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This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Female Archetypes. Next up in our survey of the four major female archetypes, we have the Mother. The Mother, as you might expect, has been around since time...
ISA ARTICLES
Calculating Emotions: Elements of Screenwriting and Human Behavior:There is nothing like a film that jolts your emotions. Whether you are moved to tears, or nearly fall on the floor laughing, when your reactions to...
ISA ARTICLES
FlashbacksNothing provokes a more knee-jerk “don’t do it” reaction from screenwriters than the decision to include one or more flashbacks in one’s screenplay. We can, of course, understand this compulsion...
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How Do You Execute Your Screenwriting Voice And What Goes Into Creating A Style On The Page?In this article, Alexander Robb (Literary manager at Insignia Entertainment) discusses how your voice translates into your...
ISA ARTICLES
When I was invited to join the faculty of the UCLA film school it was technically the late ’70s. Spiritually, however, it was still the ’60s, with its hippie-dippy disregard for accomplishment and...
THEWRAP
The couple announced last week that they will be divorcing after 27 years of marriage Melinda Gates began to consider divorcing from Bill Gates in 2019, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper says a New...
THEWRAP
We rolled our eyes too During his monologue Monday, Jimmy Kimmel took a few minutes to talk about the Kentucky Derby doping scandal, and like (we’re betting) a lot of you, he didn’t think very much...
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Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test over the weekend and could be disqualified On Monday’s “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert kicked off his return after a week off with a fun sketch about...
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$bp("Brid_20700614", {"id":"21259","width":"936","height":"527","video":"779991"}); Tucker parroted the debunked conspiracy theory that Fauci started the coronavirus pandemic Conspiracy theories are now a...
MOVIEMAKER
Quintin Phillippe Jones — Quin, for short — was convicted of murdering his great aunt in 1999. Nine days remain until he is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Texas. He and his family, who have...
MOVIEMAKER
Get ready for Kevin Hart to make you cry in Fatherhood. Netflix released the trailer for the comedian’s latest movie on Monday, and it’s based on the true story of a single dad who must learn how to...
MOVIEMAKER
A new Venom trailer welcomes Woody Harrelson to the CGI fold; the coming comic-book movie glut; Hollywood is extra skeptical of the HFPA; and Richard Linklater and John Waters will soon have an interesting chat....
MOVIEMAKER
With Invincible, Amazon Prime may have managed to produce a superhero story even more brutal than its live-action series The Boys. But while The Boys often plays as a satirical sendup of the Marvel and DC...
SCRIPT MAGAZINE
Script contributor Sonya Alexander speaks with comic book writer and illustrator Matt Kindt about his latest collaboration with Keanu Reeves on Boom! Studios’ 'BRZRKR' and his career journey in the comic book...
SCRIPT MAGAZINE
Script's Editor, Sadie Dean, interviews 'The Water Man' screenwriter Emma Needell. They talk about her adventurous spirit as a child who conjured stories around world-building and myth-making, her journey as a...
SCRIPT MAGAZINE
Script contributor Thuc Nguyen shines a light on ten, one of many, South-East-Asian-American filmmakers and screenwriters you and Hollywood should have your eye on.Script contributor Thuc Nguyen shines a light on...
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This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter Richard Pierce. They talk about how Richard Pierce was the winner of the 2020 SYS's Six-Figure Screenplay Contest.This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with...
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