Entrepreneurship will make you cry and hope for a happy ending. Just like a good movie. Many excellent movies have been made about entrepreneurs and the pioneering spirit they embody. These movies can encourage, exhilarate...
Steve Acevedo shares how the play of the same name written by Jerry Montoya came to his attention, the adaptation and collaborative process with fellow screenwriters Tate Hanyok and Joe Boothe, his personal...
Dave Chappelle is attacked onstage; a film set in 1963 becomes strikingly relevant; Obi-Wan Kenobi is back for more Jedi mind tricks. Plus: What happened to Nancy Kerrigan’s attacker. All in today’s...
You can ask this question to a hundred working screenwriters and you’re likely to get a hundred different answers. There’s no single path to success, nor is screenwriting success defined the same way to...
When it was revealed earlier this month that “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa would be taking on the role of the new Doctor Who, the whole world was taken by surprise – including Gatwa’s...
The jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial will hear closing arguments today, with each side having two hours to make its case before deliberations begin. Both Depp and Heard have previously testified...
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The mild initial curiosity stirred by Zoom-shot movies died quickly, because so few of them were watchable, and because filmmakers quickly found workarounds to create more fluid entertainments while still observing...
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June marks Pride Month, and the history and achievements of LGBTQ communities will be celebrated across the TV landscape with series and specials, including live streaming coverage of Pride parades in Los Angeles...
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India’s Kamal Haasan is a true multi-hyphenate. Beginning as a child actor in 1960, he is one of the country’s most consummate actors with films like “Pathinaru Vayathinile” (1977)...
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It was Paul Gauguin, France’s most celebrated Polynesian tourist, who once wrote of “learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night.” It’s a void, he wrote, in which other senses and...
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On the heels of his latest Tom Cruise stunt, The Late Late Show‘s James Corden has reunited with another frequent guest, Harry Styles, who trusted the comedian with making a music video for his song...
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Magnolia Pictures acquired U.S. rights from TrustNordisk to King’s Land, a period epic starring Mads Mikkelsen and produced by Danish production house Zentropa. The film will be directed by Nikolaj Arcel, and...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Janet Yang Productions announced the four winners of the inaugural Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, which awards a $15,000 production grant to four...
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Afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Cannes is wrapping and we have the very latest from the Croisette, plus a hell of a lot more in this week’s deep dive. Read on. Au Revoir, Cannes Cautious optimism:...
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Character descriptions are one of the most difficult things to perfect in your screenplay. “What?,” you gasp. Descriptions are more than a name, gender, age, occupation, and what a character is...
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Brainstorming and Workshopping and are two elements of the development process that often go hand in hand in the film and television industries. The former is often the first step and frequently aligned with the...
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Lucy’s multi award-winning feature script, Sophie & Valentina, has led her to the beginning of her professional writing journey, having won the 2019 HBOAccess Writing Fellowship, the ScreenCraft...
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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Revenge:CATHARSISThe psychological underpinnings of revenge, around for generations of storytelling, involve identification with a character’s situation...
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Resilience is an amazing skill that helps us recover quickly from difficulties. If you are resilient, you have an innate ability to keep getting up when life knocks you down. You have learned how to bounce...
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The quest for a great story involves chewing through hundreds of ideas trying to find one with that magic something. And not only do you have to find an idea, but you have to evaluate its power because the ability...
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(Repost) Produced By Conference at Warner Bros. Studios to discuss the state of our industry. A comprehensive panel discussed with some senior industry executives on the future of...
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“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”– Gloria SteinhemWhen I was a...
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Welliver also talks about the show's respect for its audience, and the uncharted waters Harry Bosch finds himself in
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James Ijames' hilarious and brilliant riff on the Bard resets the tragedy at a Southern cookout
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He could find no reason for cops to "stand outside a school while children were shot and bleeding to death inside"
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This Gen X fantasy revives everything great and terrible about the 1986 original
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Dave Chappelle is attacked onstage; a film set in 1963 becomes strikingly relevant; Obi-Wan Kenobi is back for more Jedi mind tricks. Plus: What happened to Nancy Kerrigan’s attacker. All in today’s...
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Happening, a new French-language film from director Audrey Diwan based on the autobiographical novel by Annie Ernaux, tells the true story of a college-aged woman’s trials and tribulations as she seeks an...
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Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara’s new documentary has an argument for veganism that’s pretty darn compelling; Johnny Depp returns with his first movie in over three years; one single, solitary take on...
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A new documentary from Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara outlines in no uncertain terms the distinct possibility that antibiotics could lose effectiveness on humans within the next century. Although the overall...
SCRIPT MAGAZINE
What makes 'Top Gun: Maverick' as good as, if not better, than the original is that it contains the successful elements of the first film, but they’re squared. It’s a heady blend of male eye candy, romance,...
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Director Mike Caron shares with Script his collaborative relationship with showrunner Christopher Nowak, navigating creative logistics mixing live-action and animation, directing and collaborating with young...
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'Men' is harrowing suspense that has a message. On the edge of your seat for sure but the message part that Alex Garland is trying to convey is much more elusive.'Men' is harrowing suspense that has a message. On...
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Script contributor Sonya Alexander speaks with 'Downton Abbey: A New Era' screenwriter Julian Fellowes about writing time period centric pieces, his personal connection to history, his writing journey from novelist...
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