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The What Festival?!?

Here’s a sentence you don’t see everyday: “Screenwriter Brian Miller came to the project after winning the inaugural Astana International Action Film Festival screenplay competition in Kazakhstan, founded by Bekmambetov.” Via Hollywoodnews.com, the project is being produced by The … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 7, 2010Categories People, The BusinessLeave a comment on The What Festival?!?

Alba Disses Screenwriters

Jessica Alba apparently squawked for Elle Magazine, saying “good actors never use the script unless it’s amazing writing. All the good actors I’ve worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.” She’s currently working with Robert De Niro, … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 5, 2010Categories News, PeopleLeave a comment on Alba Disses Screenwriters

Judge Abuses Writer, Appellate Court Rescues Him

When screenwriter Amir Ahanchian sued a production company for ripping off 12 of his skits for a direct to DVD National Lampoon movie, a federal judge threw out his law suit and awarded almost $250,000 in costs against him because … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 4, 2010Categories The CraftLeave a comment on Judge Abuses Writer, Appellate Court Rescues Him

Writer Makes $9 Million Sale With No Agent

The Wall Street Journal reports that screenwriter Richard Price (The Color of Money, Shaft, The Wire) scored big when he sold his Gamercy Park townhouse for $9.95 million with no real estate agent. Who says you … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 3, 2010Categories NewsLeave a comment on Writer Makes $9 Million Sale With No Agent

Shut Up and Write

“Shut up and write,” his friend whispered from his deathbed. Sage advice that launched the career of screenwriter Donald Martin.… Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 2, 2010November 1, 2010Categories PeopleLeave a comment on Shut Up and Write

Screenwriter versus Subway

Academy Award nominated screenwriter Will Rokos (“Monsters Ball”) was hit by a subway train. He apparently leaned over to peer into the tunnel just as the train barreled out, hitting his head and knocking him onto the tracks. He … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on November 1, 2010Categories People1 Comment on Screenwriter versus Subway

Best Screenplay Adapted From A…Fragrance?!

From the Department of Screenplays Based Upon Unlikely Things, try this: teenage fashion blogger/Internet meme Tavi Gevinson has written a screenplay about the life of Medusa inspired by a perfume fragrance. Maybe she’ll start a new genre?… Read the rest

Author TWPosted on October 29, 2010Categories News, The BusinessLeave a comment on Best Screenplay Adapted From A…Fragrance?!

The Mineshaft Gap

TW stumbled upon this interesting essay from screenwriter Terry Southern about his experiences writing Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb with Stanley Kubrick, who called him out of the blue because of “certain … Read the rest

Author TWPosted on October 28, 2010Categories PeopleLeave a comment on The Mineshaft Gap

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