Also – it has a lot of letters in it
Here’s the full press release that Meyers put out. Most of the trades and affiliated websites have run summary articles like the one I linked to earlier, but it’s an easy explanation why none of them include my name – my name isn’t in the release! It does have a brief, albeit extra-pulpy, synopsis of [...]
It begins
Okay, so the cat isn’t entirely out of the bag yet, but it’s got its nose free and is sniffing the air. This article doesn’t mention who wrote 7 Red, but I’ll go ahead and spoil it: it was me The company’s EFM projects include Midnight Sun from producers Eric Morris (Say Uncle) and Ben [...]
Some things never change
“But,” inquired John curiously, “who did plan all your wonderful reception rooms and halls, and approaches and bathrooms—-?” “Well,” answered Percy, “I blush to tell you, but it was a moving-picture fella. He was the only man we found who was used to playing with an unlimited amount of money, though he did tuck his [...]
I’ll tell you how I feel when they tell me
I think this old Kids in the Hall sketch does a good job capturing a particular type of absurdity that’s inherent in the professional life of a writer in Hollywood. Until the moment where things become real – which, as I’ve always told you, Jimmy, is when the check clears – there are a lot [...]
The Price is Right
Last night, I was talking with my screenwriting class, and the topics of low/no-budget filmmaking and digital distribution came up. It was in the context of my Vegas Project, to which I answered I didn’t think those avenues were appropriate for realizing that particular story (I’d like some Hollywood gloss and a tripod, please). But [...]
In Which I Put My Staggering Web Fame to Entrepreneurial Use
My good friends Matt & Chrissie have put a hell of a lot of time and sweat equity into this web series project, and now, as a wise man once said, sh*t’s gettin’ real. They’re collecting funding pledges here at kickstarter.com. No money changes hands unless they reach their goal. A lot of what I [...]
Netflix puts digging on pause
Wow, it was really only June when I crowed about the strength and smarts of Netflix, and the winning bet they had placed on our future viewing habits. It sure seemed appropriate at the time. Not long after, Netflix launched into what should probably be called the Summer of Dumb, an astonishing progression of self-inflicted [...]
You like stars? I’ma give you EIGHT stars. How you like’a dat?
Last night I saw the final Harry Potter film, and once again appreciated that the Potter film franchise brought together an ultimate dream cast of British thespians. You wonder that the biggest challenge in a Potter film may not have been the preponderance of special effects required to realize J.K. Rowling’s world, but simply the [...]
Strangely, I do not mourn
Three years ago, when the WGA Strike ended, I sounded a note of cautious optimism based on the amount that studios had given away in order to preserve their gamble on the ad-supported streaming model for Internet content. They all claimed that the Internet was in such infancy when it came to its relationship with [...]
Affirmation
My long-time buddy Irish knows my writing going back to my very first, very miserable-bad screenplay, and he’s both pretty sharp when it comes to story and pretty willing to speak his mind. He’s one of those trusted readers who usually see the earliest drafts of whatever the latest screenplay is. And in this case, [...]