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 [...]
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, [...]
A great day for independent film
Many of the first studio bosses were showmen – theatre-chain owners for whom bringing in an audience and giving them something to love was in their blood. In the Golden Age of Hollywood, all the major studios owned their own theatre chains, until anti-trust actions forced them to sell them off. The argument about whether [...]
Making the movie proved too precious for the country to resist
File this under “News They Oughtta Know Isn’t Really News”; the LA Times is confirming that The Hobbit will film in New Zealand after all, in spite of weeks of recent grumbling amongst SAG, a small sister union Down Under, and the Peter Jackson filmmaking empire. The thing is, they were never going to pack [...]