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The inside story of a screenplay: The 10-year journey of Man on a Ledge, from ...
Canada.com
He had also worked on more than 20 film screenplays, but had never before had one of his original scripts turned into a film. In a town where thrillers are typically written by young virtuosos, Fenjves was 58 when he broke into the elite of those who ...
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SuBa to etch screenplay for Shankar's next
Oneindia Entertainment
The buzz is that they will be penning screenplay for the filmmaker's upcoming Tamil film. Rumours are rife that SuBa got a call from Shankar's office recently. It is said that the filmmaker, who has a history of working with authors like late Sujatha ...
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Disney Blockbuster Has Columbia Connection
Patch.com
"John Carter," the Disney movie with a $250 million budget and renowned director, is connected to Columbia through its screenplay. By Andrew Metcalf Taylor Kitsch, front, as John Carter tries to avoid a massive creature in "John Carter" Walt Disney ...
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Jennifer Westfeldt writes her own story line in Hollywood
Los Angeles Times
Actress Jennifer Westfeldt has succeeded in roles she writes for herself, as in the screenplay for 'Kissing Jessica Stein.' For her latest feature film, 'Friends With Kids,' she produces, directs and stars in it. Actress, writer, and director Jennifer ...
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Los Angeles Times
Screenwriting 101: Make it readable, and do it quickly
Canada.com
So there's a novelistic element to my screenplays. ``Just because a screenplay is a good read doesn't mean it's a good movie. But my feeling is, these people have to go home and read a dozen scripts, make sure yours is the one they remember.
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The joy of reading movie scripts
Den Of Geek
In his first screenplay, Lethal Weapon, Black described an expensive Beverly Hills home as "The kind of house that I'll buy if this movie is a huge hit." Black's script for The Last Boy Scout contains the aside: "Remember Jimmy's friend, Henry, ...
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Woody Allen to star in Turturro's 'Fading Gigolo'
Times LIVE
With an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for 'Midnight in Paris', Woody Allen has been cast in his first role in a film that he is not directing since 2000's 'Picking Up the Pieces'. Actor John Turturro (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, ...
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Report mistakenly cites Howell as place of KKK murder
Livingston Daily
Pat Convery said she was "beating my head against the wall" after reading an article incorrectly citing Howell as the site of a Ku Klux Klan murder of a black woman, and that it would be the basis of a screenplay for an upcoming film.
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My five…
The Hindu
Troy Wolfgang Petersen Any period drama hinges on three things to become a success — the genuineness of its screenplay, the polarisation of its protagonists and the visual extravaganza. Wolfgang Peterson's Troy, based on the Greek epic Iliad, ...
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Would you pay to have sex with Woody Allen?
Death and Taxes
By Matt Kiebus 12 hours ago Fresh off winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay—his first Oscar since 1987—Woody Allen appears to have rediscovered his itch to appear on the other side of the camera. It was a surprise when Allen ...
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Worth the Weight
Variety
Produced by Kristina Denton. Executive producers, Ryan Sage, Katherine-Marie Sage. Directed, edited by Ryan Sage. Screenplay, Dale Zawada. With: Robbie Kaller, Jillian Leigh, Tommy Snider, Constance Reese, Bryan Bellomo, Jacquelyn Viera, Jess Allen.
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Red carpet treatment
Cotswold Journal
New films in March include The Descendants which won an Oscar for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay, which is being shown tonight. The Muppets which won an Oscar for Best Original Song will be shown from Friday to Sunday, March 23- 25.
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Lily Collins and Kristen Bell Join Cast of 'Writers'
Hollywood Reporter
... Nat Wolff, Liana Liberato and Kristen Bell have joined the cast of Writers, a feature film starring Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly, which marks the feature directing debut of Josh Boone, who also wrote the project's original screenplay.
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Hollywood Reporter
Martians: They're Just Like Us!
Cinespect
Although director, screenwriter, and Pixar maverick Andrew Stanton (screenplay credits are shared with Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon) brings a world of alien creatures to vivid life, no amount of commitment from the cast or exceptional artistry from ...
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Re-view: The Descendants
Time Out Chicago
Another view After widespread critical acclaim and an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants probably doesn't need a defense at this late date. Even so, detractors (and not just in our magazine) have taken issue with the film's unusual ...
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Time Out Chicago
'Silent House': Terror in the darkness, in real time
The Seattle Times
Directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, from a screenplay by Lau, based on the Argentine film by Gustavo Hernandez. 86 minutes. Rated R for disturbing violent content and terror. Several theaters. No comments have been posted to this article.
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In 'Mosquita Y Mari,' A Tale Of Self And Community
KERA News
Years later, after attending film school, Guerrero began converting those memories into a screenplay. But she had bills, and she came from a working-class background. Being a writer full time was out. So Guerrero supported herself with another talent ...
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KERA News
Woody Allen Takes Role in John Turturro's 'Fading Gigolo' Project
First Showing
Tuturro played a writer in Allen's 1986 movie Hannah and Her Sisters, in which Allen won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. (He just won another one for Midnight in Paris.) Now Allen is set to return the favor, signing on to Fading Gigolo, ...
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner on Biography
GMA News
Ben came to worldwide attention for writing and starring in Good Will Hunting, for which he won an Oscar (with Matt Damon) for Best Original Screenplay. Jennifer was catapulted into stardom for gaining the lead role in the action series Alias.
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Movie Review: Haywire
Prague Post
It is important to note the name next to the screenplay credit on Haywire: Lem Dobbs. Dobbs' previous collaboration with Soderbergh was on the 1999 film The Limey, a film so fragmented it could be said to have anticipated the fractured narratives of ...
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Prague Post
March Oscars Madness! This year's winners are coming to DVD & Blu Ray
Examiner.com
The Descendants - The George Clooney-starring dramedy only walked away with one award - Best Adapted Screenplay by Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, and Jim Rash - but this is still a fine, fine, film that will have a long life on DVD and cable.
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Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris would have made an excellent shorter film
The National
This seems to be the main question in Allen's latest offering, a featherweight romcom that picked up Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards last month and will no doubt earn the director some badge of honour from French tourism authorities.
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The National
Crime round-up: March 4
Telegraph.co.uk
There are times when it reads like a screenplay in which the set dressing – groovy clothes and flash cars – is as important as the plot. Still, it's a mind-blowing trip. John Harvey never received the credit he deserved for his crime series featuring ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
French Film Festival COL*COA's 2012 Programming Includes Marcel Carne, Yves ...
Indie Wire (blog)
Writer-director and cinephile Alexander Payne (who recently took home a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "The Descendants") has revealed his "carte blanche" programming pick: Marcel Carné's 1938 classic "Hotel du Nord." The drama about a botched ...
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'John Carter': Dull characters, chaotic action weigh down Mars tale
The Seattle Times
Directed by Andrew Stanton, from a screenplay by Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon. 137 minutes. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action. Several theaters. My only problem with the review is that is mentioned it is true to the ...
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Whitaker and Winfrey to play husband and wife?
Hollywood.com
By WENN.com | Wednesday, March 07, 2012 The filmmaker has written a new screenplay called The Butler, about black staffer Eugene Allen who served in the White House for 34 years, waiting on eight different presidents from 1952.
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Nolan's Cinematographer Wally Pfister To Make Directorial Debut
This Is Fake DIY
The man who shot Inception and The Dark Knight to film untitled screenplay this year. Wally Pfister, the only cinematographer Christopher Nolan will work with, is to make his directorial debut. In a hugely exciting piece of news, Deadline report the ...
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This Is Fake DIY
Chronicle Director Josh Trank to Take Over Spider-Man Spin-Off Venom
Reelz
In 2009, Zombieland screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired to adapt a screenplay, with writer-director Gary Ross to provide a rewrite and possibly direct. Ross eventually moved on to the upcoming The Hunger Games instead, and the project ...
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Reelz
To Infinity and Beyond
The Portland Mercury
Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1917 novel A Princess of Mars, John Carter is directed by Andrew Stanton, the guy behind two of Pixar's best, Finding Nemo and Wall-E. The screenplay's co-written by Michael Chabon, one of the finest novelists we've got.
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The Portland Mercury
Los Angeles: A page-turner of a literary tour
Washington Post
"In the 1930s, and '40s, the movie studios hired a lot of novelists to come out to Hollywood and write screenplays. Of course, the studios would hack their work to pieces. So, they'd walk over here to get drunk and vent.
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Mr Nookayya Review
Oneindia Entertainment
The screenplay of the film is very loose and that is the reason he could not narrate the story properly. Had the director penned the screenplay, the film could have gone to places. The film may be liked by the audiences in 'B' and 'C' centres for ...
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Diablo Cody's Directorial Debut Adds Chelsea Lately Player Sarah Colonna
Cinema Blend
Cody, who is directing from her own original screenplay, also has cast Oscar winners Octavia Spencer and Holly Hunter, Parks and Rec standout Nick Offerman, and funnyman Russell Brand. Chelsea Lately viewers will recognize Colonna as a frequent ...
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Cinema Blend
Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' soars to top pick of the week -- and year
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Martin Scorsese didn't write the screenplay, or the book from which it was derived, but his love for the history and preservation of film couldn't have a more deserving platform. And I can think of no other filmmaker who could have been more passionate ...
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Woody Allen To Star As Pimp In 'Fading Gigolo' With Sofia Vergara Of 'Modern ...
International Business Times
By Melanie Jones: Subscribe to Melanie's RSS feed Woody Allen, who recently picked up another Oscar for his screenplay for "Midnight in Paris" (2011), is set to join writer and director John Turturro in indie comedy "Fading Gigolo," the story of two ...
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International Business Times
'Titanic (1953)' Blu-ray Announced and Detailed
High-Def Digest
Coinciding with the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the famous passenger liner, 'Titanic,' the 1953 Academy Award® Winner for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, features a stellar cast including Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award® nominee ...
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Winfrey set for the White House?
RTE.ie
The Huffington Post says Precious director Daniels has also written the screenplay for the film, which tells the story of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for 34 years, waiting on eight different presidents from 1952 onwards.
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Woody Allen Cast as Aging Gigolo in New Film
Shalom Life
Woody Allen, who recently won the Best Screenplay Oscar for Midnight In Paris, has been cast in a film that he is not directing. The 76-year old will play an aging escort in John Turturro's upcoming Fading Gigolo. Variety reports that Turturro will ...
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Shalom Life
'Game Change' Screenwriter Responds To Charges That Film Borrowed From Palin ...
Huffington Post
Originally, HBO ordered a script focused on the Obama-Clinton chapters, but it was rejected; Roach then recruited Strong in summer 2010 to write a screenplay concentrating on Palin's story. In working on the script, Strong said he interviewed 25 people ...
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Max Landis Hired To Script Chronicle Sequel
Cinema Blend
According to Deadline, Max Landis, who developed the story for Chronicle along with director Josh Trank and wrote the screenplay himself, has been hired by 20th Century Fox to write a sequel. Since arriving in theaters on February 3rd the title has ...
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Cinema Blend
'Descendants' is a profound, moving drama
Truckee Times
"The Descendants" was a major player at the 2012 Oscars, as it was nominated in five categories, and won the award for best adapted screenplay. Co-written and directed by Alexander Payne ("Sideways," "About Schmidt"), "The Descendants" is a profound ...
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RR Movie Makers Getting Ready to Invite Movie Lovers with "DIVORCE INVITATION"
SunHerald.com
"Divorce Invitation" is directed by critically acclaimed and award-winning director SV Krishna Reddy, who also wrote the story & screenplay. Dr. Venkat, a leading producer in the Indian film industry, who has produced more than 13 blockbuster films in ...
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State Senate honors author
Maui Weekly
The film was also nominated for four Oscar Awards and took home an Academy Award for "Best Adapted Screenplay." "We are very proud of Kaui Hart Hemmings and the role she played in showcasing Hawai'i in her novel," said Senate Majority Leader Brickwood ...
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Bret Easton Ellis Wants Porn Actor James Deen for 'The Canyons'?
First Showing
His books have been turned into films before - most notably Mary Harron's excellent adaptation of American Psycho back in 2000 - and the novelist himself made the difficult transition to the movies with his debut screenplay, The Informers, ...
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt Talk 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'
I Am Rogue.com
The screenplay was written by Academy Award-winner Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire), and based on the popular book of the same name by author Paul Torday. The film stars a terrific cast of international actors including Ewan McGregor (Beginners), ...
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Where Dogs Fear to Tread
Santa Barbara Independent
Since then, when I call to ask for a scientific-sounding way to endow zombies with the stubborn cellular immortality that defines cancerous growth — for the screenplay I should be working on — he's been more than accommodating.
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Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood on writing, recording and resting
Westword
The event even pushed Hood to work on a screenplay about the murder and write an earlier version of "The Fireplace Poker" in the midst of working on it. "I never could really get it to a point to where I wanted to pursue it to the next level," says ...
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