Screenplay News--3.31.12

John Patrick Shanley In 5M Lawsuit For Sex Abuse PerezHilton.com The author of the Tony Award Winning Doubt and Oscar Winner For Best Screenplay Moonstruck, John Patrick Shanley, has been handed a five million dollar lawsuit by indie film actress Amanda Jencsik. Scandalous!!! The details of the lawsuit filed claim ... See all stories on this topic » PerezHilton.com

Mia Wasikowska set for 'Madame Bovary': Occupant Entertainment pic to helmed ... Chicago Tribune "Jane Eyre" star Mia Wasikowska is set to topline Occupant Entertainment's "Madame Bovary," which Sophie Barthes ("Cold Souls") will direct from an adapted screenplay by Rose Barreneche. Wasikowska will play the lead role of Emma Bovary, the beautiful ... See all stories on this topic »

Audio Beat: Sa Love Ba The Hindu Besides direction, the story, screenplay and music of SK Entertainment's Sa Love Ba are by Sanjay. The film, produced by Noor, features Toyajaksha and Manjushree in the lead, with Pruthisa and Madhushree playing important roles. See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Mamet's 'Speed-the-Plow' finds a new edge at The Ringwald Examiner.com In 1997, Mamet turned his hand to a screenplay with characters of similar moral decrepitude – Wag the Dog – in which a political spin doctor relies on Hollywood chicanery to rescue his candidate from a sex scandal. In between those two projects, ... See all stories on this topic »

3: Three's a crowd The Hindu The screenplay that deftly oscillates between the past and the present will sustain your interest throughout, you assume. The thriller-like treatment to a love story is bound to be engaging, you think. With witty dialogue further increasing expectation ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Wrath of the Titans Review: "There's More to Life Than Gods and Titans" FleshEatingZipper With brilliant CGI, a fine cast of veteran actors, and an absolutely wretched screenplay, Wrath perfectly embodies all of contemporary Hollywood in one film. This film is neither good nor terrible, just aggressively mediocre. All spectacle and no heart ... See all stories on this topic »

Amanda Peet swipes 'Identity Thief' role: 'Bent' thesp joins Bateman, McCarthy ... Chicago Tribune Seth Gordon will direct from a screenplay originally drafted by Steve Conrad and rewritten by Craig Mazin. Story revolves around a man whose identity is stolen by a woman. Scott Stuber to produce through his Bluegrass Films banner, alongside Bateman. See all stories on this topic »

Interior Space Variety Screenplay, Pierre Favreau, Parlange. With: Kuno Becker, Ana Serradilla, Hernan Mendoza, Gerardo Taracena, Rocio Verdejo, Alejandro Barrios, Roberto Sosa, Juan Carlos Colombo, Marina de Tavira. Writer-director Kai Parlange's "Interior Space" ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: Wrath of the Titans Slackerwood By Debbie Cerda on March 31, 2012 - 10:30am in Two years after the 3D reboot Clash of the Titans, another filmmaking team has taken liberty with the 1981 screenplay centered on the legend of Perseus in Wrath of the Titans. See all stories on this topic » Slackerwood

Deborah Copaken Kogan, John Burnham Schwartz close season's Brazilian Court ... Palm Beach Daily News Author John Burnham Schwartz wrote the screenplay for an upcoming HBO film on the Madoff family. By Robert Janjigian For novelist Deborah Copaken Kogan, "fiction is what you write when you actually want to be more truthful. See all stories on this topic » Palm Beach Daily News