Screenplay News--4.11.12

Hannover House Sets "Mother Goose!" Acquisition and Production Plan MarketWatch (press release) Los Angeles, CA, Apr 11, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Hannover House, Inc. (pinksheets:HHSE) has acquired the worldwide rights to the fantasy motion picture screenplay, "Mother Goose!" from Michael Snyder, and has assembled a co-production team ... See all stories on this topic »

Lions Gate Loses 'Hunger Games' Director in Blow to Sequel Bloomberg Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay for "The Hunger Games," was in talks to write and direct "Catching Fire," the second of three or four movies planned by Lions Gate based on the teen novels by Suzanne Collins. He cited time constraints for the decision ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

New Int'l. Release Variety Screenplay, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber. Proportional strategy and luck are required to win Battleship, the family board game Peter Berg's loudly, proudly ridiculous soldiers-vs.-aliens blockbuster rather fancifully claims as its source. See all stories on this topic » Variety

Young filmmakers feted at DLSU Indie fest Philippine Star Herwin Cabasal, a 26-year-old student of the Asia Pacific Film Institute (APFI), grabbed the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards for his short film Viscera. It is the third award in just a month received by Herwin for the film after he received ... See all stories on this topic »

Shickshinny woman stars in new sitcom premiering tonight on ABC Scranton Times-Tribune She's starring in two movies and wrote the screenplay for one. Add in her joke for a recent magazine feature, and you've got quite the multitasker. "You know what they say, if you want something done, give it to a busy person," Ms. Ritter laughed. See all stories on this topic » Scranton Times-Tribune

Foon takes on Scar Tissue a second time Vancouver Courier Foon first adapted the Booker Prize-nominated novel for CBC TV in 2002, but the imagery that fills the book wasn't realized in the three-camera studio shoot, according to Foon, who received a Gemini nomination for best screenplay. See all stories on this topic »

Hannover House Plans Mother Goose! Movie ComingSoon.net Here is the full announcement: Hannover House, Inc. has acquired the worldwide rights to the fantasy motion picture screenplay, "Mother Goose!" from Michael Snyder, and has assembled a co-production team and financing plan to put the film into ... See all stories on this topic »

Think Like a Man Variety Screenplay, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, based on the book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" by Steve Harvey. Translating Steve Harvey's bestseller "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" into a four-pronged romantic comedy, Tim Story's breezy if ... See all stories on this topic » Variety

Colantotte International rebrands Trion:Z to Colantotte for US WorldGolf.com Colantotte's products including the Magtitan Neo Legend, Tao Necklace, and Planet Necklace were distributed to Hollywood's hottest stars including Melissa McCarthy, AnnaLynne McCord, and Nat Faxon, winner for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, ... See all stories on this topic »

Trust Issues: Dealing with Academia PharmExec.com (blog) On exiting a theater, writers are often astounded and dismayed by the film resulting from a screenplay they've sold to a producer. Punch-up writers have added corny jokes, directors have replaced nuanced dialogue with bombastic proclamation, ... See all stories on this topic »

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