Screenwriter News--4.1.12

Clint Eastwood's 'A Star is Born' Remake is Really About Kurt Cobain Crave Online Screenwriter Will Fetters is using the upcoming remake to answer the question, 'What if Kurt Cobain had lived?' By Fred Topel Clint Eastwood is developing A Star is Born to direct. It may sound like just another remake until you hear the screenwriter's ... See all stories on this topic »

Actress Files Sex Act Lawsuit Against Oscar-Winning Screenwriter ShortNews.com Actress Amanda Jencsik, 26 claims screenwriter John Patrick Shanley nearly choked her to death during their four-month tryst in 2010 and filed a $5 million suit against him. "[She] believed that [he] was trying to kill her while having this type of ... See all stories on this topic »

"All Quiet of the Western Front" Screenwriter Releases First Novel on Amazon's ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) SAN DIEGO, CA, April 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ian Stokell, co-writer-producer of the all new "All Quiet on the Western Front" feature film, has released his first short novel on Amazon's Kindle platform, entitled "Rabbits and Trains". See all stories on this topic »

A Star is Born Remake is Really About Kurt Cobain ComingSoon.net At the junket for The Lucky One, screenwriter Will Fetters told CraveOnline that Clint Eastwood's A Star is Born remake is really about Kurt Cobain, if he had lived. Specifically, the Norman Maine character. "I think I've reinvented the Norman Maine ... See all stories on this topic » ComingSoon.net

TV and art films: April 1-7 Reading Eagle Literally and figuratively a throwback, Woody Allen's latest casts Owen Wilson as a screenwriter vacationing with his fiancee (Rachel McAdams) in the City of Light when, Cinderella-like, at the stroke of midnight he finds himself in the 1920s, ... See all stories on this topic »

How a Reddit commenter hit the Hollywood big time New Zealand Listener Within two months, he had taken a leave from his job to become a full-time Hollywood screenwriter. The only downside? Following advice of his agent and producer, Erwin stopped reading and contributing to Reddit. He tells Fagone: "I miss Reddit … See all stories on this topic » New Zealand Listener

The greatest movies never made WJBC News Screenwriter and journalist David Hughes tells Steve Fast that Hollywood has spent millions of dollars on would-be blockbusters that never made it to the screen. Hughes says that the stories of the unmade versions of the films are sometimes more ... See all stories on this topic »

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Oh No They Didn't! - 'Moonstruck' Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley ... By whateveryouwantittobe John Patrick Shanley, the Oscar-winning writer of Moonstruck, has been accused of conducting a sadomasochistic relationship with a young woman that took a frighteningly violent turn. The Bronx-born Shanley had Irish-born parents. Oh No They Didn't!