Screenwriter News--4.23.12

Israeli authors, screenwriters featured at Buenos Aires book fair Jewish Telegraphic Agency BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) -- Israeli authors and screenwriters are being featured at the 38th Book Fair of Buenos Aires. The book fair, which runs through May 7, reportedly is the most visited book fair in the Spanish-speaking world; last year more ... See all stories on this topic »

Screenwriter: Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin ShockTillYouDrop.com In the film, innocent people with family and friends waiting for them boarded a state of the art jet liner piloted by an experienced crew. They had every reason to believe the pilots could safely navigate a storm and negotiate turbulence without ... See all stories on this topic »

Zahra movie in the works Winston-Salem Journal The Hickory Daily Record reported that independent film producers have teamed with local screenwriter Douglas Whittington, who penned "The Last Autumn .... The Zahra Baker Story," in January. The story is "based on real facts of the case, ... See all stories on this topic »

Amazon's Fight Against Content Middlemen: Books, TV, Movies, Games Xconomy Screenwriter Sean Hood thinks Amazon has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the Hollywood studio system, once technology advances enough that streaming content can be delivered to any screen and the studios aren't needed as 20th-century ... See all stories on this topic »

CBC Passes on 'Wish List' Pilot as Budget Cuts Bite Hollywood Reporter TORONTO -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has passed on Entertainment One pilot Wish List from local screenwriter Sean Reycraft (90210) as it deals with a $21.2 million hit to its programming budget following recent government cuts. See all stories on this topic »

'Runner, Runner' Is Not a 'Rounders' Sequel, But It's Close Enough News in Film That is how screenwriter Brian Koppelman (Rounders) described an original script he co-wrote with his lifelong best friend David Levien. Comedian Jay Mohr was pressing him to talk about any un-produced scripts that he wished had made it, earlier this ... See all stories on this topic » News in Film

City Calendar for the week of 4/23/12 Pittsburgh Post Gazette The film "The Destiny of Lesser Animals" will be screened; Albright produced and directed the film with Nunoo, a Ghanaian screenwriter and actor; Dede Maitre, a member of the university's cinema faculty, was a producer and post supervisor. See all stories on this topic »

Celeb ranters: Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bale lose their cool OMG! Canada (blog) In the case of the "Braveheart" actor, a screenwriter he hired for a movie he was developing about Jewish biblical hero Judah Maccabee has released recordings of Gibson ranting at the top of his lungs during a trip to Costa Rica last December because ... See all stories on this topic » OMG! Canada (blog)