Screenwriter News--4.26.12

Hollywood & Politics: Dustin Lance Black Blames Obama and Romney for the Mess ... Hollywood Reporter The screenwriter and anti-Prop 8 activist says both candidates are "up in the air" on the equal rights issue. I had the honor of watching President Obama sign away the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prevented gays and lesbians from serving ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Rooney Mara to Star in Big-Screen Adaptation of Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn' Hollywood Reporter LONDON -- Rooney Mara is attached to star in a big-screen adaptation of Colm Toibin's best-selling novel Brooklyn penned by British novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby. Mara will play the lead in Toibin's story set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Movie review: Kids will treasure 'Pirates!' New York Daily News Screenwriter Gideon Defoe has adapted his own comic novels with help from the fine folks at Aardman Animation (including directors Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt). The result is indeed a rollicking good time, even if Aardman's ambitions don't quite dazzle ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Rooney Mara to star in 'Brooklyn' Variety Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby, who wrote "An Education" and is also a non-exec director of Wildgaze, penned the adaptation of "Brooklyn," with the backing of BBC Films. The novel was first published in 2009. Mara will play Ellis Lacey, ... See all stories on this topic » Variety

Learn filmmaking at IIT- Madras Deccan Herald This ten-day programme, for which an IIT-Madras certification of participation will be awarded, will be handled by a high-profile resource team that includes Atul Tiwari (Screenwriter of Mission Kashmir and Dashavataram), K Hariharan (Director, ... See all stories on this topic »

Stillman offers a quirky heroine in 'Damsels' Austin 360 By Charles Ealy Director and screenwriter Whit Stillman has created one of his most memorably quirky characters the unapologetically proper campus coed Violet in "Damsels in Distress." At first, she's so composed, so perfectly dressed and so vocal ... See all stories on this topic »

Where's the Multi-Culti Cool? New York Times Trey Ellis, a novelist, screenwriter and playwright, teaches film writing at Columbia University. He is the author of "The New Black Aesthetic." First, I'ma big Lena Dunham fan and at least some of the backlash against her is from haters. See all stories on this topic »

LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival goes for big laughs, big breaks Los Angeles Times Highlights from this year's schedule include Thursday's celebrity short film block with work by Margaret Cho, Michael Cera and David Alan Grier; a discussion Friday with screenwriter Buck Henry ("The Graduate," "Catch-22"); and a panel Saturday titled ... See all stories on this topic »

Afterlife of party Variety Stage director Matthew Warchus and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. Monday night's "Ghost" curtain call at the Lunt-Fontanne turned into a real chatfest when helmer Matthew Warchus asked first-nighters to tell their friends to buy tix to the show. See all stories on this topic » Variety