Screenwriter News--4.27.12

Tribeca 2012: 'Precious' screenwriter on board for short film contest Los Angeles Times Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher ("Precious") is helping to give filmmakers a rare opportunity to turn his words into a short movie through a contest announced Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival. Participants must submit their ... See all stories on this topic »

A "Precious" moment for screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher The Upcoming So, I really want to speak to you about the competition you're launching, which sounds so exciting, but before that, I'd like to ask you more generally about any advice you would give to new film-makers and screenwriters about how to get themselves out ... See all stories on this topic » The Upcoming

Bombay Sapphire Gin & Tribeca Film Festival to Discover the Most Imaginative ... MarketWatch (press release) Geoffrey Fletcher, Academy Award-Winning screenwriter, comments on his role within The Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series and the script he has written: "The power of imagination is endless, which is why I've developed a script that I feel can be ... See all stories on this topic »

Detention graduates to the big screen TheChronicleHerald.ca The cast of Detention, including The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson (fourth from left) and heroine Shanley Caswell (second from right) tries to find a killer and save the world in the new hyperactive horror-comedy by Halifax screenwriter Mark Palermo ... See all stories on this topic » TheChronicleHerald.ca

Sundance London Opens With Robert Redford, T-Bone Burnett Talking Music and Film Hollywood Reporter LONDON -- As screenwriter and best-selling novelist Nick Hornby put it, it is customary on opening nights to say that the guests of honor "need no introduction." But for the pre-amble of the first event of the inaugural Sundance London film and music ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Is this woman the future of Hollywood Science Fiction? io9 But this two-time scifi screenwriter (Sound of My Voice and Another Earth) is more than just an actor and the face of indie SF. It's only a matter of time before Marling has turned all of Hollywood into her own vomit-filled basement of acolytes. See all stories on this topic »

Twitter star Kelly Oxford opens up about her first feature, 'Son of a Bitch' Entertainment Weekly (blog) And as of yesterday, Oxford can officially call herself a screenwriter as well. As Deadline originally reported, the stay-at-home mom just sold a script called Son of a Bitch to Warner Bros. It's the first feature Oxford has written, ... See all stories on this topic »

Review: 'Get The Gringo' Is An Enjoyably Excessive Mel Gibson Crime Flick Indie Wire (blog) ... a bizarre satellite transmission (based out of Austin, Texas), another expletive-laced Gibson rant was unleashed on the internet (this time, instead of his estranged girlfriend, Gibson's ire was directed at "Showgirls" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas). See all stories on this topic »

Need for Speed on the big screen CarAdvice Screenwriter John Gatins, of 2011′s Real Steel fame, has been linked to the project as a producer while his brother George Gatins has written the script. Sony and Paramount have also expressed interest in the project. The movie is expected to hit ... See all stories on this topic »

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'Chaos Walking' Finds Screenwriter In Charlie Kaufman Lionsgate's newest dystopian acquisition, Patrick Ness's "Chaos Walking," has found its screenwriter. Deadline is reporting that Lionsgate has tapped "Eternal ... hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/.../chaos-walking-screenwriter-charli...