Screenwriter News--4.5.12

Hamptons International Film Festival's 12th Annual Screenwriters' Lab Announced Hamptons.com East Hampton - The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) will host its 12th annual Screenwriters' Lab co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation April 13 through April 15 in East Hampton. HIFF, as part of their year-long screening events and ... See all stories on this topic »

'American Pie' screenwriter releases book, 'Last Stop This Town' The Independent Florida Alligator Screenplay writer David H. Steinberg, of the iconic teen movies "Slackers" and the "American Pie" series, shows that 10 years after the movies' releases, when it comes to playing out teen lingo, sex drives and self-deprecations, he still understands ... See all stories on this topic »

Universal to reboot 'The Mummy' with 'Prometheus' screenwriter hired for script New York Daily News By Ethan Sacks / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The studio has signed "Prometheus" screenwriter Jon Spaihts to reboot its action/comedy series - with more of a focus on the famed movie monster's horror roots, Variety reported. This marks the fourth time that ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Screenwriter-playwright gets second shot at Michael Ignatieff's Scar Tissue ... The Province More rare is when the adaptation goes the other direction, but that's what screenwriter-playwright Dennis Foon did with Scar Tissue, which has its stage debut this week. Foon's first adaption of the prize-winning novel by Michael Ignatieff — yep, ... See all stories on this topic »

'Chinatown' screenwriter Robert Towne talks about movies, history and Los Angeles Yahoo's The Projector (blog) "Chinatown" racked up twelve Oscar nominations — including for best picture, best direction, best actor and best actress -- but in the end, the only person to take home a trophy was the screenwriter, Robert Towne. In terms of pacing, dialogue and ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo's The Projector (blog)

Screenwriter: Jon Spaihts ComingSoon.net Screenwriter Spaihts says "To go back to a franchise's roots in dark, scary source material, and simultaneously open it up to an epic scale we haven't seen before." Universal originally released The Mummy in 1932 and followed it with four sequels ... See all stories on this topic »

Brandon Easton Talks About Writing Comics And Cartoons Forbes Brandon Easton has been in the writing game since 2002, where he's been successful as both a comics writer and a screenwriter. His most recent independent comic, Shadowlaw, has been a tremendous success and sold out its first printing. See all stories on this topic » Forbes

'Magic City': Mitch Glazer Talks New Starz Show Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan Huffington Post The veteran screenwriter's new show,"Magic City," which premieres on Starz this weekend, actually began as a pilot for CBS. "It really wasn't a network show. It never was," admitted Glazer, who said he's "beyond appreciative" of the network's "rare ... See all stories on this topic »

French film-maker Claude Miller dies FRANCE 24 French film director, producer and screenwriter Claude Miller, seen here in 2007, has died aged 70, his production company said. His works include "The Best Way to Walk" and "Class Trip". AFP - French film director, producer and screenwriter Claude ... See all stories on this topic » FRANCE 24

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Screenwriter » On Woody Allen in Rome By Donald Clarke Ah, Woody Allen. Everybody has an opinion about the great man. Three or four malcontents still argue that he was only ever any good when he was making "the early funny ones". These maniacs date his decline to the release of Annie Hall. Screenwriter