Screenwriter News--4.6.12

Conversation With Geoffrey Fletcher: Oscar Winning Screenwriter Of 'Precious ... International Business Times How should an aspiring screenwriter who wants to write unconventional films avoid discouragement? I would say that no matter the subject matter, if it's something that you're really passionate about, it can find its way. See all stories on this topic »

Photo Coverage: Katie Finneran, Melissa Joan Hart et al. Read Delia Ephron's ... Broadway World Acclaimed screenwriter, playwright and novelist Delia Ephron appeared at Barnes & Noble's Upper East Side location last night, April 5, to sign copies of her latest novel, "The Lion Is In". Tony Award-winner Katie Finneran (Promises, Promises), ... See all stories on this topic »

Tribeca Film Institute names Sloan student screenwriter winner Screen International Grainger David of NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts will receive the 2012 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting at an evening reception in New York on Thursday (5). Screen International provides a range of effective ... See all stories on this topic »

The World Premiere of Two-Time Oscar© Nominated Screenwriter/Playwright Arnold ... PR.com (press release) This marvelously funny, touchingly ironic joyous adult cartoon is made larger-than-life by Director Chris DeCarlo who takes the audience on a wild ride, combining the Playhouse's signature Commedia-Circus style with physical theatrix, multi-media ... See all stories on this topic »

Hunger Games: Did Director Gary Ross Drop Out of Sequel Catching Fire? E! Online Ross, the screenwriter turned director whose previous films include Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, informed Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox of his decision earlier this week, according to Indiewire. But it had nothing apparently to do with the reported ... See all stories on this topic » E! Online

Your bank balance is scarier than 'ATM' msnbc.com (blog) Apparently its screenwriter Chris Sparling found that situation just a little too claustrophobic, so his latest effort is largely set in the relatively airy confines of an ATM. The scariest experience most viewers have probably had with an automatic ... See all stories on this topic »

Grasshopper's Suda on Lollipop Chainsaw and the new media landscape Gamasutra The story, though, is written by screenwriter James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead, Slither). The game's creative director, edgy game icon Goichi "Suda51" Suda, says the he and Gunn were excited to learn they were mutual fans of one another's work; ... See all stories on this topic » Gamasutra

Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is a bored former rocker living in Dublin in This Must Be ... The Australian Screenwriter Umberto Contarello is also a published novelist. From this one may guess that This Must Be the Place - a French-Italian-Irish co-production - will have strong literary overtones, perhaps a surfeit of dialogue and a long-winded voice-over ... See all stories on this topic »

The Hunger Games sequel faces possible delays as director demands higher fee Daily Mail By Holly Thomas and Kirsty Mccormack Screenwriter and director Gary Ross has reportedly asked for more money to lead the project than the studio is willing to pay. Lionsgate studios only started negotiations with Ross three weeks before the first ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail