Script Writer News--4.27.12

Universal taps writer for 'Prosthesis': Scott Gimple to pen sci-fier for studio Chicago Tribune Universal is moving ahead on sci-fier "Prosthesis," tapping "Walking Dead" writer-producer Scott Gimple to pen the script. Studio set up "Prosthesis" in January with the Gotham Group and 1stAveMachine producing and Arvind Palep directing (Daily Variety ... See all stories on this topic »

Ken Levine on writing games: a "depressing process, but afterwards it's the ... PC Gamer Magazine They talk about the how the technical requirements of the development process enforces a haphazard approach to scripting. Levine uses Bioshock's most famous moment as an example. "I'll write a scene like the Andrew Ryan scene in Bioshock 1 before I've ... See all stories on this topic » PC Gamer Magazine

Comic book writer brings superheroes to Yorktown Muncie Star Press Having "played around" with them as a kid, he had a Superman script published in 1985 and then joined the staff of DC Comics as an editor. "It was a boot camp for the writer in me," he said, noting it taught him every aspect of the comic-book business. See all stories on this topic »

'Kinyarwanda' a film 'that happens over and over,' writer-director says Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Brown's team shot the movie in 16 days in Kigali, Rwanda, on a $250000 budget, most of it grant money from the European Commission that was given to Ishmael Ntihabose, a Rwandan genocide survivor who executive produced the movie and co-wrote the script ... See all stories on this topic » Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Of course Shakespeare had co-writers – he was a practical man of the theatre Telegraph.co.uk (blog) It's quite possible that he also had a hand in other plays by other authors, just as a film company may call in an experienced writer to ginger up a script. I have only one reservation about the arguments advanced by the two Oxford dons, ... See all stories on this topic »

Scarsdale Library Announces 2nd Teen Writers Conference Westchester.com Workshop choices include Think Like A Script Writer/Novelist, led by Todd Strasser; Finding Your Voice, led by Marilyn Johnson; The First Page, led by Sheela Charli; People Make the Best Stories, led by Carrie Gilpin; Writing From Police Records, ... See all stories on this topic »

CBR TV: James McTiegue On "The Raven," "V For Vendetta" & Occupy Comic Book Resources Your work on "The Matrix" films, "V for Vendetta" is a comic book movie, "Ninja Assassin," one of comics' great writers J. Michael Straczynski he did a pass on that script and here you are with "The Raven," another genre type film. See all stories on this topic »

Salim Khan Honours 'Vicky Donor' With a Filmfare Award IBTimes India It seems veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan was so moved by director Shoojit Sircar's latest film "Vicky Donor" that he awarded the filmmaker with one of his Filmfare awards. It's reported that Salim Khan called both director Shoojit and ... See all stories on this topic » IBTimes India

'Safe' Director Boaz Yakin On Fight Choreography, 'Batman Beyond,' And How ... Indie Wire (blog) Yakin would have the biggest hit of his career with a script he didn't write, with the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced inspirational football movie "Remember the Titans." Since then he has bounced around between high profile screenwriting jobs ("Prince of ... See all stories on this topic »

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