Script Writer News--4.5.12

How to write a script for a short film Yahoo! Movies UK Contributor Network – 18 minutes ago So, you've decided you want to be a screenwriter, and that the best way to begin is to write the script for a short film? Good idea. Before embarking upon the expansive, complex and drawn out process of writing a ... See all stories on this topic »

Beavis And Butt-Head Writers Hired For Woody Woodpecker Movie PerezHilton.com Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures have found writers for the Woody Woodpecker movie. And we'll be surprised to see what direction they take the script. It's John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, the men who wrote for Beavis And Butt-Head ... See all stories on this topic » PerezHilton.com

Park Yoo Chun's Acting Earns High Praise from Famed Scriptwriter Soompi Just two weeks after hearing praising remarks from the head of SBS drama department, Park Yoo Chun's acting was lauded by the famed scriptwriter Jo Jin Gook, whose previous works include MBC sitcoms "Soulmate" and "Hello Franceska. See all stories on this topic »

Amber chooses femme military thriller: Jonathan Zimbert has adapted the 'Slain ... Chicago Tribune Producer-turned-writer Jonathan Zimbert has adapted the "Slain" script for Amber, which is out to directors and actresses. Novel, published in 1997, centers on female commander Amanda Garrett who's just taken charge of a top-secret Stealth-type US Navy ... See all stories on this topic »

Universal Rebooting THE MUMMY Using a Script from PROMETHEUS Writer John Spaihts Fused Film Now the movie studio looks to repeat that same success with Prometheus scribe John Spaihts writing the script for the movie, which will be produced by Sean Daniel, who produced the series that started in '99. Obviously with the movie so early into ... See all stories on this topic »

Sholay should not be remade, thinks Javed Akhtar Daily News & Analysis Place: Indore | Agency: PTI Veteran lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar on Thursday said there was no need to remake 1975 Bollywood blockbuster Sholay because it was the biggest and the most successful movie of its time. "I am not against remake of ... See all stories on this topic » Daily News & Analysis

PROMETHEUS Co-Writer Jon Spaihts to Reboot THE MUMMY Franchise Collider.com Variety reports that Prometheus co-writer Jon Spaihts has been tapped to pen the screenplay for a reboot. Says Spaihts, "I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with Prometheus: to go back to a franchise's roots in dark, scary source material, ... See all stories on this topic » Collider.com

Children's author Suzy Kline shares writing tips to Derby elementary students New Haven Register ... DERBY — Children's author Suzy Kline on Wednesday offered writing tips to students at Bradley Elementary School. The day started with Kline having breakfast with 32 selected students. Several children acted out a Reader's Theater script for her. See all stories on this topic »

Award-Winning Writer Reflects on Work and Process Hendrix College Events and News The students were from creative writing professor Hope Coulter's poetry class, Dr. Tyrone Jaeger's fiction class, and the creative writing senior thesis class. All the students had read something from Ondaatje's large body of work in preparation for ... See all stories on this topic »