Script Writer News--4.6.12

Top TV scriptwriter visits James Watt College Irvine Herald AWARD-WINNING script writer Simon Carlyle told media students at James Watt College in Kilwinning that there "literally hundreds" of opportunities for their talents. Simon, who co-wrote No Holds Bard and hit sitcom Happy Holidays, passed on some advice ... See all stories on this topic »

The Master of the Mash-Up Wall Street Journal By ALEXANDRA ALTER With two movies and a novel landing in the next three months, and two more scripts in development with Warner Bros., Mr. Grahame-Smith has become one of the most sought-after young writers in Hollywood. When Seth Grahame-Smith wants ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

From alien babies to dead Facebook friends: Amazon unveils its new movie lineup paidContent.org Since launching its "People's Production Company," Amazon has solicited more than 7000 scripts and 700 mock-up movies over the internet. And last year, according to GigaOM's Ryan Lawler, it paid $580000 to writers and another $2.1 million to create ... See all stories on this topic »

'Star Trek' Contributing Screenwriter David Gerrold Visits Science Center Patch.com Now we're not going to assign a writer to do the full outline for a couple of weeks, but if you want to try doing an outline, we'll look at it.' And they bought the outline. Then the next step was 'We're not gonna assign a scriptwriter for a couple of ... See all stories on this topic »

Local film artist Robert Larkin debuts 'Romaine' Delco News Network "My screenplay Serving Spirits was selected as a finalist in the Brooklyn Film Festival, a finalist in the America's Best Script Contest, a finalist in the Saguaro Film Festival, a semi-finalist in Chesterfield Film Company Writer's Project and ... See all stories on this topic »

'Late Night Comic' has its first last laugh at Kussmaul Theater Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online After he got his hand on a script, Norman contacted composer and lyricist Brian Gari to ask him questions about the show, and learned that he was the first who had expressed interest in staging it again. While the script's writer, Allan Knee, ... See all stories on this topic »

Nominate your Favorite African Actor, Director, Producer, Script Writer ... Bella Naija GIAMA Awards consists of 26 Nomination categories, all created to recognize actors, directors, producers, script writers and executive producers that have greatly influenced the African film industry. To nominate, any of favorite personalities in the ... See all stories on this topic » Bella Naija

11541 red chairs symbolize the victims of the siege of Sarajevo msnbc.com (blog) It appears that they are following up on an idea that originated from a Film Script Writer in America who came up with an Idea of writing a short Film Script he Calls "Children Seeking World Peace" The writer posted it on line and some of the Country ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com (blog)

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Noted marathi scriptwriter Sanjay Belose dies in road mishap, News ... Sanjay Belose, noted Marathi and Hindi script writer, actor, director died in a road accident in Mira Road on Sunday. The 45-year-old lost control of his bike on a ... www.mumbaimirror.com/.../Noted-marathi-scriptwriter-Sanjay...