Script Writer News--4.7.12

Software maker rewrites script biz Minneapolis Star Tribune The days of manually churning out a screenplay are long gone. Waiters, personal trainers and, more significantly, thousands of people whose scripts actually get produced owe a lot to the Write Brothers. Celebrating its 30th anniversary recently, ... See all stories on this topic »

'Prometheus' Script: Damon Lindelof Comments On Harry Knowles' Review Huffington Post Jon Spaihts is another credited writer on "Prometheus," which exists in the same universe as Scott's "Alien," but isn't a direct prequel. Knowles disagreed with Lindelof's assertion, writing that the script he received -- before the trailers for ... See all stories on this topic »

Buzzing like crazy The Hindu The popularity this veteran playwright, script and dialogue writer and actor of films and stage enjoys is immense. On hearing that SS Rajamouli, a very successful filmmaker in Telugu, has roped in Mohan as the dialogue writer for his first Tamil ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Producers Zwick, Herskovitz Win 'Last Samurai' Trial Over Allegedly Stolen Script Hollywood Reporter Aaron and Matthew Benay claimed that their script, also called "The Last Samurai," was submitted in 2000 by their agent to the production company run by Herskovitz and Zwick, and was later used as a basis for the 2003 film. See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Whit Stillman and Mark Leyner on Their First Projects in 15 Years RollingStone.com I think the two most typical ways for a writer are journalism or teaching. And I had done a bunch of journalism, and I did advertising early on. Someone had gotten in touch with me about a book, a guy named Jeffrey Levy in LA, and we did a script, ... See all stories on this topic » RollingStone.com

SHOWBIZ: All about life's experiences New Straits Times Nothing is straightforward," says India's national award-winning film director-actor-scriptwriter Cheran. "Like the love in Autograph (his 2004 award-winning film). There's a story within every story," says the 42-year-old director from Tamil Nadu at ... See all stories on this topic » New Straits Times

Author of 'Sailor,' a modern-day 'Shane,' comes to Orange OCRegister ... new book "Sailor" in the early '90s, though he thought of it first as a screenplay for Hollywood, a world in which he'd recently found a measure of success as the co-writer of the movie "One False Move" with his boyhood friend Billy Bob Thornton. See all stories on this topic »

Local filmmakers premiere their work at Oakland International Film Festival San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Oaklander Kim Nunley, a 32-year-old writer by trade, entered a script-writing contest recently to test out her big screen chops. Her script, a sweet little comedy called "Sly Sylvester," earned praise and last year she decided to flesh it out with more ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' as a film? 10 albums seeking scripts Sacramento Bee The song titles write the script for you: "The Magic Number," "Potholes on My Lawn," "Buddy," "Transmitting Live from Mars," and other multi-colored images will drive the kids crazy. -Neutral Milk Hotel, "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea": The classic ... See all stories on this topic »

'Alice' is an Easter weekend tradition in Frederick Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online by Cody Calamaio, Staff Writer photo from Dance Unlimited Fantasy characters come to life in "The New Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" performed Friday and Saturday at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. The fantasy world of Lewis Carroll comes to life ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Oh No They Didn't! - ONTD writers: Amazon is accepting scripts for ... By myheyday "Starting today, writers can submit scripts publicly on the site, as before, or privately to our development staff. When you upload your script, we have a 45-day option and evaluation period. If, during that time, we don't buy your script or pay you ... Oh No They Didn't!

Web

Screenwriter Webinar – Writing Partnerships: The ... - Script Magazine Each Wednesday, The Writers Store offers a different LIVE screenwriting webinar to learn more about the craft and business of screenwriting. At a Glance Live ... www.scriptmag.com/.../screenwriter-webinar-writing-partnersh...