Script Writer News--4.9.12

11:04 Turkish scriptwriter of "Magnificent Century" passes away www.worldbulletin.net Famous Turkish scriptwriter and actress Meral Okay, who had been receiving cancer treatment, passed away at the age of 53 on Monday. Famous Turkish scriptwriter and actress Meral Okay, who had been receiving cancer treatment, passed away at the age of ... See all stories on this topic »

Meral Okay, writer of popular Turkish TV shows, dies at age 53 Today's Zaman (PHOTO AA) Meral Okay, a well-known Turkish scriptwriter and occasional actress who wrote some of the most popular TV shows in Turkey, died on Monday. Okay, who had been battling lung cancer for the past nine months, died early on Monday at her home in ... See all stories on this topic » Today's Zaman

Grateful town thanks writer for powerful play experience This is South Wales WELSH writer Owen Sheers has been thanked by the people of Port Talbot for all he has done for them in helping to stage The Passion play. The scriptwriter of the acting extravaganza, which was staged over 72 hours last Easter, was praised for his role ... See all stories on this topic »

Martin Scorsese Meeting With More Writers For Brewing Sinatra Biopic; Says He ... Indie Wire (blog) Last we heard, powerhouse producer Scott Rudin ("The Social Network," "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") came on board last March and while the film had a script from Phil Alden Robinson ("Field Of Dreams," "Sneakers"), the plan was to hunt for a new ... See all stories on this topic »

Martin Scorsese in talks to develop Frank Sinatra biopic Houston Chronicle (blog) ... revealing he has already met with writers to develop the project. The Goodfellas filmmaker is hoping to bring the Rat Pack star's life story to the big screen but Scorsese reveals he's struggling to come up with a focused script, although he hasn't ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Kristen Stewart 'almost finished' writing her first novel Now Magazine Online Kristen has been writing her first novel on the set of Snow White And The Huntsman and has asked her scriptwriter mum Jules to help her find a publisher. 'Kristen began by writing short stories,' a pal tells the Mail On Sunday. See all stories on this topic »

Sudburian wins award for short The Sudbury Star She's been writing scripts for about 10 years. Winsa started writing scripts when she was pregnant with her second child, during a birthday trip to the cottage with her husband. While she was there, she got an idea for a story she felt compelled to ... See all stories on this topic »

Donnie Yen to return as Ip Man in 3D "Ip Man 3" Channel News Asia HONG KONG: "Ip Man 3" script writer Edmond Wong revealed last week that Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen will return as martial arts master Ip Man in "Ip Man 3", which will feature 3D visual effects, reported Hong Kong media. This has been confirmed by ... See all stories on this topic »

One-on-one with Oscar-winning writer Sir Ronald Harwood Daily News Egypt Written by Sir Ronald Harwood — the Oscar-winning scriptwriter whose credits include "The Pianist" and "Oliver Twist" with Roman Polanski, "Being Julia" with István Szabó and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" with Julian Schnabel — "Beloved Friend" ... See all stories on this topic »

Short Films by Tumbhi selected to be showcased at the 10th Indian Film ... mydigitalfc.com Tumbhi had launched 'Paanch' a script writing competition way back in May 2011. The prize promised was a dream chance to translate the five winning scripts into Short Films. Shor and Sujata are two of the scripts selected by Tumbhi for translating into ... See all stories on this topic »