Screenwriting Wunderkind Mylo Carbia Makes Triumphant Return to Hollywood
One-time "it girl scribe" announces appearance at Screenwriters World Conference and adaptation of Pedro Perez Sarduy international bestseller "Maids of Havana" Download image Download image...
View Article'21 Jump Street' may debut at up to $35 million
LOS ANGELES "21 Jump Street" is set to school the competition at the box office this weekend. The comedy, starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as two inept cops on an undercover mission to bust a...
View ArticleScott Porter Talks 90s Memories And ‘The To Do List’ [Exclusive]
Every once in a while there comes along a film that changes the game for other films of its genre, this time it’s Maggie Carey’s comedy The To Do List. In the world of comedy, The To Do List travels...
View ArticleChina Launches Screenwriting Competition for U.S. Writers
share The finalists will be announced in May and given an all-expenses-paid trip to Beijing to meet producers about making their stories into films. HONG KONG – James Cameron did it last year for...
View ArticleHow to Use Guys With Secret Tips: Film Review
share The Bottom Line Struggling its best to find a new take on classic rom com, this youthful spoof has a sense of black humor. Venue Hong Kong Filmart Cast Lee Si-yeong, Oh Jeong-se, Park Yeong-gyu...
View ArticleA Savvy Humorist, Nora Ephron Became One of Hollywood's Few Successful Woman...
share Getty Images The writer and director, who died Tuesday at 71, turned out hits like "When Harry Met Sally..." and "Sleepless in Seattle." Nora Ephron, the witty and acerbic writer who found a...
View ArticleNora Ephron's Influence: How The Late Screenwriter & Director Impacted Hollywood
Nora Ephron's influence extends far beyond "You've Got Mail." Nora Ephron's influence as a Hollywood screenwriter and director will be felt for quite some time. The three-time Oscar nominee passed away...
View ArticleExaminer Exclusive: Interview with White Frog director Quentin Lee
Related topics Quentin LeedirectorWhite FrogOutfest 2012LGBT Advertisement Prolific director Quentin Lee’s career-defining film White Frog will have its’ Los Angeles premiere July 21 as part of the...
View ArticleFay Kanin, Emmy Award winner and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, dies at 95
Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the 1958 Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy “Teacher’s Pet” and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died March 27 at her home...
View ArticleLove Me Not: Hong Kong Review
share The Bottom Line Love is mighty complicated in Gilitte Leung’s airy but convoluted Hong Kong gender-bender. Venue Hong Kong Film Festival Cast Afa Lee, Kenneth Cheng, Rebecca Yip, Siu Wu...
View ArticleCanadian Screenwriters Find Gold in Hollywood
share Canuck scribes write their next role in Los Angeles writing rooms as indie producers open stateside offices and the major studios eye tax credits north of the border. TORONTO – Oh the irony: the...
View ArticleHollywood script expert to train local screenwriters
Hollywood script consultant Pilar Alessandra - Photo: Courtesy of the organizers Professor Pilar Alessandra, one of Hollywood’s most popular script writing teachers, will arrive in Vietnam for the...
View ArticleHollywood's leading lady
123A scene from When Harry Met Sally. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ Reuters, Jonathan Wenk/Columbia Pictures/New York TimesEphron with Meryl Streep and crew on the set of Julie Julia.Photograph: Lucas...
View ArticleTwin Cities screenwriter Michael Starrbury has movie at Sundance
Back in the 1990s, when Stephon Marbury was one of the Timberwolves’ most promising stars, a self-taught beginning screenwriter in Brooklyn Park decided to adopt the lead guard’s nickname as a...
View ArticleScreenwriter Services Celebrates the Evolution of Hollywood Script...
Along with Screenwriter Services’ sixth year anniversary, owner Stefan Gray recalls the evolution of the entertainment industry’s script production process past and present, concluding with the fact...
View ArticleFay Kanin, screenwriter who was former Academy chief, dies at 95
LOS ANGELES -- Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the 1958 Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy "Teacher's Pet" and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died...
View ArticlePartnership outlives romance for 'Celeste and Jesse' writers
CHICAGO - The vinegary romantic comedy "Celeste and Jesse Forever" took half-a-forever to get financed and made, as so many films do. Rashida Jones of "Parks and Recreation" co-stars with Andy Samberg....
View ArticleFay Kanin dies at 95; screenwriter was former Academy president
Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the 1958 Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy "Teacher's Pet" and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died Wednesday. She was 95....
View ArticleRashida Jones on Celeste and Jesse Forever, Her Debut as a Screenwriter
In terms of looks, charisma, and talent, Rashida Jones should have been a star a long time ago. But in terms of what she's ready to offer Hollywood (and what Hollywood finally might be ready to let her...
View ArticleTropic Thunder Screenwriter to Make Directorial Debut With Boy Scouts vs....
Screenwriter Etan Cohen has spent the past few years co-writing comedies like Tropic Thunder and Idiocracy as well as taking a turn on the script for...
View ArticleKickstart This! Jeremy Lin Needs To Finish His Senior Project!
When the Hong Kong media started reporting about an upcoming film called Senior Project, it immediately grabbed my attention...
View Article‘Senior Project’ to Graduate This Fall
Hong Kong – A film scripted by a 16 year old Hong Kong schoolboy is expected to go into production this fall in the Us. “Senior...
View ArticleHong Kong teenager's script to be made into a Hollywood movie
When 16-year-old Jeremy Lin Chong-rang started writing a comedy based on his experiences in school, he did not expect Hollywood to pick up his script and turn it into a 90-minute film. "I'm just some...
View ArticleIf a Teenager From Hong Kong Can Get His Movie Made in Hollywood, Maybe...
Most aspiring screenwriters never get the chance to see their stories played out on the silver screen. As a young screenwriter hopeful myself, this fact alone scares me half to death. So you can...
View ArticleHK teenage screenwriter makes Hollywood debut
Los Angeles -- Jeremy Lin has made history again. This time, the name does not refer to the basketball player from Harvard University, but a Hong Kong teenager whose script will be made into a...
View ArticleRefreshingly different take on 'now' relationships
Happily divorcing … Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones, the modern high-tech couple whose planned divorce allows them to be best friends. Reviewer rating: Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Reader rating: None yet....
View ArticleHugh Grant to play washed up Hollywood screenwriter in new rom-com
Hugh Grant is to play a washed up Hollywood screenwriter in a new romantic comedy film. The movie, which does not have a title yet, will be the fourth collaboration between Grant and writer-director...
View ArticleObituary: Fay Kanin / Screenwriter who was former Academy chief
Fay Kanin, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the 1958 Clark Gable-Doris Day comedy "Teacher's Pet" and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died Wednesday. She was 95....
View Article9 of the Year's Most Inspired Screenwriting Pairings
share UPDATED: Sometimes it takes more than one person at the keyboard -- or two people, in the case of "Ides of March" -- to bat out a bang-up script. This article appeared in the Dec. 16 issue of The...
View ArticleHollywood's popular screenplay Black List expands capabilities
Beginning today, struggling screenwriters searching for a way into Hollywood will be handed a new opportunity courtesy of Franklin Leonard, the creator of the Black List, an annual compendium of the...
View ArticlePied Pipers of Teenage Angst
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Josh Schwartz tried his best to appear calm and composed, but the look in his eyes betrayed him. He had never directed anything before — not a short, not an episode of television...
View ArticleHaloed Hollywood
When he was asked to write the screenplay for Letters to Juliet, José Rivera viewed it as an opportunity to explore a new genre romantic comedy. However, two drafts down, the screenwriter was in for...
View ArticleChina studio boss likes Hollywood writers, wants film-rating system
China’s box office through the first three quarters was up 35% from last year, with contemporary-themed Chinese films drawing particularly large audiences. Yu Dong, chief executive of Nasdaq-listed...
View ArticleTop Ranked Hollywood Seminar Focusing on Screenwriters Gaining Access Through...
James Cameron (Avatar), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Nancy Myers (It's Complicated), Paul Haggis (screenwriter, James Bond films - Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale; Million Dollar Baby), and Matt...
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