As the Writers Guild tries to fortify itself against the
inevitable slow bleed of numbers and commitment among its membership
in its fifth week of striking, many gung-ho writers continue to find
novel ways of surviving the monotony and social awkwardness of the
picket lines.
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To a screenwriter, time can feel like either a bullet train
speeding toward deadlines or a long ride through a barren expanse of desert.
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The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the
Writers Guild of America West met Monday to start contract
negotiations, and reports from inside the
AMPTP’s Encino conference
room are that the melee fell well short of the Battle of Thermopylae.
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Dude, did you hear Bill and Ted are climbing back into the time machine?
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Karma may not be a part of Christian theology, but it’s awfully
tempting to apply it to “Evan Almighty’s” underwhelming reception at
the box office.
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When writers reference “the suits,” it’s usually a dig at
MBA-toting
executives who treat a screenplay like an insurance application: “A
39-year-old black female protagonist with a history of alcoholism and
no superpowers?
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Feeling bullish on the eve of the release of its “Fantastic Four:
Rise of the Silver Surfer,” Fox has already put a feature spinoff
into development that will star the enigmatic Surfer, with
J. Michael
Straczynski currently crafting the screenplay.
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It’s rarely a good idea to greenlight a movie off of a title alone
(unless it includes the words “Pirates” and “Caribbean”).
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Even comedy has its regular working hours, so July 26, 2006, was a
typical day digging ditches on a Judd Apatow production.
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