The 70th Golden Globes telecast was a fun show, even if I could have used more Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The love for Homeland continued, unabated, which makes me wonder, if Nikki Finke is correct in that the Golden Globe award goes to the highest bidder, how much money and gifts did Showtime shell […]
Here they are. Let us know who you’re rooting for in the Comments below and who you feel got snubbed. Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards Best motion picture of the year “Amour” Nominees to be determined “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn […]
Good news for screenwriters: The spec script market is up 10% from last year! Get your script in shape, get repped and get sold with Dan Calvisi’s Story Maps Master Class. Now accepting apps.
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I’ve seen a number of pages with links to the various studio sites where they offer pdf downloads of screenplays, but this page on Rope of Silicon looks to be one of the best. They include links to many of the screenplays that are serious Oscar contenders, like Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Tony Kushner’s Lincoln, […]
Dear Screenwriters, Happy New Year and here’s to 2013 being the year of your GREAT SCRIPT! I know it’s been way too long since I posted here, and even longer since I sent out a newsletter (yikes), so I apologize for the delay. But I can tell you that I’ve been very busy with my […]
I remember someone telling me that in a good screenplay or teleplay there should be a surprise on every page. -Graham Yost
The League on FX is now in its fourth season and I recently attended the premiere in Hollywood at the Arclight Cinemas and interviewed the talent on the red carpet. As always, I tried to ask each person about what they look for in a screenplay. Here’s three videos and I will have more coming […]
For the next 24 hours, I’m giving away five free spots in my webinar Story Mapping the Films of Christopher Nolan, hosted by The Writers Store, on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM Pacific time.
Calling all screenwriters, story analysts, fans of The Dark Knight, Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, Memento, Insomnia and The Prestige: I invite you to attend my upcoming Webinar hosted by The Writers Store: Story Mapping the Films of Christopher Nolan! SIGN UP NOW This Webinar includes a FREE CRITIQUE, a Q&A session and […]
Which film can be called Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece? His Dark Knight trilogy is truly an amazing accomplishment, with The Dark Knight shining tall as the greatest of Nolan’s Batman films, in my humble opinion, but one must consider that Inception was all Nolan. His concept, his script, his direction. It’s a complicated movie and a […]
The trilogy is complete! How close did I get with my predictions?! (Not too shabby, if I may say so myself.) We’ve seen The Dark Knight Rises twice in the theaters and we have lots to discuss about the film, the story, themes, logic issues and Bane’s voice. Read along with the free The Dark […]
Do writers keep telling the same story until they get it right? In the past week, I’ve watched Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love and Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom (pilot episode available for free streaming on HBO.com), and I met author Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Freedom, Farther Away). Throw in the trailers for Judd Apatow’s […]
Originally published on May 7, 2012 The Dark Knight Rises has yet to open, and since I’ve been analyzing Christopher Nolan’s films for a larger project, especially the first two chapters in his Batman trilogy, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, I can’t help but speculate about The Dark Knight Rises beat sheet. I’ve seen […]
Episode #2 of the STORY MAPS SCREENWRITING PODCAST is here: Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT: Listen to the Story Maps Screenwriting Podcast #2: The Dark Knight: [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/storymapspodcast/Episode_Two_-_The_Dark_Knight_Podcast.mp3] Download the FREE The Dark Knight Story Map screenplay analysis by Daniel Calvisi
I met Rex Pickett, the author of the novel Sideways that inspired the beloved film, at a showing of Sideways: the Play, which is currently playing at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, CA. We spoke over a glass of Pinot (yes, the wine comes with your ticket, which is already surprisingly affordable for […]
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts, written and directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson and starring Anna Margaret Hollyman, is fast on its way to becoming an indie film success story. The film began as a low-budget web series shot in New York City that was optioned by the Sundance Channel, and, a few years […]
Dear friends, My friend, former NYU Film classmate and award-winning filmmaker Paul Hough is looking for audio finishing funds for his smart Horror/Sci-Fi feature THE HUMAN RACE before it premieres at the FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL in Montreal in July (Tarantino’s North American premiere of Inglorious Basterds was at this genre festival; it’s a huge platform […]
The inaugural episode of the STORY MAPS SCREENWRITING PODCAST is here! Listen to the Story Maps Screenwriting Podcast #1: Batman Begins: [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/storymapspodcast/Episode_One_-_Batman_Begins_Podcast.mp3] Download the FREE Batman Begins Story Map
As per usual, we’ve been diligently watching each episode of the current season of Mad Men and loving every minute of it. In my household, one must respect the golden rule… In Weiner we trust.