Screenwriting News: Page 12
Stephenie Meyers' The Host to Be a Feature Film (September 23, 2009): Twilight isn't the only Stephenie Meyer novel that will live on in the movies.
Josh Olson Will Not Read Your Script (September 11, 2009): If you ever meet Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olsen (A History of Violence), feel free to talk about screenwriting.
Roger Avary Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter and DUI (August 31, 2009): Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Beowulf) has plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter and DUI.
Oscar Winning Screenwriter Budd Schulberg is Dead at 95 (August 6, 2009): Novelist, boxing journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg has died.
TV Writers, WGA Protest Emmy Telecast Changes (August 5, 2009): Hundreds of television writers and showrunners are protesting the changes in format to the prime time Emmys.
Clive Cussler Pays $20.9 Million, Appeals Sahara Ruling (July 29, 2009): Philip Anschutz's production company has finally collected the last payment of the $20.
Screenwriter and Playwright Judi Ann Mason Dead at 54 (July 15, 2009): Pioneering writer and playwright has died of a ruptured aorta.
Film Made Based on Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee (May 27, 2009): Edgar Allan Poe's macabre poem Annabel Lee has been made into a film starring Kristen Hagen, Jon Woodward and Bill Bordy.
John Milius Thinks Most of Today's Screenplays are Garbage (March 13, 2009): CNN has an interview with screenwriter John Milius, who wrote Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Dirty Harry and many other famous films.
Painting of a Younger Shakespeare Discovered (March 9, 2009): A painting has been discovered that is thought to be the only contemporary portrait painted of William Shakespeare.
Salman Rushdie Blasts Oscar-Nominated Films (February 24, 2009): Salman Rushdie, who is currently teaching at Emory University in Atlanta, has slammed the books and story that were made into Oscar-nominated films, including Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Dustin Lance Black Wins Best Original Screenplay (February 23, 2009): Tina Fey and Steve Martin presented the screenplay Oscars last night at the Kodak Theater.
One Year After the Writers' Strike (February 11, 2009): Variety examines the state of Hollywood one year after the writers' strike and the conclusion is that times are tough.
Academy Awards Nominations Announced (January 22, 2009): The Oscar nominations were announced this morning.
Annie Proulx's Fan Fiction Nightmare (September 19, 2008): Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Proulx is disturbed by all the pornographic fan fiction people have been sending her.
House Bunny Writers Talk Screenwriting (August 25, 2008): The New York Times has an interesting profile of that rarest of things: the successful female screenwriting team.
Amy Tan's New Opera Premieres in September (August 9, 2008): Amy Tan talks to The Wall Street Journal about her new opera for which she wrote the libretto.
If Michael Bay Had Written The Dark Knight (July 9, 2008): Spill.
Kathryn Heigl vs. the Writers (June 23, 2008): Kathryn Heigl has infuriated the writers for Grey's Anatomy.
Writer and Director Thomas Mitton is Dead at 69 (June 18, 2008): Thomas Mitton, one of the creators of the popular children's television show Thomas the Tank Engine has died.
