Interviews
Our ScreenwritingU Alumni just came back from the InkTip Pitch Summit and had a lot of success. Every day right now, more script requests are rolling in for the group. But one person stood out. J.T. QuinnGoing in with 12 scripts, J.T. and his partner used a different strategy up front — They asked the
How do you go from writing a hard R-rated film like Horrible Bosses to PG-13 magic movie like The Incredible Burt Wonderstone to an animation film with walking food? Very carefully, says Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. “The process in animation is obviously very different from anything
When PJ Mcllvaine was sued by Twentieth Century Fox Studios, she thought it was the end of her creative life. "How could I ever write after that?" she wondered. Generally speaking, the suit was about sharing unproduced scripts online. You can read the Hollywood Reporter article to see their version.But the more exciting story here is
"Working with a producer is like solving a puzzle. It is amazing." says Ann Kimbrough, who just finished her second screenwriting assignment with different producers.In this interview, you'll hear how a writer just like you met a producer, made the deal, and survived the process of doing a "write-for-hire." For Ann, the producer is Shahrook
He doesn’t write a full script. He doesn’t write dialog. And he doesn’t care if it turns out exactly how it is on the page. Writer/director Joe Swanberg’s take on screenwriting will blow your mind.“I’m a pretty collaborative person,” says Swanberg. He finds mixing a documentary style of filmmaking with actors’ improv creates the perfect
For nearly three and a half decades the White House had a man under its roof who saw almost as much as an of its presidents. His name was Eugene Allen and he was head butler. When Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood wrote an article about the extraordinary life of this White House employee who
When you’ve got a credit on your writing resume like Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, it’s hard to believe your next passion project would be a sweet romantic comedy about a couple who are trying to make it through their first year of marriage. But that’s I Give It
The minions are back! And they’re ready for their sequel in the newest animation feature, Despicable Me 2.Screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul (Hop, The Lorax) were called back to write the second iteration of the enormously successful film Despicable Me, the story of an uber villain who ends up adopting three little girls.So, the
How does a screenwriter in Hollywood approach the challenge of bringing one of the most beloved characters of the Old West to the silver screen when legendary Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski ask you to write the script?“The way to approach this was to not be overly precious or
The marketing for the new action thriller, White House Down, staring Channing Tatum seems to focus more on his dirty white tank top than the plot itself. What does screenwriter James Vanderbilt think of all the hunky hubbub around his new movie? He loves it!This conversation about costuming with the writer who penned The Amazing