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For over 40 years, William Nicholson has been writing screenplays, two of which garnered Oscar® nominations. His latest film Thirteen Lives matches him up with Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard in a film delivering an emotional adventure as E...
Take 5: Writing 'A League of Their Own' series for new and original fans
Thirty years ago, a script about the first female professional baseball league was produced and released in theaters. A League of Their Own captured the hearts of countless movie-goers then, just as the adapted TV series of the same name does today.
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Moviegoers love characters who specialize, especially in violence. It’s even better if they’ve been part of a secret government program and can focus their specialty on someone more vicious than they are.
Jurassic World Dominion' screenwriter on her writing process and tips
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5 Script Takeaways: 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Character Descriptions
In the first scene of Thor: Love and Thunder, the audience learns that after the death of his daughter, a mortal man discovers his God has seemingly turned his back on his people, if he even cared about them at all. Distraught and betrayed, this man ...
25 years later: Screenwriting lessons from Nic Cage blockbusters of the 90s
Twenty-five years ago, the moviegoing audience didn’t live in a world of comic book heroes and massive special effects spectacles all year round. The summer blockbuster season started Memorial Day weekend and the tentpole films released through the b...
‘The Terminal List’ showrunner empowers his writers room to create great TV
The Terminal List wasn’t a piece of intellectual property that David DiGilio owned. Instead, he was offered the opportunity to pitch his perspective on the show and get hired on as showrunner. What he brought to the table was both experience and his ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How ‘Wolf Hound’ finds a unique angle in the WWII genre
Every year, dozens of war-inspired movies hit the theaters and streamers. Some focus on battles like Midway, others look into real-life struggles of a soldier’s life such as Dog, and there are those that take a peek behind the scenes of the conflict ...