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Patrick Ness’s ‘Chaos Walking’ Lays Bare Thoughts, Feelings, And Toxic Masculinity

March 10, 2021

Chaos Walking, originally a novel by Patrick Ness who also co-wrote the script with Christopher Ford, has a striking premise. It’s set on a planet in a post-Earth world where men’s thoughts can be heard by others and women don’t seem to exist (at fir...

Write On with 'Coming 2 America' Director Craig Brewer

March 9, 2021

Craig Brewer, Writer-Director of Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan and TV’s Empire, talks to guest host Sade’ Sellers about directing the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s hit comedy Coming to America. “I felt that there was a noble theme inside the sequel…...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Nomadland’ Paves the Way for Revelatory Road Movies

March 8, 2021

Nomadland is the kind of film that keeps you thinking about it long after the closing credits. Golden Globe®-winning writer-director Chloé Zhao made the film largely in secret, after news broke that she'd be helming Marvel’s Eternals. Gathering a sma...

Safer at Home' Writer-Director Will Wernick Talks Pandemic Thrillers

March 8, 2021

For months, the pandemic upended moviemaking. Productions were put on hold mid-shoot. Some were indefinitely rescheduled, while others were altogether cancelled. The state of the industry was a giant question mark — the severity of COVID-19 and the u...

Write On with 'Soul' Co-Writer Mike Jones

March 5, 2021

Mike Jones speaks to Write On host Phil Galasso about the unique process of writing for Pixar, and how he, Pete Doctor and Kemp Powers collaborated on Soul. “It was a great, kind of fantastic partnership because it's hard to force partnerships, and K...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways From 'Minari'

March 5, 2021

We’ve all heard the story before: a Korean-American family moves to Arkansas because the patriarch wants to be a farmer. Okay, maybe we haven’t heard that specific story before but we all know the story of families struggling through hard times and g...

So You Wanna Take A Screenwriting Class

March 4, 2021

We are all storytellers. Whether those stories are little white lies, two hour dramatic pieces, or three hundred pages novels, storytelling is a uniquely human trait we all share and writing is something we can all do — and I tell all my students tha...

Final Draft Presents the 16th Annual Final Draft Awards

March 4, 2021

LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2021 -- Final Draft, a Cast & Crew Company, now in its 30th year as the industry standard for screenwriting software, held the 16th Annual Final Draft Awards this evening to honor outstanding and elevated achievement in stor...

History of TV: Mo to the E, It's 'Moesha'

March 4, 2021

It’s been a few weeks since we took a fond look back at a comedy show, and Moesha was one that bridged dramatic subjects with humor beautifully in a sitcom package. One that was also UPN’s biggest success. Grammy Award®-winning R&B singer Brandy ...