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The Weekend Movie Takeaway: 'Abominable' Dominates the Weekend's Box Office

September 30, 2019

In a weekend indicative of the relatively fallow period between the summer movie season and when the awards contenders take over the cineplex, a humble animated film managed to dominate the box office.

All the Write Moves: 'Unbelievable'

September 30, 2019

There’s a long and noble tradition of TV shows tackling serious social issues, but there’s also a long and not-so-noble tradition of TV shows transforming social issues into sensationalism. It’s the safe move, from the perspectives of business and st...

The Fast Five: New Markets Give More Aspiring Writers a Shot

September 30, 2019

It was a big week for aspiring writers and filmmakers. Vimeo launched a jobs marketplace for creatives to work on their craft and A24 began publishing screenplays of some of their best movies. There has never been a better time to break into the indu...

Spec Spotlight: Meredith Dawson Sells Spec to Universal, Paul Feig to Produce

September 27, 2019

Screenwriter Meredith Dawson is hoping to reignite the romantic comedy genre with the recent sale of her spec script, When Michael Met Carrie…and Other People. Universal Pictures snapped up the script, which will also be directed by Dawson, with Paul...

New Workshops Provide Tools + Experience for Female and Diverse Screenwriters

September 26, 2019

There’s a new organization in Hollywood offering workshops for writers with diverse backgrounds looking to break into the television industry. The Writers Room 5050 was created by award-winning writer-director-producer Evette Vargas, and actress-prod...

Write On With 2018 Big Break Winner Myles Reid

September 25, 2019

2018 Big Break Television Winner Myles Reid discusses his winning script 'Scattershot', how he first got into storytelling, his writing process and much more.

Rising Through the Ranks: Sarah Crosthwaite

September 25, 2019

All The Write Moves: 'Hustlers'

September 23, 2019

Continuing the recent mini-boom in dramas about women forming criminal gangs — a trend that includes Widows and The Kitchen — filmmaker Lorene Scafaria’s latest picture, Hustlers, dramatizes real-life events that occurred in New York City, beginning ...

Weekend Movie Takeaway: The Return to 'Downton Abbey'

September 23, 2019

We often lament the lack of ‘medium-sized’ films in this space, concerned as we are that the rise of event movie blockbuster culture prevents smaller, more interesting films, from taking hold in the popular imagination. But the weekend’s box office r...