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Write On with 'Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.' Showrunner Kourtney Kang
Kourtney talks rebooting the beloved TV classic Doogie Howser, M.D. but with a twist for Disney+: "I think in this day and age, folks get excited about IP; they just do. [It's] something solid that everybody can believe in. What I was then tasked wit...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Netflix’s ‘On The Verge’ Gives Comedic Voice to Middle Age
Julie Delpy’s new Netflix show On The Verge is a tale of determination. In all of her recent press interviews, Delpy (who created and stars in the show) speaks of how hard it was to get off the ground. She told The New York Times that financiers and ...
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Write On with 'Really Love' Co-Writer Felicia Pride
Set in contemporary Washington D.C., Really Love is about a rising Black painter who strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected. Co-Writer Felicia Pride talks to Write On about her screenw...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Last Night in Soho' creates a nostalgic, Hitchcockian thriller
Last Night in Soho starts out innocently enough. Granted, Eloise struggles with some issues (it feels like a country girl heading into the big city to pursue her dreams) but things get a little strange. After renting a room on the top floor of an old...
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The Austin Film Festival: A first timer shares her AFF experience
Another year is over for Austin Film Festival and as a virgin in the context of this professionally revered event, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’m home, unpacked, and I can honestly say that for me it was worth the money to get to Texas and immerse...
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Director Christopher Smith on Shudder's newest horror film 'The Banishing'
I was fortunate to chat with director Christopher Smith on All Hallows' Eve about his spooky new film, The Banishing, right before the London-based filmmaker took his two young children out trick-or-treating; his nine-year-old going as Joaquin Phoeni...
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Write On with 'The Beta Test' Writer-Directors Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe
In The Beta Test, a married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelity, and digital data. Writer-Director Jim Cummings tells Write On: "I had the idea f...
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History of TV: The sardonic sincerity of MTV’s ‘Daria’
The glasses. The boots. The sardonic quips and monotone voice. You either get it — or you don’t, which is core to what made Daria, Daria. The adult animated sitcom premiered in 1997 on MTV and went on to deliver five seasons of sneers, satire, and pl...
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Beyond Status: The inaugural short film showcase of migrant filmmakers
Beyond Status is a new initiative for migrant filmmakers as part of The Center for Cultural Power’s work inspiring artists to manifest a world in which cultural, economic and political power is distributed equally.
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What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
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