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Christian Sesma's 'Every Last One of Them' isn't your average shoot-'em-up
In writer-director Christian Sesma's Every Last One of Them, ex-Black Ops soldier Jake Hunter, played by Paul Sloan, finds himself at the center of a revenge story as he desperately seeks to find his missing daughter.
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‘Ida Red’ and how John Swab creates a neo-western thriller
A crime boss sits in prison awaiting her parole date in hopes of getting out before her terminal illness takes her life. In a last-ditch effort, Ida "Red" Walker turns to her son, Wyatt, to pull off one last heist to help get her out of prison. Yet, ...
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Write On with ‘Last Night in Soho’ Writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Writer-Director Edgar Wright
The latest film from director Edgar Wright is about an aspiring fashion designer who is mysteriously able to enter 1960s London. Wright tells Write On: "[I started] having daydreams about being a kind of cultural time traveler, about how great it wou...
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Snakehead': Evan Jackson Leong's homage to the '70s gangster
Sister Tse, played by the incredible Shuya Chang in Evan Jackson Leong's Snakehead announces in the opening, "I never believed in the American Dream — all I knew was how to survive." It's this comment that sets the stage for the remainder of the film...
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Rising Through the Ranks: Kelechi Urama on getting optioned to staffing on a Starz show
When you see a tweet like, "Screenwriting update: Summer of 2020, I promised myself I’d be repped by the end of the year. I was repped by fall & optioned a pilot to a studio soon after. 2021 my goal was staffing. Now that the deal is closed, I’m ...
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Writer and producer Evan Mirzai talks about the importance of the WGA Middle Eastern Writers Committee
In an open letter to the Writers Guild of America, a group of Middle Eastern writers in the Writers Guild of America West prompted the industry to do better and support more of their stories.
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO Max's 'Love Life' season two
Season two of Love Life opens with an omniscient voice-over that feels like the thesis statement for this season: “There is no destiny. There are no soulmates. There is no 'one.'” It may sound dark, but it’s also realistic. Particularly with a season...
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Write On with 'There's Someone Inside Your House' Writer Henry Gayden
There’s Someone Inside Your House is a Netflix horror movie based on the YA novel by Stephanie Perkins. Shazam! writer Henry Gayden adapted the book and talks to Write On about tackling the horror genre and injecting it with emotion: "I've always lik...
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The War Below' tells an unusual battle tale
The War Below is not just another war movie. It’s a fantastic achievement that, on a low budget, tells the untold journey of a group of Yorkshire miners who tunneled below battlegrounds to take out 10,000 German soldiers on the frontlines of World Wa...
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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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