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The Fast Five: Oscar® Bets On Fresh Blood With Billie Eilish While ‘Contagion’ Makes A Comeback

February 3, 2020

People distract themselves from a new virus spreading around the world by watching a movie about a new virus that spreads around the world. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler heads back to Netflix as Matthew McConaughey heads back to TV with the writer of True ...

Quentin Tarantino, Lulu Wang and Steven Canals Honored at 15th Annual Final Draft Awards

January 30, 2020

Photo: Temma Hankin LOS ANGELES, January 22, 2020 -- The 15th Annual Final Draft Awards wrapped with a wonderful event last night at Paramount Studios in the Paramount Theater. Quentin Tarantino (writer/director of “Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood”) wa...

The Genius of Buck Henry

January 29, 2020

The term "Writer's Writer" gets thrown around a lot, and it will here too, unabated, as there are few writers to whom the term more aptly applies than the great Buck Henry, who departed Earth this month, at the age of 89.

The Weekend Movie Takeaway: The ‘90s Continue Their Big Screen Comeback and ‘1917’ Holds Strong

January 28, 2020

While emerging and established filmmakers offered up fresh stories in the snow at the Sundance Film Festival, the box office provided little to get excited about over the weekend.

The Fast Five: Story Issues Shut Down a 'Star Wars' Production, While FX Fights For Its Name

January 27, 2020

You see this sentiment all the time, “There’s nothing more important than a good story.” If you’re questioning how true it actually is, then look no further than today’s Fast Five, where we cover a major Star Wars show getting shut down right before ...

The Fast Five: ‘Bond’s New Crooner is Unveiled, as Apple Deals With a Lawsuit Over ‘Servant’

January 20, 2020

Lawsuits in this industry are always fascinating. Creators may suspect their ideas have been stolen when watching a similar show or movie to their own, but very rarely do they go to the lengths of suing over the perceived theft. And when they do, the...

15th Annual Final Draft® Awards

January 2, 2020

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2nd - Final Draft, a Cast & Crew Company, now in its 29th year as the industry standard for screenwriting software, today announced the honorees for the 15th Annual Final Draft Awards. Academy Award® winning screenwriter Quentin...

Tech Crunch: Final Draft Screenwriting Goes to 11

October 9, 2018

by John Biggs | Tech Crunch Of all the fascinating apps to be found out in the wild I’m especially enamored of Final Draft . It’s an app dedicated to writing and developing screenplays and it has stood the test of time, going through 11 iterations to...