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An interview with Zadoc Angell, Manager at Echo Lake Entertainment
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Spec Spotlight: Jason Mark Hellerman, writer of "Shovel Buddies"
When Jason Mark Hellerman wrote his screenplay Shovel Buddies, it was a labor of love. Jason had lost a friend to leukemia, and wanted to write the sort of movie that would have helped him deal with the loss. Shovel Buddies is the story of a group of...
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Spec Spotlight: Seth M. Sherwood, writer of "Interstate 5" and the upcoming "Leatherface"
Horror is hot property in Hollywood today, and every year the annual Blood List announces the hottest unproduced genre specs in town. In 2012, new scribe Seth M. Sherwood’s tale of the son of serial killer hot on the trail of a copycat killer, Inters...
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Spec Spotlight: Evan and Shea Mirzai, writers of “Beauty Pageant”
There is no denying it: Evan and Shea Mirzai are funny.
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Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s new collaboration, Mistress America
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Script Secrets: Brave New Worlds
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Final Draft talks with Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of Birdman
Final Draft was honored to catch up with Alejandro González Iñárritu at a recent press junket for Birdman, especially since we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Birdman co-writers Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo for The...
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Bad Words: Not the Jason Bateman Movie
Bad words. Not the Jason Bateman movie (You guys saw that one, right? …just me?) I’m talking about those bad words that you put in your script that makes an amazing concept turn into a BLAH execution. They’re sneaky and destructive. These bad words s...
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Spec Spotlight: Melissa London Hilfers, writer of "Undone"
When Melissa Hilfers was working as a civil litigator in New York City, she never imagined that her experience writing legal briefs was preparing her for a career as a screenwriter. A mother of three, Melissa took up screenwriting after she left the ...
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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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