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Noam Tomaschoff & Chelsea Frei’s 'Tankhouse:' From improv to premiere
Vertical Entertainment's upcoming comedy Tankhouse from director / co-writer Noam Tomaschoff and writer Chelsea Frei stars comedy legends Christopher Lloyd and Richard Kind, alongside Tara Holt and Stephen Friedrich. Inspired by the writers’ own expe...
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‘Barbarians’ writer-director Charles Dorfman on his writing odyssey
After workshopping his story idea for eight years of stops, starts, and rewrites, Charles Dorfman swapped out his producer hat to take on the role of writer-director for his feature film debut Barbarians. Synthesizing his story, theatre experience, a...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How 'Massive Talent' avoids being gimmicky
Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios A movie about Nicolas Cage starring Nicolas Cage — it’s almost the perfect role for someone like Nicolas Cage, who has been taking wild swings as a mostly straight-to-streaming actor of late. While he puts out several...
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Write On with 'Dual' writer-director Riley Stearns
Photo courtesy of Katrina Wan PR Starring Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul, Dual follows a woman (Gillan) who has to fight a clone of herself to the death after she unexpectedly recovers from a terminal illness. Writer-director Riley Stearns discusses how...
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The Twin' co-writers on the realities of grief & pitching your movie
A joyous and loving family goes out for a car ride and gets into a terrible accident, resulting in the death of one of their beloved twin boys. In an attempt to escape their grief, they relocate to Finland and begin to rebuild. Shortly after arriving...
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Write On with 'Gaslit' Showrunner Robbie Pickering
Based on the insane yet shockingly true story, Gaslit, starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, delivers a modern take on the Watergate scandal that shines its light most prominently on Arkansan socialite Martha Mitchell (Roberts). Showrunner Robbie Pic...
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Write On with 'Black-ish' Showrunner Courtney Lilly
Coming off of an enormously successful eight-season run on ABC, Black-ish follows Andre 'Dre' Johnson (Anthony Anderson) as he tries to create a sense of cultural identity for the members of his family while raising his kids in a predominantly white,...
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‘Firebird’ co-writer-director Peeter Rebane on love in 1970s USSR
Photo credit: Herrki-Erich Merila | Courtesy of Roadside Attractions, LLC / The Factory. Why tell the story of Firebird today? Films can be used to hold a mirror to our modern times and use the power of storytelling to highlight the injustices and th...
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Director Hanna Bergholm's 'Hatching' explores horror and motherhood
A nuclear family in the pristine suburbs of Finland smiles and waves to the camera. They’re held up by the matriarch affectionately known as Mother (Sophia Heikkila) and everything appears to be picture perfect…until a black crow literally swoops in ...
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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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