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Screenwriter Matt Lieberman on the journey to 'Free Guy' and writing for yourself
Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer, Free Guy follows a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game and decides to become the hero of his own story; one he rewrites himself. N...
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Write On with Big Break Winner Stacie Gancayco-Adlao
Stacie Gancayco-Adlao was a Grand Prize Winner in the 2020 Big Break Screenwriting Contest for her feature film script Clementine. Big Break Contest Director Kala Guess talks to Stacie about what it was like winning the contest, how Stacie's network ...
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Siân Heder's 'CODA': Writing and directing a film with deaf actors from a hearing person's perspective
CODA (also the acronym for Child of Deaf Adults) written and directed by Siân Heder follows Ruby (Emilia Jones), the only hearing person in her deaf family. A beautiful coming-of-age film with all the familiar genre beats, CODA takes the viewer on a ...
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Christopher J. O’Bryant on trading script reads and Twitter handles
Debt collector by day, screenwriter and professional writers champion by night, Christopher J. O’Bryant is a 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist and 2020 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards finalist. But just add those prestigious cre...
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Uncovering 'Under the Volcano' with documentary filmmakers Cody Greenwood and Gracie Otto
Under the Volcano tells the story of legendary AIR Studios on Montserrat. Built by famed Beatles producer Sir George Martin, this state-of-the-art recording studio was located on a secluded and beautiful Caribbean island with a dormant but looming vo...
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Write On with ‘Beckett’ Writer Kevin A. Rice and Director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino
Following a tragic car accident in Greece, Beckett, an American tourist, finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy and on the run for his life in this Netflix thriller.
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Director Andreas Koefoed hunts for the story behind 'The Lost Leonardo'
Was the painting bought at a shady New Orleans auction house for a little over a thousand dollars really a Leonardo da Vinci? Known as the Salvator Mundi, this 2005 auction house purchase became the most expensive painting ever sold when, in 2018, it...
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Writer-director Richard Bates Jr. on 'King Knight'
King Knight is an ensemble comedy that embraces witchcraft, the power of choosing friends as your family, and a personal quest to face your past in order to move forward. The film, written and directed by Richard Bates Jr., is a fun ride reminiscent ...
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Write On with 'Naked Singularity' Co-Writer and Director Chase Palmer
Naked Singularity, based on the novel by Sergio De La Pava, is about an idealistic young New York City public defender burned out by the system who decides to rob a multi-million drug deal of one of his clients.
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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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