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Skylines' Breaks Barriers in Sci-Fi Screenwriting
Skylines — the third installment of a sci-fi action trilogy whose creation spans the last decade and was made on a relatively small budget — breaks barriers when it comes to writing sci-fi with heavy special effects for the big screen, and also bends...
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Director John Suits On Sci-Fi, Editing and His New Film 'Breach'
Director John Suits opened up about his current project, Breach, starring Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane and Rachel Nichols. Written by Edward Drake and Corey Large, this sci-fi action film takes us on a journey through deep space, where aboard an interst...
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Breaking In: The Business of Screenwriting
Sade' Sellers moderates this live discussion with writers Anna and Mark Casadei and entertainment lawyer Toni Long, as they dive into the minutiae of what budding writers should be aware of regarding being optioned, contracts, representation, and muc...
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Write On with 'Archenemy' Writer-Director Adam Egypt Mortimer
Archenemy co-writer and director Adam Egypt Mortimer discusses his approach to working in different genres, the tricky balance of withholding and disclosing information to the audience, and more. In the movie, a teen meets a mysterious man played by ...
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Director April Mullen on Independent Film & 'Wander'
Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, and Heather Graham star in April Mullen's new edge-of-your-seat thriller, Wander, in which a paranoid private investigator with a troubled past is hired to investigate a suspicious death in the town of Wander. He soon ...
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Talking Suspense and Stakes in Braden R. Duemmler's 'What Lies Below'
In writer-director Braden R. Duemmler’s debut feature sci-fi/horror What Lies Below, we are whisked into the suspense when 16-year-old Liberty (Ema Horvath) returns home from camp and learns that her mother Michelle (Mena Suvari) has a new boyfriend ...
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Write On with 'Wander Darkly' Writer-Director Tara Miele
Wander Darkly writer-director Tara Miele and our favorite guest host Sade' Sellers discuss working with actors like Sienna Miller and Diego Luna, how a car crash she and her husband got into actually influenced the film and more. In the film, a traum...
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Write On with Storied Media Group's VP of Operations Kevin Fernandes and Founder Todd Hoffman
Storied Media Group's Vice President of Operations Kevin Fernandes and Founder & CEO Todd Hoffman discuss what they look for in an IP (intellectual property), their process for packaging, and more. Storied Media Group was founded in 2013 and has ...
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Amplifying New Voices: A Very Short Conference for Film and TV Writers
Check out these three great panels from professional writers, agents, producers, entertainment lawyers, and doctors as they discuss and deliver personal insight on topics such as finding representation as a new creative, navigating how to break into ...
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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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