Formatting Standard, where did it go?

There used to be a Hollywood standard in formatting. I used to hear that if you stray one inch from the format, you would be crucified on the script readers post. It used to be said that you could only get away with differing from the norm if you were a Soderbergh, a Tarantino, or [...]

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Mel Gibson is… The Beaver

Mel Gibson’s next project is going to be a doozy.
Variety reported last week:
Mel Gibson will star in “The Beaver” for director Jodie Foster.
The script, written by Kyle Killen, topped the Blacklist in December.
Gibson will play a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet. On top of helming, Foster will play the role [...]

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Willem Dafoe, Meet John Carter

People are already geeking out about this all over the place. But honestly, the last time I saw Willem Dafoe as a villain the result was underwhelming. Green Goblin anyone?
Willem Dafoe will star alongside Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in “John Carter of Mars,” the Walt Disney Pictures fantasy epic to be directed by “Wall-E” [...]

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Old Scripts New Scripts

In continuing with my series on why reading scripts is so so so important, I would like to bring up an interesting question. What kinds of scripts should I read? The availability of scripts online is growing immensely and I am finding more and more sources each day. They offer a wide range fromblockbusters to [...]

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14 Scripts in 14 Days

Scott Meyers (K-9) runs a great blog called Go Into the Story. He updates probably more than anyone else I’ve ever seen. Anyway, there’s tons of stuff I could post up from his blog, and I’m sure I’ll do more later, but to continue my kick of linking good places to find scripts, I thought [...]

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Script Library

I found a script library through the artful writer forum the other day that has literally the largest collection I’ve ever seen, including some rather large films that aren’t even in production yet. So check it out here.
Reading scripts is probably one of the best habits you can develop as an aspiring writer. I try [...]

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A Short Film I Wrote and Starred In

“The Crown of the Forest” was a production almost as epic as the film itself.
Sophomore year, spring of 2005, myself, two other actors and a crew of only five (including the director) drove 12 hours to the northernmost reaches of California. Our primary location was about a mile from the nearest road, as you can [...]

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The Black Dawn – Half Way Through

We are halfway through “The Black Dawn” and I have to say that I am really pleased with how it is turning out. I certainly am not the creator of the show, but I wrote nearly a third of it and did some extensive rewrites as well.
Here’s episode one, which was written almost entirely by [...]

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Apologies

I suppose my promised “daily updates” should be rephrased as a monthly update. In my defense, however, I haven’t had much time to post because I’ve been so busy writing.
I’ve been rewriting my romantic comedy to spruce it up for a producer friend that’s interested in it. He could probably find the funding for an [...]

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Script Frenzy is Almost Here

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