Original screenplay — “The King’s Speech,” screenplay by David Seidler
Adapted screenplay — “The Social Network,” screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Oscar winners announced
February 28th, 2011 at 11:50 am
ProSeries writer to co-produce film
January 31st, 2011 at 2:43 pm
AJ Ferrara has entered into an agreement with Little Studio Films to co-produce his screenplay titled “A Noble Lie.”
ProSeries writer signs contracts for television episodes
January 31st, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Nicole Keefler signed a contract with PVP Animation to write an episode for the children’s television show “Jack” as well as an agreement with Nelvana Ltd. to write an episode for their animated series “Babar and the Adventures of Badou.”
ProSeries writer secures distribution
January 31st, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Rob Gibson secured distribution last month for a film he produced, “Primal,” written and directed by Josh Reed.
ProSeries writer hired for narration rewrite
January 31st, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Ken Wallace completed a narration rewrite last month for a Postproduktiv short special titled “Twilight Saga Eclipse -– The Obsession Continues.”
Oscar Nominees Announced
January 26th, 2011 at 11:02 am
Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced yesterday.
Presentation of the awards is scheduled for Sunday, February 27, 2011, beginnning at 5:00 p.m. PT at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
ProSeries writers option best seller for adaptation
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 am
Angela Falkowska and Marla Hayes have optioned the rights to Anya Seton’s novel Green Darkness from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
ProSeries writer signs with literary agents
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 am
Kirk Weddell has secured representation with literary management company IPG.
ProSeries writer signed by manager
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:46 am
Kevin Lee Miller has been signed by manager Peter Meyer.
ProSeries writer hired for adaptation
November 15th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Germaine de Pibrac James has been hired by a Los Angeles production company to adapt a popular book into a screenplay. The budget is currently set at $10 million.
Carpenter on structure, suspense, and breaking in
November 8th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Denis Faye recently interviewed writer-director John Carpenter (Ghosts of Mars, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York, The Fog, Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13) at the WGA West site.
“… But see, you’re probably a born writer. I had to do it in self-defense. I had this student film, and I made it into a feature, and it was released. My hope was that when the movie was released, the studios would send a big limo and take me to the set, and then I’d start directing. But it didn’t happen that way, so I had to find another way of getting into the movie business: writing. I could write, and it doesn’t cost anything to just churn out ideas, so I became an idea machine and cranked out screenplays – and a bunch of them got bought, oddly, so I was lucky….”
ProSeries writer signs with manager
October 21st, 2010 at 7:16 am
Rick Holmes has secured representation with Leslie Kallen Management.
Croasmun on feedback
October 20th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
“Writers are always asking for feedback. The assumption is that it is always helpful. In many cases, it is. But there are those cases you should watch out for….”
Bonnell on where the business is
October 20th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
“They say Hollywood is where the movie industry is. Let’s clarify, Hollywood is where business gets done but no longer where movies get made….”
ProSeries writer optioned
October 18th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Kevin Lee Miller’s action/comedy screenplay has been optioned by Sony producer Harry Gittes. “Happy Mother’s Day” is the story of an honest Chicago cop who battles to protect three mob witnesses from competing hit men only to discover the most ruthless assassin on his trail is … his own mother.