We came. We conquered. We connected. – That’s how the night felt after our first-ever Script Magazine Los Angeles Meetup this past Tuesday (2/8) night. Judging by our Facebook RSVP list, we thought we’d get maybe 30 or 40 readers and friends of the magazine to show up. But 7 p.m. hit and right away the bar at the Cat ‘N Fiddle on Sunset Blvd. was all ours…
In case you missed it (and most of you probably did because, unfortunately, no network actually aired this), here’s the opening number from the 2011 Writers Guild Awards as performed by Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet.
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. The King’s Speech leads all films with 12 noms, followed by True Grit (10), Inception and The Social Network (tied with 8). Did your favorite film make the list this year? Check out the full list. Who do you think will be taking home the Oscar?
The old adage, “Write what you know” certainly applies to Richard Levine, writer/director of the film Every Day. Levine, a former producer/writer/director of the hit TV series Nip/Tuck, took his life experiences and crafted a touching and emotionally driven comedic drama.
Trigger Street Productions is no stranger to the world of geekdom. Producers of the cult favorite Fanboys and this year’s Oscar favorite The Social Network, it’s no surprise Dana Brunetti and his crew have jumped into the comic book industry full force, teaming with Kickstart Comics to produce Bad Guys…
Todd Phillips (Due Date) and Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) took some angry – and dare we say, legitimate – swipes at the Writers Guild of America about credit for contributing to scripts and about the general purpose for the guild during a THR awards round table.
On Thursday, Nov. 4, Script Magazine held its first-ever reader meetup! Screenwriters and entertainment industry-types of all levels and professions converged at Lily’s Bar and Restaurant at the Roger Smith Hotel in New York City for an evening of networking, making new friends and imbibing (responsibly!) copious amounts of alcohol…
Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation have released the first five minutes of the upcoming film Megamind, featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey. Be sure to check out our interview with Megamind scribes Brent Simons and Alan Schoolcraft in the upcoming Nov./Dec. issue of Script magazine! Megamind opens nationwide on Nov. 5.
Screenwriter Angus MacLachlan (Junebug) talks with Script magazine’s west coast editor Joshua Stecker, about his new film Stone, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy and directed by John Curran.
