Kick-Ass is not your typical comic book. The super-violent series
follows an ordinary kid who puts on a costume and fights crime as a real-life
superhero. Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn read the comic and decided to adapt
it—before the series was even completed. Script's Jeffrey Berman talks to Kick-Ass
screenwriter Jane Goldman about how the project came to life.
CAPTION: Director Michael Hoffman and
actors Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, from left, pose during a
photocall for the movie "The Last Station" in Berlin, Germany,
Friday April 4, 2008. The film is based on the life of Russian novelist Leo
Tolstoy. (photo Associated Press)
A Prophet, the powerful new crime drama from Sony Pictures Classics, tells the intense story of survival by a young man who is
sent to a French jail and quickly forced to adapt to life as an inmate—while
learning valuable lessons along the way that ultimately move him up the prison
ranks. Script caught up with co-writer and director Jacques Audiard,
co-writer Thomas Bidegain, and star Tahar Rahim to talk about their
contributions to the movie that recently caught the Academy's attention,
nominating A Prophet as Best Foreign Language Film (France).
Posthumously produced screenplays are a rarity in Hollywood, and posthumously produced screenplays by American literary legends are practically non-existent. However, that’s exactly what we have in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond: the last, “lost” original screenplay by Tennessee Williams. In the tradition of characters Maggie the Cat, Blanche Dubois, and Amanda Wingfield, Bryce Dallas Howard stars as Fisher Willow, a wild society girl in the 1920s who carts around her handsome beau, Jimmy (Chris Evans), to what might be one ball too many. Director Jodie Markell speaks with Script about directing the last script of a true American poet.
Following a screening of Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire at the historic Egyptian Theatre, Script readers and Final Draft users had the chance to discuss the film with screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher. Peter Hanson moderated as Fletcher enumerated the humanistic lessons of the film, and discussed the emotional process of adapting the novel. Special thanks to Lionsgate and American Cinematheque. [24:03] Listen here:
This year's Big Break winner was a Final Draft, Inc. first, with two scripts landing in the top 10. Here, Wyatt Wakeman discusses his first-place finisher Borderland, and imparts his knowledge as a writer who has submitted to many contests.
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CAPTION: Director Michael Hoffman and
actors Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, from left, pose during a
photocall for the movie "The Last Station" in Berlin, Germany,
Friday April 4, 2008. The film is based on the life of Russian novelist Leo
Tolstoy. (photo Associated Press)
Oscar® Watch: A Prophet (Un Prophète)
Posthumously produced screenplays are a rarity in Hollywood, and posthumously produced screenplays by American literary legends are practically non-existent. However, that’s exactly what we have in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond: the last, “lost” original screenplay by Tennessee Williams. In the tradition of characters Maggie the Cat, Blanche Dubois, and Amanda Wingfield, Bryce Dallas Howard stars as Fisher Willow, a wild society girl in the 1920s who carts around her handsome beau, Jimmy (Chris Evans), to what might be one ball too many. Director Jodie Markell speaks with Script about directing the last script of a true American poet.
Following a screening of Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire at the historic Egyptian Theatre, Script readers and Final Draft users had the chance to discuss the film with screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher. Peter Hanson moderated as Fletcher enumerated the humanistic lessons of the film, and discussed the emotional process of adapting the novel. Special thanks to Lionsgate and American Cinematheque. [24:03]