Script to Screen: Into the Wild
by David S. Cohen
Ten years after reading the book, Sean Penn has finally gotten Into the Wild out of his head and onto the screen. Penn discusses how persistence paid off, his quality-tested writing process, and how being an actor informs his responsibility to the written word.

His Fantasy Materials: Chris Weitz on The Golden Compass
by David S. Cohen
In 2000, writer-director Chris Weitz ably adapted Nick Hornby’s About a Boy for the screen. But that poignant slice-of-lifer didn’t quite prepare him to create an alternate universe. So, Weitz schooled himself in the language of special effects for the screen iteration of The Golden Compass.  

Train of Thought: The Darjeeling Limited
by Aaron Ginsburg
When writer-director Wes Anderson decided he wanted to make a film about India; a film about three brothers; a film about a journey by train, he collected his co-writers Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola and lived the adventure all three hoped to write about.

Anatomy of a Scene: The Kite Runner
by Bob Verini
It’s a tricky task, adapting a well-known and well-loved novel for the screen in the face of millions of readers’ preconceptions and demands. David Benioff discusses how he translated Khaled Hosseini’s melodrama of Afghanistan then and now into cinematic terms.

Rising to the Top
by Robert Gustafson & Alec Mcnayr
Now you know how to get your project streaming online. Find out how to garner attention for it.

Tips From the Pros
by Robert Piluso
Script asks the pros: To what degree do, or should, a writer’s personal values inform his or her screenplay?

Program Review: Vancouver Film School
by Jenna Milly
Script launches a series of writing program reviews with the info you need to select a school.

10 Questions: Noah Baumbach
by Elizabeth Joseph
In his follow-up to The Squid and the Whale—Margot at the Wedding—Baumbach cuts to the heart of family relations.

Virtual Classroom
by Jenna Milly
From Moscow to Macon, Los Angeles to London, writers are looking for, and finding, ways to learn the craft in virtual reality.

The Small Screen: Reality Television
by Debra Eckerling
It’s easy to lament the success of unscripted television—until you realize that someone still has to shape the story.

Sustaining a Career Outside L.A.
by Holly Brix
Screenwriter Brix had to build momentum, like most, in L.A. Then, after establishing a successful career, she got to go home.

ProdCo Spotlight: LivePlanet
by Joshua Stecker
Chairman Sean Bailey discusses how LivePlanet’s fall release Gone Baby Gone fits into the company’s over-arching mission.

New Writer Profile: Adam Cozad
by Zachary Pincus-Roth
A great imagination isn’t the only thing a writer needs. A great search engine helps too. Cozad’s spec script, Dubai, relied heavily on both.

Independents: Dramatic Tension
by William Martell
Creating dramatic tension increases a film’s production value without costing the producer a cent—all it takes is a screenwriter creating a volatile situation.

Screenwriting Legend: Francis Ford Coppola
by Ray Morton
As the first film student to make it big in Tinseltown, Coppola has created a film genre all his own.

Hack Heaven
by Lee Zahavi-Jessup
Selling a spec isn’t the only way to see your story on the screen. Learn how assignment writers make an impact, and a living, in the industry.