Category: By Larry Brody

LB: Looks Like It’s Time to Give Up on a FIREFLY Return

josswhedonbatmanJust found this quote, more or less buried in reportage last week about “An Evening with Joss Whedon” that was hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Seems there was a question-and-answer session that included this response to a question about our favorite deceased science fiction series:

“Right now I’m happy to say everybody is working doing good jobs. There’s a real fear of ‘The Monkey’s Paw,’ you know? You bring it back to life and it isn’t the same. Even if it’s GREAT and it isn’t the same. I’m dying to get on a ship with those guys again, but I’m also doing yet another goddamn huge ensemble movie [‘The Avengers 2’]. Why can’t I do a movie about just one guy? So right now I can’t even access that part of my brain. If all the planets align that would be great, but I’m not going to do what I did the first time and move heaven and earth to make it happen.”

Read more of Joss’ comments read article

LB: Buy This Book Or…Or…

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Nice Cover, Huh? The Poetry Ain’t Bad Either

…Or I’ll feel really, really bad.

And my wife, Gwen the Beautiful, will feel even worse.

Cuz she just published this Kindle edition of my book Kid Hollywood and the Navajo Dog as an anniversary gift to me. read article

LB: And the Best Written TV Series in History Are…

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Best written TV series of all time. Every writer from THE SOPRANOS is now a made man.

Last night was a big one for TV writers. The Writers Guild of America, West, and the Writers Guild of America, East, which often seem to be two rival organizations instead of sisters-in-service to film and television writers, joined forces to pay tribute to “the 101 Best Written TV Series.”

The list is the result of online voting by members of both guilds and is a follow-up to a similar one, the 101 Greatest Screenplays, done back in 2006.

The idea behind the TV 101 list is to honor the writers of, “classic, trailblazing series and miniseries, as well as current and critically acclaimed programs” in all genres because, as our fearless leaders, WGAW Prez Chris Keyser and WGAE Prez Michael Winship said in, yeah, you know, a press release: read article

LB: Stop Asking Me How To Get an Agent, Dammit!

Glad You Asked Department 6/3/13

question_ditkoToday’s question is one I’ve answered a million and a half times before, in three million different places. I used to say it was the second most-asked question I got, right behind, “How did you get started?” Over the past few months, though, it’s bounded over its rival to become Number One.

In other words, our topic for today, as proposed by Dennis and Emily and Katrina and Rob and Tyrese and Jason and Sarah and two or three entire generations of talented and intelligent new writers is:

“How do I get an agent?” read article

LB: RIP TVWriter.Com Message Board

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When TVWriter™ first started, the heart and soul of the site was our Message Board. Writers at all levels posted questions and answers and rants, but only twice in its entire 10+ year history was anyone asked to leave and never darken our door again. Because we were all colleagues, in the trenches together, fighting the fight for truth, justice, and art and reserving our darkest vitriol for the “suits.”

Tens of thousands of posts on every imaginable topic gave genuine weight to our community. But the parade of history – and tech – never stops, and by 2008 or so it was clear that the Board had peaked and was on the decline. Since then, the number of new members and conversations has dwindled as social networks and the blog format grew into the online communication vehicles of choice. read article