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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 3/24/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
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  • Walon Green (LAW & ORDER) has gotten the word to expand his National Geographic KILLING JESUS project into a 4-hour mini-series. (Your munchman is calling this show fictional cuz it’s based on a book by Bill O’Reilly and, you know. I’d never insinuate that Jesus his godly self wasn’t real. Oh no, not moi….)
  • Chris Colfer (one of the glamorous and cool stars of the equally glamorous and cool series GLEE) is writing an episode of that very show. (Cuz he’s a pushy little fuck, methinks. At least he was when we took an acting class together. Hi, Chris! Love you, kiddo! Rilly!)
  • Marta Kauffman (FRIENDS) & Howard J. Morris (HOME IMPROVEMENT) are developing GRACE AND FRANKIE, about two women who bond cuz their husbands have left both of them for each other for Netflix. (Oh, and the stars are already set: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Could be a lotta fun watching the worlds of those two Big Names collide!)
  • Ryan Murphy (AMERICAN HORROR STORY) has optioned the book, Empty Mansions: They Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr. but nobody’s saying if he plans to make it into a film or a TV series. (And here at TVWriter™ I munchman am of course hanging on every clue cuz everybody knows yours truly has absolutely no life at all.)

Bringing Diversity to TV: Whose Job Is It?

Here it is, the discussion we all should be having. A tip of the hat to writer Theresa Celebran Jones:

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One of the biggest events this past week for us Filipino Americans was Friday night’s episode of Grimm. If you grew up hearing tales of the Aswang — a Filipino mythical creature that eats babies — the Grimm episode, “Mommy Dearest,” was likely one of the most terrifying things you’ve seen on prime time this season. It also probably brought you back to the days when your lola would sit you down and tell you all about the Mumu and Tiktik and Manananggal — stories to put the fear in you and discourage you from being too curious.

You don’t need me to even mention what a wonderful, validating thing it is to see a part of your childhood on television after being invisible for so long. It was also incredibly encouraging to read that the writers personally consulted Reggie Lee — the actor who plays Sergeant Wu, the character around whom the episode was centered — for ideas on a Filipino mythological creature. It was a great episode, one that did justice to how truly terrifying these stories were to us as children, and it was nice to see an actual Filipino American community on television. read article

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 3/22/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman

  • Marc Klein (MIRROR, MIRROR) is developing KISMET, a parallel-reality love story, for the mighty Amazon Studios. (Does this mean that Amazon’s pay scale is a little better for established writers than it is for the newbies it’s taking advantage of? Or has Marc fallen on some very hard times? Dude, let us know!)
  • Freemantle Media is developing a TV series based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. (So if you know anybody there, are friends with the project’s producer-director Roland Joffe, or are an old bud of original writer Victor Hugo now is the time to get in touch with them and become part of one of the dumbest-sounding project your friendly neighborhood munchman has ever watched other people taking seriously.)
  • Steve Levitan (MODERN FAMILY) has just made what munchie absolutely guarantees is a better deal then Marc Klein’s with 20th Century Fox TV, where he’ll be creating, creating, creating from the luxury of his palatial estate. muncho salues you, m’friend.)

TVWriter™ Top Posts for the Week Ending 3/21/14

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Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the past week:

The 6 Most Common Mistakes When Writing Dialogue and How to Avoid Them read article

The Transforming Hollywood Conference has its Heart/Mind in the Right Place

Transforming Hollywood Captureby Team TVWriter™ Press Service

If you’re not part of the future you’re doomed to be as forgotten as the past.

And being part of the future of entertainment is what the Transforming Hollywood Conference being held at UCLA on Friday, April 4th (all day!) is all about.

Here’s the skinny, direct from the Transforming Hollywood media futurists/P.R. team: read article