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Where Will ‘The Orville’ Go Next?
Speaking of the Writer-Agent War, did you know that David A. Goodman, President of the Writers Guild of America West is also David A. Goodman Executive Producer of The Orville? And that’s a subject on which he also has a lot to say?
by Anthony Pascale
The second season of The Orville concluded last week with the time-bending episode “The Road Not Taken.” TrekMovie had a chance to talk to executive producer David A. Goodman who wrote the episode and we walked about the finale, the second season in general, and what’s next for the show. We also talked a bit about Star Trek as Goodman is a former writer/producer on Star Trek: Enterprise and he has also written a number of Star Trek books.
What goals did you have going into the season that you feel the second season of The Orvilleachieved?
Remember When Sid & Marty Krofft Were The Bosses of Bosses in Kids TV?
An interview with a couple of great guys who helped create pop culture (back when it was really, really, really popular too):
Wondering What Your Resume Reel Should Look Like?
We here at TVWriter™ get a lot of “What does my sample/resume/teaser/etc. reel need to say and show about me inquiries, and after a hell of a lot of searching, we’ve finally found an easy-to-understand answer.
It should look like this one, from one of our favorite indie film and we series writer-producer-actress-directors, Ms. Bri Castellini. Take it away, Bri!
The Trouble with MacGuffins
The real title of this post probably should be, “Not everybody can do what Hitchcock Did,” or maybe, “Attention, Hitchcock Haters!” or maybe “How MacGuffins Can Ruin Movies,” which is, in fact, what this instructive video is called: