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 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:
Ever wonder how reboots of classic – or at least popular – films go bad? Here’s an insight into what went wrong with the 2018 reboot of Predator. Hint: It all began with amazingly faulty thinking from supposedly intelligent businessmen. And then there was, you know, the writing….
Presented by The Closer Look. See what else they’ve got HERE
This being the week after Marvel and Disney proved themselves the undisputed Emperors of cinema superheroes, we think it’s time to call attention to another comic book empire – the DC Comics TV universe, by any criteria way more successful than Marvel’s TV push and run by one amazing dood – Greg Berlanti:
[Last March’s] INTV conference in Jerusalem, Israel kicked off with a discussion with Greg Berlanti, who chatted with WME Partner, Scripted TV Development Marc Korman about his ascent from his childhood in Rye, NY as a puppeteer and head of the AV Club to having 15 TV series on the air at the same time through his production shingle (a record for a TV producer) and a Warner Bros. TV deal worth $400M in cash guarantees.
Here’s what going on, socially and professionally, at the Writers Guild of America West this month:
