Tag: People’s Pilot Contest
Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 2/5/14
Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=&Rob Schneider (ROB) is co-writing (with wife Patricia Azarcoya Schneider), starring in, producing, and financing his own series, which he says is heavily influenced by FAWLTY TOWERS. (Rob’s doing the whole indie series thing here, with nobody to answer to but, well, himself and Patricia. In other words, we’re talking new paradigm – so your truly is all for it in every possible way. Go get ’em, tiger!)
Craig Brewer (HUSTLE & FLOW) has a new overall deal with Paramount TV and will be writing, directing and producing two drama pilots. (Which myself think is awesome cuz…hey, this dude knows something. He’s fucking good, you know?)
Wilton Barnhardt’s novel Lookaway, Lookaway has been optioned by HBO for a comedy series described as “a scathing comic window into the dysfunction of the American family, as Old South traditions clash with 21st Century realities….” (The producers are Sue Nagle and David Minor, and they’re looking for a writer, so if you or somebody you love knows ’em, have you peeps get in touch.)
Troy DeVolld: Pro Tip: How NOT to look for showbiz work
by Troy DeVolld
Notice, I didn’t title this entry “How to NOT look for work,” as that’s a completely different tray of fudge. Nay, nay. This is “How NOT to look for work, as in, “Hey, bub, you’re doing it wrong.”
I’ve been wrapped out of the series I was recently working on and have been looking for work the last few weeks. I usually land somewhere else quickly, so I haven’t been too balled up about it. The interviews keep coming, and I hope to have some solid offers over the next week or so.
Herbie J Pilato: How to save “Wonder Woman” and Warners Bros.
by Herbie J Pilato
Marvel’s recently announced the development of a third entry for the Captain America movie franchise, before it even debuts the second film, Captain America: Winter Soldier.
Now THAT’S faith in the works, if based on something tangible that has already proven its worth.
Case in point: there was a certain genius in the way Marvel introduced Captain America to the mainstream, movie-going audience in 2011.
Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Expendables’ Launches Nasty Writers Battle
Wait’ll you see what Sly did. Naughty, naughty, dude.
But then , whaddaya expect from a teeny little guy like him who’s made his whole career about looking BIG?
by Eriq Gardner
SylvesterStallone experienced a Rocky Balboa-style comeback with The Expendables, his 2010 film about a team of mercenaries hired to eliminate a Latin American dictator. But even as the film grossed $274.5 million worldwide and spawned a sequel (with another on the way this summer), Stallone has been taking punches from writers who claim their work was stolen.