An Unauthorized, Way Cool Stop-Motion Batman Video

“Batman: Dark Knightfall” is a Batman fan made stop-motion animation directed by Derek Kwok and Henri Wong of Parabucks Co. using Batman action figures made and sold by Hot Toys.

We’ve loved stop-motion ever since do we really have to say? okay, okay the GUMBY reruns of our childhood. This, though, is better than GUMBY – much. read article

The Boy Who Played With Fusion

What? You’re sick and tired of waiting to be discovered? You want your 15 minutes of writerly fame now?! How about this for an idea: Instead of writing another spec script, go out and do something. Make your life so interesting, so meaningful, that everyone else in the world wants to write about/read about/watch a movie about you.

Or. what the hell, be the first one to write about somebody else who’s done just that: read article

LB: STAR TREK – Heresy

by Larry Brody

No, I’m not talking about the J.J. Abrams movie but about a book written by one of my closest friends, Herb Solow, and his longtime wingman, the late Bobby Justman.

Herb – as Herbert F. Solow, Executive in Charge of Production for Desilu Studios, and Bobby – as Robert H. Justman, Producer – were two-third of the team that worked/fought like hell to get the Original STAR TREK on the air…and keep it there. Years later, these two keepers of the Places Where All the Bodies are Buried teamed up again to write the book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story. read article

Ricky Gervais Announces New Interweb Series

…And he wants us to pay. Ah well, we all love him aspire to become him anyway:

RICKY’S BLOG – Read Ricky’s thoughts on his upcoming projects, visits to restaurants and round-headed friends

I also finished editing the pilot episode of our new internet project. It will be called “Learn English with Ricky Gervais” and it’s turned out great.

We hope to have it subtitled into as many languages as possible. read article

The Most Cynical, Depressing Daily Newspaper Comic Ever Published

…And it just appeared today! (Who says OldMedia can’t compete?)

What does this have to do with television writing? Check out the Lockhorns’ expressions. Did you ever see such despair? read article