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George Clooney & Unintentional Blurb Whoredom: BlogNosh 04/04/08

April 4, 2008 – 4:45 pm

Was George Clooney’s decision to go “fi-core” over the WGA’s decision to deny him a writing credit on Leatherheads akin to using “a chainsaw to operate on a papercut”? David Poland thinks so. “The guy who took out an ad in the trades telling SAG to move faster seems like just the kind of guy [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (0)

Bret Easton Ellis: Struggling Screenwriter

March 24, 2008 – 1:48 pm

With an almost completely dead, holiday hungover RSS, I spent the morning leisurely slogging through this LA Times profile of 80s it-boy novelist Bret Easton Ellis. Much of the story’s 3,000 words are devoted to defenses of Ellis’ literary reputation, most notably for our purposes from New York Times film critic A.O. Scott, who [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Screenwriting | Comments (1)

Paul Haggis Gets First Legal Screenwriting Job Of The Strike

January 9, 2008 – 11:22 am

A victory for the WGA side deals? Or proof positive that even the most loyal strikers have had their pencils half-up all along?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Hollywood, Screenwriting | Comments (1)

IFC Slims Down: Trade Roughage 08/15/07

August 15, 2007 – 4:59 am

Plus: writers get treated like rock stars, and one of the shirtless dudes from 300 gets treated like Kurt Russell.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Hollywood, Indies | Comments (1)

Julie Delpy Can’t Get Her Sci-Fi Scripts Produced

July 11, 2007 – 5:11 pm

They must be well-written (Rimshot! Ha-ha … some movies are bad.)

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Filmmaking | Comments (0)