May 2012
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Amazon Studios Adds Two New Projects to Its Movie...
Amazon Studios today announced that it has added two projects to its Movie Development Slate: a romantic comedy about Romeo’s other girl and a thriller about a life-and-death race to decode Biblical secrets. Both receive $10,000 option extensions.
The projects are:
Codex by Michael K. Cravotta
Genre: Action and Adventure
Premise: A graduate student of religious studies attempts to unlock the...
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The Hollywood Economist 2.0: Three "Massive...
The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies is one of the best books on the business of film (some would say THE best). And earlier this year, author Edward Jay Epstein came out with an updated version of the 2010 original — The Hollywood Economist 2.0. Here’s his take on how the business has shifted in the eventful time between editions:
Hollywonk: What are the three...
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Remembering Jeff Buckley, Fifteen Years Later →
The world lost a powerful voice when Jeff Buckley drowned in Wolf River Harbor near Memphis, Tennessee fifteen years ago today. Known for a wide vocal range and a repertoire that included songs by Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, and Leonard Cohen, Buckley was a talented songwriter in his own right, yet only completed one studio album, Grace, in his short career. His songs still provoke an emotional...
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Rarely seen 'Blade Runner' Convention Reel from...
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One of the Blade Runner Convention Reels featuring interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull about making Blade Runner universe. This 16 mm featurette, made by M. K. Productions in 1982, is specifically designed to circulate through the country’s various horror, fantasy and science fiction conventions.
Those amazing Prometheus shorts? Not Ridley...
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Amazon Studios Seeking Character Designs for...
Amazon Studios is offering its first open artwork assignment: Up to $3,000 to create character designs for a Movie Development Slate project, For Sale By Superhero. These designs are for use in a test movie, a visual rough draft of a script that allows Amazon Studios to put a story in front of audiences to see how they respond. (Learn more about the Amazon Studios movie development process...
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Comedy Series: What Flavor of Funny Does Amazon...
Earlier this month, Amazon Studios opened its doors to episodic series — specifically, primetime comedies as well as shows for children. Creators of series added to the Series Development Slate will get $10,000, plus another $55,000 if their show gets produced (with the potential for other royalties and bonuses).
Here’s a closer look at the kind of comedies Amazon Studios is looking for. (Learn...
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Children's Series: What Amazon Studios is Looking...
Earlier this month, Amazon Studios opened its doors to episodic series — specifically, shows for children as well as primetime comedies. Creators of series added to the Development Slate will get $10,000, plus another $55,000 if their show gets produced (with the potential for other royalties and bonuses).
Here’s a closer look at the kind of children’s series Amazon Studios wants. (Find...
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WatchBest. SNL. Sendoff. Ever. Of course, everyone’s talking about Kristen Wiig’s tearful farewell (with a few asking about the other guys). But the episode was packed with classic Wiig performances, like the Lawrence Welk sketch, with Jon Hamm as “Italian crooner Jonny Prosciutto.”
Tank you, tank you.
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Congratulations, Your Pilot Just Got Picked Up....
Noah Hawley is a novelist (The Good Father) and screenwriter (Lies and Alibis) who created and ran two TV shows for ABC (The Unusuals and My Generation). In this exclusive post, Hawley offers an insider’s perspective on what it’s like to have your show selected for a network’s fall schedule.
Yesterday, Hawley broke down the first five of 10 critical things to consider as your race...
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Congratulations, Your Pilot Just Got Picked Up....
Noah Hawley is a novelist (The Good Father) and screenwriter (Lies and Alibis) who created and ran two TV shows for ABC (The Unusuals and My Generation). In this exclusive post, Hawley offers an insider’s perspective on what it’s like to have your show selected for a network’s fall schedule.
First of all, holy crap. You’ve already accomplished six impossible things. You sold a...
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Exclusive: "Road to Perdition" Writer on Going...
Max Allan Collins writes movies, graphic novels (Road to Perdition) and mysteries (Lady, Go Die, released earlier this month).
In this exclusive guest post, Collins talks about the challenges of writing for the screen vs. novels (and graphic novels), and how lessons of independent filmmaking help him make the transition.
I’m a storyteller.
That’s how I think of myself, and describe myself. ...
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Amazon Studios Director Makes Fast Company's "100...
Fast Company has released its 100 Most Creative list, an “annual celebration of business innovators who dare to think differently.” This year’s edition includes the likes of CeeLo Green, Jessica Alba, Aziz Ansari and Rosario Dawson — and Amazon Studios Director Roy Price is at No. 15:
When Roy Price lived in Los Angeles, developing animated TV shows such as Kim Possible for...
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The Science Behind Movie Catchphrases
Frankly, my dears, we DO give a damn about why some movie lines are so memorable, and why some are not. So we read with great interest about a study that explores the very question, using the complete scripts of about 1,000 different movies.
It all boils down to this, according to The Physics arXiv Blog: “Memorable phrases contain generic pearls of wisdom expressed with unusual combinations...
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One TV Writer's Take: Why the "Holy Grail" of an...
Noah Hawley is a novelist (The Good Father) and screenwriter (Lies and Alibis) who created and ran two TV shows for ABC (The Unusuals and My Generation).
In this exclusive guest post, Hawley offers an insider’s perspective on the potential creative costs of lucrative overall deals.
There have been a flurry of posts on Deadline Hollywood in the past month about TV writers landing overall...
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Joss Whedon's Simple Recipe for a Great Comic Book...
So, Joss Whedon, you’ve made what many expect will become one of the most (if not the most) iconic comic book movies of all time. What’s your secret?
“It’s capturing the essence of the comic and being true to what’s wonderful about it, while remembering that it’s a movie and not a comic. I think Spider-Man, the first one particularly, really captured [the...
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Three Things Every TV Creator Should Know About...
Amazon Studios is now accepting episodic series proposals as well as movie scripts. Here are the three most important things TV writers should know about this new opportunity:
Seeking primetime comedies and children’s series Amazon Studios is looking for compelling new voices and characters that you can’t find anywhere else — in two specific genres: primetime comedies and series for children...
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Amazon Studios is Now Accepting Proposals for...
Amazon Studios, the movie-development arm of Amazon.com, today announced that it is expanding into episodic series — specifically primetime comedies and children’s shows.
TV writers and creators are invited to upload series proposals that will be reviewed by the Amazon Studios team and, potentially, added to the Development Slate. The best series will be distributed via Amazon Instant...
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What Makes a Great Title Sequence?
“We’re not out to duplicate what the director is doing in the film. Sometimes it’s wonderful to have that contrast at play. The highest compliment is that the title really is of the movie, and that the movie really can’t exist without the title sequence and vice versa.”
- Karin Fong and Peter Frankfurt of Imaginary Forces (which made its name with the Se7en title...
