Scriptnotes Recap: Episode 685, Page and Stage with Leslye Headland

Leslye Headland was a theater kid. She is now, of course, one of the most prolific and productive storytellers around, seemingly always writing and directing plays, movies and TV shows all at the same time. But when we sat down with her to focus on her most recent play Cult

Scriptnotes Recap: Episode 684, Landing a Series with Eric Kripke

I have a confession to make: I don’t watch the The Boys. I know! I believe everyone who tells me that it’s great! John is continually disappointed in me whenever I tell him that I haven’t seen it yet! And after having Eric Kripke on the show,

🤖 Inneresting #254 - AI-yai-yai

Why did we program these artificial life forms to feel stress?

Featured Friday: Beach (Movie) Reads

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we travel to the beach – that summer staple of sand and surf that looks like it should be a little slice of paradise, but often ends up being anything

Inneresting #253 - Hollywood Ruined (x) for Me

Solve for all values of (x)

Featured Friday: Magical Dads

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate Father’s Day with one of our favorite sub-genres: the Magical Dad movie. See, a typical middle-aged man is too stubborn and aloof for standard narrative conflict

🍿 Inneresting #252 - Make it a Blockbuster Night

In the Summer a livelier sound design pumps from speakers 'round the room; In the Summer an audience's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of BOOM KA-POW DINOSAUR NOISES DINOSAUR NOISES SPAAAAAaaaaaCE SHIP. – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Locksley Hall 16 (presented by eMagine) We're here today for

Featured Friday: Pride

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate Pride month with some of our favorites LGBTQIA+ stories! Our collection includes: * A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza * A Single Man by Tom Ford

Inneresting #251 - What's your writing style?

Don't worry, if you don't know which of these types of writer you are (or maybe you think you're more than one), no plot device is going to sort you against your will.

What is Heretic about? Evil twins.

Heretic (written by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods) is a chamber horror film where two Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton, are welcomed into the home of the inquisitive Mr. Reed to talk about religion. What they don’t realize is that they’re in for more of a

🕴️🌎 Inneresting #250 - Everybody Is Out To Get You

It's not paranoia when they really are all out to get you.

Featured Friday: Cannes Heat

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we slip away to the south of France to look at some notable award winners at the Cannes film festival. Our collection includes: * All We Imagine As Light by