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According to The Hollywood Reporter,<\/em> de Souza will expand the 'Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.' Steven E. de Souza, is known for his screenwriting work on Die Hard<\/em> and 48 Hrs.<\/em>, and now will perhaps become known for his work on Sheena: Queen of the Jungle<\/em> franchise with a new graphic novel deal.<\/p>
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According to Deadline<\/em>, North Road Television Studios has picked up writer Mac Smullen TV Pilot for "Sunken Meadows." The company co-financed with A24, North Road.  Reportedly, they secured the project in an aggressive preemptive deal rumored to be in the seven figure range.<\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 28th, 2026","shortKey":"40585a50"},{"category":null,"title":"\u201cYour Instinct Is to Use AI\u201d to Write Scripts, \u201cYou Shouldn\u2019t Be a Writer\u201d","subTitle":"","cover":"16dab287d771fd1d6217f6a7c7648a3c.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Recently Seth Rogan told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> that writers who turn to A.I. basically are not not writers.  <\/p>
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Screenwriter David Koepp (Mission: Impossible, War of the Worlds, Men in Black<\/em>, and so many others) recenty revealed to Vanity Fair<\/em> that he needed 42 tries through the development process to get Steven Spielberg's upcoming sci-fi feature Disclosure Day<\/em> to the level Spielberg wanted<\/p>
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning as Conan the Barbarian. Announced earlier this year, King Conan<\/em> will bring him back to reprise his role. Speaking to the long-running Schwarzenegger fan site The ArnoldFans<\/em>, “Next year, we are going to do King Conan<\/em>.”<\/p>
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Heidi Gardner and William H. Macy are set to star in writer-director Casey Twenter's dramedy The Swimming Lesson.<\/em> Production is scheduled to begin this summer in Kansas City, Gardner's home town. Twenter is known for RUDDERLESS and the TV series "In the Rough."<\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 20th, 2026","shortKey":"81ee1432"},{"category":null,"title":"The Walking Dead Spec","subTitle":"","cover":"9c2a88baead389d1ef8b0696c7363a9b.png","byLine":"Harry Caul","homeText":"

Spec scripts are the walking dead of the industry; they are simply not selling.. More than a few executives and producers I have know are either not with the same company or going out on their own. Pitch sites like Inktip are extremely slow if not dead.<\/p>
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David Ayer looks more like the guy his characters would arrest than the guy who wrote about the characters. With a shaved head and goatee, he fits the gangster stereotype. Talking to him, though, reveals a man of ambition and intellect. After a successful script doctoring career and after writing the script that gave Denzel Washington his Oscar for Training Day<\/em>, Ayer took on another sort of corrupt cop story, Dark Blue<\/em>.<\/p>
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In 1997 when Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen lost to an A.I. chess bot the world was shocked.  But quickly people lost interest in A.I. and stopped talking about it.  "The AI chess bots are now vastly better than any human player who has ever lived, but — and this is important — nobody cares about them,"<\/em> wrote The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 13th, 2026","shortKey":"5d7baac4"},{"category":null,"title":"Screenwriter of ADAPTATION and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Charlie Kaufman is back.","subTitle":"","cover":"aafdb5518703cfd5d8d94f632fa8dd02.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Charlie Kaufman became popular with his excellent screenplays for Adaptation<\/em> and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em>. Then after a string of hits movies and amazing screenplays he kinda disappeared. His last film six years ago, I’m Thinking of Ending Things<\/em> -- a Netflix original.<\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 11th, 2026","shortKey":"42809f4c"},{"category":null,"title":"Linda Seger, Author and Leading Script Consultant Passed Away in February","subTitle":"","cover":"e1e4e8ab2c9a3d98b620fff627632de6.jpeg","byLine":"Christopher Wehner","homeText":"

I missed this back in February, author and script consultant Linda Seger passed away.  I knew Linda Seger, met her once at a screenwriting conference that I was also speaking at back when my book Screenwriting on the Internet: Researching, Writing and Selling Your Script on the Web<\/a><\/em> in 2001. <\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 11th, 2026","shortKey":"64e195fa"},{"category":null,"title":"NEWS :I Used to Be a Hollywood Writer. Now I\u2019m Lugging Lumber From Home Depot. It\u2019s an Upgrade.","subTitle":"From the Hollywood Reporter","cover":"f664ae61dfc0847328f9ec2363768258.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

It's incredilly hard times for professional writers let aone the new aspiring writer. <\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 7th, 2026","shortKey":"1bb5b394"},{"category":null,"title":"60 Second Screenwriting Tip: The Narrative Spine","subTitle":"How it holds the key to a successful second act","cover":"485e5895553f1f075949ceede0fd31bd.jpg","byLine":"Christopher Wehner","homeText":"

What is a successful second act?  One that keeps the reader engaged, moves the story forward, and successfully delivers it into the falling action; that being the third act climax and the denouement.  A bad screenplay has a second act that simply doesn't keep the narrative trajectory in place and thus the spine of the story sags; meaning rising tension and conflict is not taking place.<\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 6th, 2026","shortKey":"b9d336ae"},{"category":null,"title":"How to Write a Successful Email Query Letter","subTitle":"","cover":"9d774f7e563f287084f3c5c27064fc6c.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Hollywood Experts have said to avoid doing certain things in query letters. All of these things will probably result in them deleting your query. <\/p>
\n","postDate":"May 4th, 2026","shortKey":"898510e2"},{"category":null,"title":"Too Many Writers forget about the Hook","subTitle":"","cover":"17e4d4a9fcfcdfd0a93f637c6740d0d4.jpg","byLine":"Harry Caul","homeText":"

Not sure with this spec market why you're wasting your time writing a spec script but hey, do you.  I've always noticed that too many writers forget about the opening hook: the first thing we see or hear should hook our attention and then the opeing 10 pages needs to keep it.  If you can do that and write a great story your spec script will be good, it won't ever sell in today's spec market but hey, you never know!<\/p>
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Actor, Direct, screenwriter Zach Cregger along with Zach Shields will write the screenplay for the upcoming prequel to the critically acclaimed horror hit Weapons<\/em>. <\/p>
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Quotes from some of the best screenwriters and filmmakers, great advice!<\/p>
\n","postDate":"April 24th, 2026","shortKey":"0ab440ba"},{"category":null,"title":"THE STRUCTURE OF DRAMA","subTitle":"Good Structure is the first step in creating a Good Story","cover":"fe10e808b46781c2fa33b885daa633fd.png","byLine":"Christopher Wehner","homeText":"

Western culture dictates that a story is a series of events, told in order, with a beginning, middle and end (Linear).  There’s typically a lone protagonist at odds with an antagonist.   What has dictated this reliance on linear structure is a conception that audiences would be lost if the writer violated what was called the unity of time and place. <\/p>
\n","postDate":"April 23rd, 2026","shortKey":"93a71816"},{"category":null,"title":"Story Structure for Screenwriters","subTitle":"","cover":"0e00d54c5ce87f653babedff52bbca6a.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

It's hard to believe that just 40 years ago  a modern screenwriting manual didn't exist until really Syd Field came along.  Since then we've seen a proliferation of manuals and experts present their take on proper screenwriting structure and form.  Even if you do not believe in the idea of consciously thinking about story structure as you write, having structure in mind as you conceptualize your story and frankly when you outline (if you outline) is probably something you do subconsciously if not with intention. <\/p>","postDate":"April 21st, 2026","shortKey":"1d7a45c4"},{"category":null,"title":"Effective Ways to Introduce and Escalate Conflict","subTitle":"","cover":"edceb3a32645cdcb558555bb5c186cef.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Creating conflict is a crucial element in storytelling as it keeps readers engaged and invested in the narrative. Here are five ways writers can introduce and escalate conflict in their stories:<\/p>
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