[{"title":"Zach Shields to Write \u2018Weapons\u2019 Prequel Screenplay with Zach Cregger","cover":"e9fe934faa233c2b28cc5ff148e81cb0.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

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>\n","articlePostDate":"April 27th, 2026","bodyText":"

Actor, Direct, screenwriter Zach Cregger along with Zach Shields Godzilla vs. Kong <\/em>(2021) will write the screenplay for the upcoming prequel to the critically acclaimed horror hit Weapons<\/em>. The New Line and Warner Bros. project’s current working title is Gladys<\/em>. Cregger and Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon are returning to produce. Cregger is repped by CAA, Artists First and Karl Austen and Michael Auerbach.<\/p>\n","shortKey":"47079b8e"},{"title":"20 of the Best Quotes on Screenwriting","cover":"8da3125012d051ea65d85f091781cd34.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Quotes from some of the best screenwriters and filmmakers, great advice!<\/p>\n","articlePostDate":"April 24th, 2026","bodyText":"

“Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.”<\/p>\n\n

– Billy Wilder<\/p>\n\n

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\n “The easiest thing to do on earth is not to write.”<\/p>\n\n

– William Goldman<\/p>\n\n


\n“There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.”<\/p>\n\n

– Jim Thompson<\/p>\n\n

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“Everything I’ve written is personal- it’s the only way I know how to write.”<\/p>\n\n

– Charlie Kaufman<\/p>\n\n

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“I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker….But it is not an art form, because screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.”   <\/p>\n\n

– Paul Schrader<\/p>\n\n

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“When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright But everything I wrote, I thought was weak. and I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.”<\/p>\n\n

– Francis Ford Coppola<\/p>\n\n

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“I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn’t happen in real life is what I’m interested in. as a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I’m really interested is people.”<\/p>\n\n

– Joss Whedon<\/p>\n\n

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“The screenplay is the child not only of its mother, the silent film, but also of its father, the drama.”                                 <\/p>\n\n

– Terrence Rattigan<\/p>\n\n

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“Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.”<\/p>\n\n

– Ian McEwan<\/p>\n\n

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“It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.”<\/p>\n\n

– Will Shetterly<\/p>\n\n

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“I don’t think screenplay writing is the same as writing- I mean, I think it’s blue printing.”                                                      <\/p>\n\n

– Robert Altman<\/p>\n\n

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“Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.”<\/p>\n\n

– Robert McKee<\/p>\n\n

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 “The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.”<\/p>\n\n

– Robert Bresson<\/p>\n\n

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“One of the big things you have learn is who to listen and when; and you can’t listen to everybody.”<\/p>\n\n

– Amy Holden Jones<\/p>\n\n

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“No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.”<\/p>\n\n

-John Milius<\/p>\n\n

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 “People are going to laugh at your attempt to write a really romantic scene. So what can you do to protect yourself? You can shock people…”<\/p>\n\n

– Andrew Kevin Walker<\/p>\n\n


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\n“I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself that way, if I saw the movie in theatre, I would be pleased. Do I think about catering to an audience? No.”<\/p>\n\n

– Shane Black<\/p>\n\n

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“We’ve all been burned by bad feedback. Rude, insensitive, bossy, arrogant, wrong-headed, cruel even.”                      <\/p>\n\n

– Julie Gray<\/p>\n","shortKey":"0ab440ba"},{"title":"Twenty-three years ago SU appeared in the Hollywood Reporter","cover":"e0a6c5bad6d23c8bcfa8e6668ca62605.jpg","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Twenty-three years ago SU made it big and appeared in the Hollywood Reporter when its founder Chris Wehner was interviewed by them.<\/p>\n\n

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Twenty-three years ago SU made it big and appeared in the Hollywood Reporter when its founder Chris Wehner was interviewed by them.  Check it out:<\/p>\n\n

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Deadline<\/em> reported last week that Screenwriter Karen McCullah (and author) is now with Gersh who will represent her in all her literally needs.  She has written Legally Blonde<\/em>, 10 Things I Hate About You<\/em>, She’s the Man<\/em>, The Ugly Truth<\/em>, and The House Bunny<\/em>. <\/p>\n","articlePostDate":"April 7th, 2026","bodyText":"

Deadline<\/a><\/em> reported last week that Screenwriter Karen McCullah (and author) is now with Gersh who will represent her in all her literally needs.  She has written Legally Blonde<\/em>, 10 Things I Hate About You<\/em>, She’s the Man<\/em>, The Ugly Truth<\/em>, and The House Bunny<\/em>.  McCullah's next project is The Last Resort<\/em>, a romantic comedy directed by How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days <\/em>director Donald Petrie. The story takes place in the Philippines. She also recently finished her adapation of A Murder Uncorked<\/em>, which is in preproduction.<\/p>\n","shortKey":"419c1658"},{"title":"WGAW Engulfed in Internal Turmoil","cover":"be863a83e8e216ebc1342fa430544882.png","byLine":"Staff","homeText":"

Things are getting messy at the WGAW over internal issues, a Deadline story<\/a> is reporting. Back in 2023 the WGW went on a strike overlabor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). <\/p>\n","articlePostDate":"April 2nd, 2026","bodyText":"

Things are getting messy at the WGAW over internal issues, a Deadline story<\/a> is reporting. Back in 2023 the WGW went on a strike overlabor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).  According to Deadline<\/em>, internally the WGA West staff has not been showing up and is on strike since February. They had been negotiating their contract with WGWW leadership management since September over what they saw as unfair labor practices and reportedly a refusal to bargain. The WGWW reportedly is not admiting any wrongdoing, while membership sees the whole situation as unfair.<\/p>\n","shortKey":"3a315af6"}]