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The Amazing Race: Which Writers Could Adapt & Survive Their Way To An Oscar Nod?
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- October 21, 2011 7:04 AM
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- 2 Comments
Considering they spend the rest of their time ignored, humiliated, rewritten and robbed of credit, it's only fair that screenwriters get two categories at the Academy Awards, effectively doubling their chances of being nominated. It's also their best chance of gaining real cachet; witness the careers of recent winners Diablo Cody and Aaron Sorkin, both celebrities in their own right now, and both planning directorial debuts.
Believe It Or Not, Paramount To Revive 'Ripley's' With Eric Roth Rewriting, Jim Carrey Still Onboard
- By Kevin Jagernauth
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- January 13, 2011 4:26 AM
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- 1 Comment
One film that has been through the ringer time and time again in the past few years is trying its luck once again. Paramount is attempting to give “Ripley's Believe It Or Not” one more shot this time with Academy Award winning screenwriter Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump," "The Insider," "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button") behind the pen. Word is Roth is being brought in to do a complete rewrite of the entire script in hopes of finally getting the film off the ground.
John Goodman Joins 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' With Sandra Bullock & Tom Hanks
- By Simon Dang
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- January 4, 2011 1:56 AM
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Adaptation Aiming For Fall Release That Will Coincide With 10 Year Anniversary Of 9/11Looks like John Goodman is on a bit of a roll.
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I don't have much to say about the article, other than to address point #5 slightly.
I'm sorry. But i justed wasted time reading an article i thought was going to be constructive
trying to figure the movie out is one of the many joys of watching this. i know im not the smartest
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Place Beyond the Pines is a modest hit, no doubt (and a terrific film!) but it had a $15 million
I thought that the movie could have been done without Lois Lane. In a city as massive as
My problem wasn't so much that supes killed zod, but that he barely had any time to reflect
The place beyond the pines made 35 million worldwide. That's a definite indie success worth
My problem wasn't so much that supes killed zod, but that he barely had any time to reflect
No one is bothered that Superman killed Zod? Or that he participated in destruction of property