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'Kick-Ass' Writer Jane Goldman To Pen Tim Burton's 'Pinocchio'; Jez Butterworth Rewrites 'Asteroids'

By Cain Rodriguez
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November 16, 2012 10:24 AM
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News

A fairy tale redo and a videogame movie just got some new writers. That's Hollywood these days folks so let's get into it..

By Gabe Toro
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February 2, 2012 9:56 AM
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News

Beloved and beautiful geek scribe Jane Goldman has her hands full. In addition to penning this weekend's gothic Hammer horror story "The Woman In Black," she's lined up a number of big projects. And while there's a chance one of them may or may not be involved in the forthcoming "X-Men: First Class" sequel, she may have bigger fish to fry.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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December 2, 2011 5:25 PM
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As the pen behind "Stardust," "Kick-Ass," "X-Men: First Class" and the upcoming period horror flick "The Woman In Black," screenwriter Jane Goldman has established herself as one of the finest pens in the genre category. She's proven herself to be just as good (if not better) than the dudes who tend to dominate in the genre, and if all goes well, her next effort will be brought to the big screen by none other than Tim Burton.

By Edward Davis
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April 27, 2011 7:25 AM
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Sheldon Turner Of 'Up In The Air' Gets A "Story-By" Credit For His 'Magneto' Script Elements That Were UsedHow many screenwriters does it take to write an "X-Men" film? Or alternate lede: Screenplay credits are a tricky matter. Just ask "Up In The Air" screenwriter Sheldon Turner. He wrote the original draft of the Jason Reitman film, but things turned semi-ugly during the 2009 Oscar campaign when Reitman essentially said -- perhaps in not so many words, but close -- that he had never read Turner's draft and had adapted the screenplay on his own from Walter Kirn's novel. Still, Turner received his screen credit. And the duo awkwardly took the stage when they won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay as the controversy was just beginning to brew and as as their dispute grew and made headlines for Oscar bloggers, they were rewarded during the awards show with nothing; Geoffrey Fletcher's "Precious" screenplay won the adapted screenplay prize, as Academy voters backlashed against the dispute, despite the fact that the "Up In The Air" screenplay was long assumed to be the frontrunner for that bauble. Oh well.

By Oliver Lyttelton
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February 17, 2011 1:52 AM
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With the immense critical and commercial success of "The King's Speech" demonstrating what a stupid idea it was to scrap the UK Film Council, who funded the Tom Hooper film, the British film industry is still caught in a kind of a limbo. Projects are certainly moving forward, and recent news like the deal between Fox Searchlight and Ingenious to fund British movies bodes well, but there's still an enormous amount of uncertainty in the business at present, ahead of the Film Council's dissolution a few months from now.

By The Playlist
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January 23, 2011 11:09 AM
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Sorry Mark MillarThis weekend a Daily Mail report casually mentioned that screenwriter Jane Goldman ("Kick Ass," "Stardust," "X-Men: First Class") was busy at work penning the "Kick Ass 2" screenplay (from her bed, no less) and the story picked up traction in fanboy circles. Sorry, apostles, but Goldman herself quickly stated on Twitter that this report was false.

By Oliver Lyttelton
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November 24, 2010 2:12 AM
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Plus Jane Goldman Adapting Peter Ackroyd Novel 'Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem' & More As we discussed earlier in the year, the British film industry has historically been heavily reliant on government subsidy, via the UK Film Council, an institution short-sightedly scrapped by the new government. It's promised that the funding will remain in place, albeit distributed through different means (the new plans will be announced on Monday), but, with the Council unlikely to be formally disbanded until 2012, there are a few more rounds of funding to come, and the latest was made public this morning, via Screen Daily.