Archive for Hollywood news and thoughts
Screenwriters, movie making and Netflix
There are two interesting news stories out this week that have to do with Netflix. First, LG Electronics is unveiling a new television at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that will wireless stream Netflix video. The television is being dubbed the LG “Broadband HDTV” and are HDTV sets capable of streaming Netflix movies [...]
The most pirated films of 2008
TorrentFreak.com has released a list of the top pirated films of 2008. Check out the list below. It includes the number of worldwide downloads. 1. The Dark Knight, 7.03 million 2. The Incredible Hulk, 5.84 million 3. The Bank Job, 5.41 million 4. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, 5.28 million 5. National Treasure: Book [...]
Slamdance Announces Features Lineup
It is that time of year again. It is getting close to Sundance time. And that also means time for Slamdance. In fact, Slamdance Film Festival has announced programming for its 15th anniversary festival. It is taking placing January 15-23, 2009 in Park City, Utah.If you are interested in what is going on this year, [...]
Winning a contest can actually benefit you
If you do not read the trades you may have missed the story before Thanksgiving about the sale made by a first time writer. The script sale was for Best Man-A-Thon. And the writer is actually a student at UCLA. The screenplay was actually at a workshop in the UCLA MFA program. The writer, Richard [...]
Working writers talk
There is a good article up at the Hollywood Reporter that aspiring screenwriters will want to have a look at. The article is Oscar Roundtable: The writers.The writers featured talk everything from where to find inspiration to writing schedules.
