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Sad news for indie film lovers

Last week Warner Bros. announced the closing down of their subsidiaries’ Warner Independent Pictures and Picturehouse, both major distributors of independent, foreign, and documentary films.
This week Paramount announced that they were closing down Paramount Vantage.
Warner Bros. and Paramount used “necessary cost cutting” as an excuse and both promised they will not abandon the kind of […]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Friday, June 6th, 2008

Free movie screening info

Looking for some info on free movie screenings in your area? I just came across a site called Film Metro that lists upcoming free movie screenings. You can search by state or click on one of the movies on the front page. From the looks of things the new Adam Sandler movie and Get Smart […]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Sunday, June 1st, 2008

American Screenwriters Association announcee the Semifinalists in 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition

The American Screenwriters Association (ASA) has announced the Semifinalists in their 11th Annual International Screenplay Competition, co- sponsored by Gotham Writers’ Workshop.
The semifinalists are:
John Aldriedge, Love, Zoe
Husam Asi, The General’s Son
Gary Barrett, Straightening Simon
Philip Benz and Mitchell Schneider, Edge Of God
Bob Bowersox, An Impossibly Fine Line
Curt Burdick and Scott Burdick, The Magic Carpet Adventures
Craig Cambria, […]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Monday, May 26th, 2008

Men in Trees canceled!

It was just announced that ABC’s Men in Trees has been canceled! Final episodes of this season start airing on May 28. There is a chance though that the ending of the final episode could get re-shot to tie things up for viewers. The season finale is set to air this summer.
Another update to recent […]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Monday, May 5th, 2008

TVWriter.com Finalists of the 15th People’s Pilot Competition Announced

TVWriter.com has announced the finalists of the 15th People’s Pilot Competition. The finalists are listed below:
BURLINGTON VINES by Jeffrey Poehlmann - Action/Drama
DEADBEAT by Phil Duncon - Action/Drama
DESTINY’S DAUGHTER by Anthony Sunderland - Action/Drama
I.O.U. 1 SOUL by Cassandra Hennessey - Sitcom
PRISON WORLD by Jeremiah D. Owens - Action/Drama
SHADOW PEAK by Skip Berry & J. Vale Newton […]

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Friday, April 25th, 2008