As I type this, Hurricane Michael is hours from landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Early this morning it became a category 4, and the National Hurricane Center said a category 4 hurricane has never hit the panhandle (at least since they’ve been keeping records since 1851). Living in Orlando, Florida (and actually far from the […]
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“On the wall behind [Vince] Gilligan was a large corkboard. Across the top were pinned 13 index cards representing the 13 episodes of the season. . . . Under 413, the final episode of the season, there was only one single, fluttering card. It read in bold, matter-of-fact Magic Marker ink, “BOOM.” Inside the Breaking […]
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Allow me a slight detour today on my screenwriting blog to say the Miami vs. Florida State football rivalry is alive and well in 2018. Once upon a time that game decided to who would be playing for a national championship. (Miami has won five championships and Florida State three.) A shot at the national […]
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“Miami’s turnover chain for 2018 is somehow even gaudier than last year’s” USA Today headline The Miami Hurricanes football team plays the Florida State University today. While the game may not be as big as it was back in the day, it’s still a strong rivalry. And while Miami is still a top 20 team, […]
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Audrey Wells wrote the screenplay for The Hate U Give which hit theaters today. Unfortunately, Wells died last night after what The Wrap called “a long and private battle with cancer.” She may be best known for writing and directing Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) which starred Diane Lane. But over her 20-year career she […]
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“[The song] Gainesville is this guy who is looking back on this early life with some nostalgia for a simpler time. I love the song.” An American Treasure producer Ryan Ulyate RollingStone article by Andy Green With the release of a new (old) song by Tom Petty (Gainesville) and a video of old (and new) 8mm footage […]
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Yesterday I wrote a post about Smallfoot screenwriter Clare Sera volunteering her time with an organization called WriteGirl in LA. It made me think of the original Hollywood WriteGirl born in 1888. Anita Loos was an early pioneer in starting in the silent film era. One of her first writing credits was My Baby (1912) which […]
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“I set out to tell the truth. And sometimes the truth is shocking.” Tennessee Williams As a preface to part three of my interview with screenwriter, Clare Sera part of what I referenced was Orlando in the ’90s had a lot going on in the arts. Here’s a quick overview: Movies— Parenthood, Passenger 57, Waterboy TV—Nickelodeon, From Earth to […]
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Smallfoot came in number two in the box office over the weekend below Night School. Here’s the second part (of three parts) of the interview I did with Clare Sera, the co-screenwriter of Smallfoot: Scott: I think it was Pirates of the Caribbean screenwriter Terri Rossio who said that you never really break into screenwriting, you […]
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“Smallfoot satisfyingly operates on multiple levels and is much deeper than it appears to be.” Adam Graham, The Detriot News Smallfoot opens in theater today and so today as well I’m going to start Part 1 of an interview I did with Clare Sara who wrote the screenplay along with the director Karey Kirkpatrick. Of the […]
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