Screenwriting News

Lord Of War Reveals Secret Life

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:35:15 -0400

Writer/Director Andrew Niccol exposes another side of war in Lord Of War, a film in which Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), an arms dealer, brings tragedy to his wife, his brother, and himself by selling weapons of war. Read more...

Firestorm : The Genesis Of My Screenwriting Techniques

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:35:17 -0400

My phone rang on a Saturday morning in April 1997. I was still asleep, but my answering machine picked up. "Chris, this is Matthew. I work with your producers," a voice from the machine said. "We've gotten an offer on your script, Firestorm, and we think we're going to take it."
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Filmmakers Revive Ghosts of Amityville

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:35:19 -0400

The 1979 film, The Amityville Horror, tells the true-life story of George and Kathy Lutz, a couple who moved into a house one year after an entire family had been murdered there. Read more...

CRASH Dramatizes Urban Reality

Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:35:21 -0400

Writer/Director Paul Haggis based his upcoming film, CRASH, on a personal life experience in which he "was car-jacked at gunpoint" in Los Angeles, California. That experience inspired the screenplay for CRASH, which he co-wrote with Bobby Moresco. Read more...