“Cowboys and Aliens” to mix the sci-fi and western genres Cowboys and Aliens is a film concept that’s been booted around the industry for a decade or more (since 1997 to be precise), and finally looks to be on the…
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birth of a genre? cowboys and aliens
Tagged with: brisco county jr, cowboys and aliens, john favreau, linkedin, mcg, robert downey jr, sci-fi and western, science fiction western, scott rosenbaum, star trek, steampunk, wild wild west
Posted in film, screenwriting
Posted in film, screenwriting
Faeries at Shriekfest Film Festival
Let’s get the news out of the way right off the bat: Faeries did not bring home an award in the screenplay competition. But the good news is, the grapevine tells us that we were a very close runner up,…
Tagged with: dark house, denise gossett, faeries, film, jeffrey combs, linkedin, mick garris, screenplay, screenwriting, shriekfest 2009, tammi sutton
Posted in film, writing faeries
Posted in film, writing faeries
Paranormal Activity: the review
Paranormal Activity horror film review “Once every five years, a guy makes a movie for a nickel that can cross over to a broad audience,” says “Paranormal Activity” producer Jason Blum, who, as a senior executive at Miramax Films, had…
Grave Dawn: WWII indie movie
Charlie Hofheimer (Father’s Day, Black Hawk Down, The Village, Blur) co-producing WWII indie film based on a true story. A few years ago I worked on a film project titled “BLUR“. It was a challenging experience, but through it I…
Tagged with: Black Hawk Down, charlie hofheimer, film, Grave Dawn, indie movie, linkedin, movie, RED ONE, The Village, WWII
Posted in film, trailers
Posted in film, trailers
paying to pitch
There are lots of sites and services that charge writers or filmmakers for the opportunity to “pitch” their projects. And there are just as many filmmakers and writers who decry the practice as an outright scam focused on simply taking…
Tagged with: film, great american pitch fest, greenwriter, inktip, linkedin, movie, screenwriting, script stork, virtual pitch fest
Posted in film, screenwriting
Posted in film, screenwriting
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