Tags: scripts
Tags: scripts
Disney Prepares Comedy About ... Synchronized Swimming
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 7:35 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Comedy, Sports, Deals, Scripts via videosift.com To me, the only male synchronized swimmers are the ones above -- Martin Short and Harry Shearer, with a little added choreography from a spandex-clad Christopher Guest.
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Columbia Catches Cute Comedy Concept in 'Mythological Veterinarian'
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 7:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Now, unless there's another Andrew Kurtzman writer in Hollywood with two new projects on the way, this is the ex SNL writer who brought us the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and hasn't gotten anything to the screen since 1996's Down Periscope.
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Do Not Want: Talking Animal Comedy from 'Made of Honor' Screenwriter
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
It was honestly one of the worst wide releases I've ever seen. And Walden Media has just picked up a pitch from him to write a family comedy called Housebroken, about a motley group of talking animals forced to live under one roof when their owners move in together.
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'Elfquest' Coming to the Big Screen
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Hollywood has been toying with an adaptation for a long time, but have only managed a few animated attempts. It's all about a tribe of elves called the Wolfriders, who fight for survival on an alien world called Abode.
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'Red Dawn' Remake Finds Writer and Director
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
But facing them again all these years later? As Red Dawn scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?"
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Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, & Anand Tucker Take on the Yorkshire Ripper
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Forget about a long drama like Zodiac -- Variety reports that three directors have signed on to helm films about the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper in the 1970s and early 1980s -- each taking a certain time-span of the crimes, based on David Peace's collection of books called Red Riding Quartet.
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So What's Coming Soon from Joss Whedon?
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
A cabin in the woods ( yeah ). I don't know if it'll be about five college students on their way to an old, abandoned cabin in the woods, but there's a project on Joss Whedon's plate that isn't Dr. That may be the case, but he's a man while awesome-sounding projects on the way.
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Michael Bay's Rejected 'The Dark Knight' Script
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Comedy, Fandom, Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels Have you ever wondered what The Dark Knight might look like written by someone other than Christopher Nolan? One who had more action movies on his resume.
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The Geek Beat: Solo Supervillains
Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:34 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, The Geek Beat Happy day! Or, at least, we get to discuss it via the script reviews, as two have popped up online, courtesy of Sal's Scripts and the Coventry Telegraph.
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The RZA Directing 'The Man with the Iron Fist'
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 2:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
"RZA has developed a martial arts film with Hollywood pal Eli Roth called The Man with the Iron Fist, which he says has "the blessing" of his 'teacher,' Quentin Tarantino." The combination of those names with "martial arts film" is what had people buzzing.
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