Archive for March, 2008
Sanjay Shah’s Episode of King of the Hill
Past guest and buddy of mine, Sanjay Shah (Story Editor at King of the Hill) is pleased to announce that an episode he wrote, called "Pour Some Sugar on Kahn" will air tomorrow, Sunday March 30th at 8:30PM. He says it no longer has anything to do with the very great Def Leppard song by the (almost) same name because the script changed a lot from [...]
Anthony Minghella Died on the 18th
I don't know how this got past me. I guess we've been swamped over the Guild. According to Variety, Producer-writer-director Anthony Minghella died at the age 54 of a brain hemorrhage. His credits include "Cold Mountain," "The Talented Mr Ripley," "The English Patient" and "Truly Madly Deeply." [...]
Kevin and Matt /Post Pitches / Catherine Ann Jones
We just finished up the weekend with film execs, Kevin Chang of Misher Films and Matt Skiena of Village Roadshow. They were extremely forthcoming and generous during our extensive interview/Q&A session with yours truly. That was some turnout - around 50-60 people. We even got to see a new trailer for Speed Racer, as well as a promo [...]
WA State Screenplay Competition
I'm pleased to finally announce that the 11th Annual WA State Screenplay Competition will be co-sponsored and co-run by the Northwest Film Forum and us, the NWSG. The good thing is that being a member of either organization does not, and I repeat, does not prevent you from entering in the competition. You just have to [...]
Captain Subtext
I just watched a rerun of the brilliant BBC sitcom, COUPLING. In this episode, called, Her Best Friend's Bottom (air date - 9/17/2001), Steve has just accidentally seen Sally's arse in his own bathroom (Sally is Susan's best friend, Susan is Steve's girlfriend) and Jeff, the lovable dork (who works with Susan), pleads with Steve [...]
Finishing a Screenplay Is Fun/Upcoming Screenwriting Competitions
My writing partner and I just finished the fourth (and I hope) final draft of our screenplay, Happy Accident. We've been working on this for a long time, having lived through our brutal page-one rewrite (our main character's name changed!), a significantly revamped third draft, and a polished fourth draft. It's out to our proofreaders to [...]
