Tag Archives: Writing

416: Saving the World with Guest Ashley Warren

Posted on December 7, 2020 by The Flickcast

Welcome to a brand new episode of The Flickcast, a pop culture podcast about stuff nerds love. On this week’s show Chris welcomes guest Ashley Warren to talk about a whole bunch of stuff they love. A small example of … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Podcasts | Tagged Ashley Warren, D&D, DM's Guild, Dungeons and Dragons, Hecta, Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, Narrative Design, RPG, RPG Writers Workshop, Scribemind, Tabletop Gaming, Wizards of the Coast, Working from Home, Writing | Comments Off

411: Making the Donuts

Posted on November 2, 2020 by The Flickcast

On this episode Chris and Joe move on from Horror and Halloween into a hell of a different kind: development. That’s right, this week the boys go deep into the filmmaking process and discuss how the sausage is made. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcasts | Tagged Above-the-Line, Below-the-Line, Budgets, Development, Development Hell, Director, Editing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Process, Gaffer, Grip, Movies, Notes, Post Production, Pre-Production, Process, Production, Scripts, Sound, Studios, The Business, TV, Writing | Comments Off

Amazon Studios Announces ‘Amazon Storyteller’ Service

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Joe Gillis

If you read that headline, you may be confused. What exactly is Amazon Storyteller? Well, it’s a new service from Amazon Studios that allows writers to turn their scripts into storyboards, complete with characters and dialog. This new storyboard can … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, News, Tech, TV, Writing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Storyteller, Amazon Studios, Movies, Online, Press Release, Screenplays, Scripts, Storyboard, Tech, The Internets, TV, Writing | Comments Off

Wil Wheaton Reads Warren Ellis’ ‘Gun Machine’

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Joe Gillis

We like many things in the world of movies, tv, comics and pop culture. The content of this post will include several of those. What could it be? It’s a video. And in this video you’ve got geek icon Wil … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Video | Tagged Ben Templesmith, Books, Comics, Geek, Gun Machine, Novels, Video, Warren Wllis, Wil Wheaton, Writers, Writing | Comments Off

Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut Not What You Might Expect

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

There are few actors as ‘hot’ as Ryan Gosling right now, the man has the work load of Ryan Reynolds with the industry cred Micheal Fassbender. Now he is looking to capitalize on that sizzle by making his directorial debut with How … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Casting, Directors, Fantasy, Movies, News, Writers | Tagged Christina Hendricks, Dark Fairy Tale, Debut, Directing, Fantasy, How To Catch A Monster, Movies, News, Ryan Gosling, Writing | Comments Off

Software Review: Final Draft Reader for iOS

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Chris Ullrich

For screenwriters in Hollywood and elsewhere, the usual software tool for writing that million dollar screenplay is Final Draft. The software has been around for years, is used by most every TV and film production, and currently sits at version … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile, Mobile Apps, News, Software, Tech | Tagged Apple, Final Draft, Final Draft Reader, iOS, iPad, iPad 2, iTunes, iTunes Store, Mobile, Mobile Apps, New iPad, Screenplays, Screenwriting, Script Writing, Writing | 2 Comments

Fox Brings Max Landis Back to Write ‘Chronicle 2’

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Matt Raub

With the “found footage” movie Chronicle making so much money at the box office, especially in relation to how much it cost, it was pretty much inevitable a sequel was going to be made. Fortunately, Fox seems to be playing … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Writers, Writing | Tagged Alex Russell, Chronicle, Dane DeHann, Deals, Found Footage, Fox, Max Landis, Michael B. Jordan, Movies, Sci-Fi, Sequels, Superheroes, Writers, Writing | Comments Off

Marvel Taking Its Characters To a New Medium: The Novel

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Joe Gillis

It may seem like an odd choice for a company famous for its books with all the pictures, but Marvel has announced they will be taking their most famous superhero creations and putting them into a brand new format: prose … Continue reading →