The battle of the summer is officially on. When the release dates for Barbie and Oppenheimer were released, the moviegoing world went into a frenzy.…
Has Hollywood always had “healthy contempt” for creativity? This is why David Simon thinks so. The Writers Guild of America strike is officially in its…
The extended deadline for SAG-AFTRA negotiations is approaching fast. This has been the summer of strikes. Although the Directors Guild of America met an agreement…
Sometimes a character exists to take us on a journey and nothing more. It seems like every time someone wants to talk about storytelling or…
How can you make your characters pop off the page? Have you ever gotten sucked into a show or movie based on the characters? You…
More money, more problems for Disney. Just a few years ago, Disney was riding high with a huge percentage of the market share and multiple…
Vietnam is getting serious about this particular set decor. Less than a week since banning director Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie, Vietnam bans the Chinese-produced…
Check out Francis Ford Coppola’s recommend reads that inspired him. Inspiration can come to filmmakers in so many different ways. For Francis Ford Coppola, his…
What are the similarities and differences when it comes to working in film versus working in podcasting? What lessons can we take from filmmaking into…
Short stories are all the rage in Hollywood right now because they are extremely adaptable. Things have gotten really strange in the intellectual property wars…