Tag: WGA
British Thespian Luke Evans to Star in The Amateur American
FilmNation Entertainment and Likely Story have cast Hollywood’s latest leading-man, British actor Luke Evans (Tamara Drewe) to star in the action-thriller The Amateur American. Written and to be directed by Ross Katz, The Amateur American is scheduled to shoot in Europe in September.
Based on the novel of the same title by J. Saunders Elmore, The Amateur American is written and will be directed by DGA-WGA Winner Katz, previously helmed HBO Films’ Taking Chance, who also produced such indie flicks as In the Bedroom and Lost In Translation. This thriller is about a young American living in Paris who accepts a job working for a shadowy employer and soon finds himself framed for murder and caught up in a deadly game of espionage, blackmail, and deceit.
Inception, Social Network Win WGA Awards
The Sci-fi mystery Inception and the Facebook drama The Social Network won top screenplay honors Saturday night at the Writers Guild of America awards.
Inception writer Christopher Nolan won a Best Original Screenplay and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin won in the Adapted Screenplay category, showing they liked Aaron Sorkin’s work over that of 127 Hours screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, I Love You Phillip Morris screenplay by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, The Town screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard, and True Grit screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Nolan and Inception beat out Black Swan screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; story by Andres Heinz, The Fighter screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Kids Are All Right screenplay by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, and Please Give screenplay by Nicole Holofcener.
2011 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Nominations Announced
The Writers Guild of America (WGA), West (WGAW) and East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2010.
The WGA said that many acclaimed films were not eligible. They include: Another Year, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer, The King’s Speech, Made in Dagenham, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Toy Story 3 and Winter’s Bone. Of course, last year great screenplays like Inglourious Basterds and An Education didn’t make the cut, and those went on to get Oscar nominations later in the same month.
Winners will be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City.
The WGA Strike is Officially Over!
In the words of the late, great Rodney Dangerfield, “Hey everybody, we’re all gonna get laid!”
I don’t know if that quote really applies here, but in my mind it fits. Everyone in Hollywood is breathing a sigh of relief this evening, as the members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have voted to accept the deal proposed by the AMPTP, thus ending the now over 3 month old strike.
In a statement made today by WGA leadership, the guild had this to say:
On Tuesday, members of the Writers Guilds East and West voted by a 92.5% margin to lift the restraining order that was invoked on November 5th. The strike is over.
The Writers Strike Explained
As you may have heard, there’s a big brou-ha-ha going on in Hollywood with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picketing the big studios for a fairer wedge of the almighty dollar.
As the protest rolls into its third month, production has halted on a huge number of top-rated TV shows and hotly-anticipated flicks – forcing us to face the very real possibility that 2009 will be a very bad year for films.
What’s The Strike All About Then?
The WGA is basically calling out for more money and a fairer deal from their paymasters, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The trouble stems from major changes in the industry for which the WGA claims they are not being adequately compensated.
Since the rise of “new media” (that’s the Internet, in case you were wondering) and the boom in DVD sales, the scribes are calling out for royalty payments to be brought into line. The studios, however, don’t agree, hence 12,000 hacks downing pens and picking up placards on November 5, 2007. Continue Reading…
