Sentences with phrase «first screenplay written»

Amy Heckerling's directorial debut (from the first screenplay written by Cameron Crowe) features an ensemble cast of then - unknown stars (including Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, and...

Not exact matches

She is an ambitious mom who recently wrote her first screenplay for a project in a screenwriting class at the local college and, on a whim, submitted it to a writing contest.

After writing for The Wire and Boardwalk Empire and having three of his novels made into a trio of well - reviewed movies (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island), Dennis Lehane has finally written his first screenplay.

It was not until he turned to playwright Tony Kushner, who earlier wrote «Munich» at Spielberg's behest, that he began to hear Lincoln's voice, perhaps a little too fulsomely; Kushner's first draft was more than 500 pages, nearly five times the customary length of a screenplay.

The problem is the screenplay, written by first - timer Dorothy Blyskal, who can't overcome the daunting hurdle that would face anyone trying to adapt this incident into a film: there's no story to tell until the thing happens, and once it happens, it's over in a few minutes.

During his time at Video Archives, the fledgling filmmaker began writing screenplays, completing his first, True Romance, in 1987.

Married three times, Virginia Bruce's first husband was silent screen idol John Gilbert, with whom she costarred in Downstairs (1932), an obscure but lively melodrama for which Gilbert had written the screenplay.

Kushner first encountered the challenge of fact - based drama when he wrote the screenplay for Spielberg's 2005 film «Munich,» which recounted the terrorist attacks at the 1972 Olympics and their aftermath.

The screenplay is also written by Oren Moverman, adapting from the novel by Herman Koch, first published in 2009.

First, an almost flawless first time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.&rFirst, an almost flawless first time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.&rfirst time original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski, whose only other writing credit was for his adaptation of the Icelandic film that became the Mark Wahlberg hit «Contraband.»

The first trailer for Dark Places, an adaptation for Gillian Flynn's second novel — she didn't write the screenplay for this one, though — was released yesterday and it looks much darker and more true crime - y than Gone Girl.

(He also wrote the screenplay but it's not his first; he shared credit for last year's Keanu.)

The directorial debut of Bryan Buckley, The Bronze serves as a star vehicle for The Big Bang Theory's Melissa Rauch, who also co-wrote the screenplay with her husband Winston (their first, and it shows), and it makes you wonder why anyone would write such a vile, intolerable character for themselves to play.

Jonze both wrote and directed Her, making it his first solo feature screenplay.

The first film starred Olivia Cooke, and White himself wrote the screenplay with his regular cohort Juliet Snowden (Boogeyman, Knowing, The Possession).

Leitch's first credited directorial effort is on «Atomic Blonde,» whose screenplay was written by Kurt Johnstad.

Screenwriter David Seidler wrote a stage treatment «as a way to work out the relationships among the characters for himself», according to his manager Jeff Aghassi in an interview last year with The New York Times, though the screenplay is believed to have come first.

But Heyman hasn't forgotten the other highly anticipated fan project he's working on, namely Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first Harry Potter film not be a direct adaptation of one of the books, and the first to have a screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself.

FUN FACTS: - This is the first time we see the face of Blofeld, even though he has made appearances in the previous movies - The screenplay was written by notable children's author Roald Dahl - The title theme song was written by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse and performed by Nancy Sinatra.

With the screenplay written by Sylvester Stallone, who first established worldwide recognition as a writer when his screenplay Rocky, won the Academy Award ® in 1976 for Best Picture, Homefront is based on the book by Chuck Logan.

It has been an exceptional franchise in that its global grosses continue to grow with each new installment, with Clint Culpepper's Screen Gems releasing in the U.S. Anderson, who wrote all the screenplays, directed the first film, skipped the next two and returned to direct the last three 3D efforts.

He has just made his first venture into film — writing the screenplay for What's New Pussycat?

Her latest, Laggies, is her first directorial outing where Shelton has not also written the screenplay (Andrea Siegel gets her first credit instead), which divorces the film from a body of work largely improvised and often careening off the cuff to mostly enjoyable effect.

Written and directed by Dale Launer, who had been the screenwriter for some pretty good comedies, such as My Cousin Vinny, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Ruthless People, this would be his first and last attempt at directing (also his last screenplay).

In a first for the studio, Linda Woolverton was hired to write the screenplay - before her, Disney's animated features had depended only on storyboarding.

If not for the fact that the same actors are playing the same characters, one really could look at this movie as its own entity (The screenplay may have been co-written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who also wrote the script for the first film, but it often feels as if the characters have been transplanted into the screenplay for an unrelated story — perhaps one written by the other co-screenwriters Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John).

Francis Coppola's (he dropped the «Ford» in the»80s) Life Without Zoe (34:19) is the film's insignificant weak link, although it is noteworthy for being the first writing credit of Coppola's daughter Sofia, who has since blossomed into an esteemed director herself and an original screenplay Oscar winner.

First of all, the screenplay which was written by Wright and Michael Bacall seems to be written by a comedian suffering from ADD.

The direction and screenplay is by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Change - Up, Rebound), whose claim to fame comes from writing the screenplay for the first Hangover film.

Silent Hill 2 was first announced last September, with Silent Hill screenwriter Roger Avary writing the new screenplay.

Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald return to produce and Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed the first two films of the franchise, will direct the film from a screenplay written by Ethan Cohen, based on the comic book by Lowell Cunningham.

Cinephilia and Beyond claims to have gotten hold of a 1999 note written by the auteur to fellow filmmaker James Brooks, who helped Anderson fund his first feature - length film, Bottle Rocket, and wrote an introduction to Anderson's Rushmore screenplay, which was published by Faber & Faber.

Apatow first collaborated with Rogen when he was an actor on «Freaks and Geeks»; soon after, Rogen submitted his first screenplay (written with his best friend, Evan Goldberg) to Apatow as a writing sample, and the producer was impressed.

We have the first trailer and poster from the Fox Searchlight film directed by Amma Asante from a screenplay written by Misan Sagay.

The screenplay by Michael Bacall (who also wrote the first film), Oren Uziel, and Rodney Rotham doesn't stop there; it doesn't just go for the easy laugh.

Gone Girl's Gillian Flynn is writing the script, her first screenplay that's not based off of one of her own books.

Bryan Buckley is a long - time commercials director but first - time feature director who works here from a screenplay Rauch wrote with her husband, Winston.

It was first written prose style and then turned into a screenplay by a university professor, Pat Rushin, who teaches English at the University of Florida.

This is not a difficult story to tell, no matter how many times the screenplay (based on a «controversial» book by Ranulph Fiennes — controversial due to wide speculation that it was not, as the movie states, based on a true story) zigzag from country to country, but in the hands of first - time director Gary McKendry (who wrote the script with Matt Sherring), Killer Elite struggles to accomplish even basic coherence.

Perhaps emboldened by No Country's success, McCarthy did something unexpected: He wrote an original screenplay, his first in years.

As first reported by TheWrap, Joe Robert Cole will write «Black Panther,» and while it's unclear whether Coogler will have an official screenplay credit, he'll likely work with Cole and Marvel executives to hone one cohesive vision for the film, which is an important entry in the Marvel Comic Universe.

The screenplay is written by Eric Kirsten; based on the screenplay for the Japanese film Taiyô no uta (first released in 2006) by Kenji Bando.

Adapting Jane Austen is an unexpected move for Stillman, whose first four films used original screenplays written only by him.

«The Executioner's Song»: Norman Mailer wrote the screenplay for this TV movie based on his book about Gary Gilmore, the Utah killer who made headlines in the late»70s when he insisted that his death sentence be carried out, making him the first person to be executed in the U.S. in more than a decade.

The first - time helmer Peele (who also wrote the screenplay) updates the simmering suburban paranoia of «The Stepford Wives» into a 21st century nightmare in which micro-aggressions are murder on more than just your nerves — and all too familiar in today's still - divided America.

Star Chris Evans will reprise his title role from «Captain America: The First Avenger» in the sequel, which will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also wrote the first First Avenger» in the sequel, which will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who also wrote the first first film.

#tbt to when all I listened to was the Cats the Musical soundtrack while writing my first feature screenplay.

Guadagnino also touches on the long development process for his films, working with 87 - year - old James Ivory who wrote the Call Me by Your Name screenplay and was at one time going to direct, ageism in the business, his muse Tilda Swinton, and getting roundly booed in Venice with his first film.

A Brooklyn crime drama with this cast, directed by Roskam and written by Lehane in his first feature screenplay (he's written some for HBO shows The Wire and Boardwalk Empire) should have been an event film for me, but The Drop ultimately remains a little too undercooked and over-familiar to amount to more than the sum of its parts.

Garland wrote the screenplay based on the bestselling novel by Jeff VanderMeer (the first book in his Southern Reach trilogy), and while it doesn't look like the studio has released an official synopsis for the film, here's the book synopsis from the publisher if you'd like more info: