How ‘Logan’ got its R Rating

Hugh Jackman dawns the razor sharp claws in his final performance as Wolverine in Jame’s Mangold’s “Logan” that opens this weekend. The movie is the first rated R film n the X-Men franchise, due to Fox studio’s success with the rated R Deadpool in 2016. However taking a bold turn in direction with Wolverine’s final…

Sending off Drafts

On episode 289 of Scriptnotes, John and Craig briefly discuss what they do when they prepare to send of early drafts for feedback. John says that he likes to print out his script because it’s easier for him to catch his mistakes. He also carefully makes sure that he accomplishes what he was striving to…

Getting into ‘Get Out’

Right before the film “Get Out” hits theaters this Friday, Indiewire releases the article Jordan Peele’s Second Act: How the ‘Key & Peele’ Comedy Star Became a Bonafide Horror Director With ‘Get Out’ where Eric Kohn writes about how Jordan Peele entered the world of directing a horror film as his debut. Originally Peele just wrote…

Go Micro!

In a recent Filmmaker Magazine article, Why Make A Micro Budget Film? Scott Macaulay  interviews the micro budget director Paul Harrill on why micro-budgeting is the way to go, along with the pros and cons of doing so. Harrill finishes the article off by saying go with you guy might be the best option when dealing…

Wait! False Alarm: Hollywood is Here to Stay

In Scriptnotes episode 287 Craig and John discuss the article I previously posted (here) about the death of Hollywood. The go more in depth about how this article is, in their words “click baity” and how for years this topic comes up with no significant signs to the demise of Hollywood. There are many interesting topics…

Hollywood on its death bed

In the Vanity Fair article Why Hollywood As We know It Is Already Over  Nick Bilton discusses the course of events that are happening in the entertainment industry and how it is changing and even killing Hollywood as we know it. Hollywood is at an 19 year low of theater sales and it’s largely due…