The ScreenCraft Screenwriting Blog

Yesterday, several news sources announced that Sony Pictures has made a preemptive acquisition for the film rights to Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In: Women, Work,…
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Last night marked the wrap of the 20th Annual Slamdance Film Festival and awards ceremony, where Slamdance announced the feature film and short film recipients…
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Below are the top 50 scripts of the 2013 ScreenCraft Action/Thriller Script Contest. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far and thanks…
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It’s every screenwriter’s worst nightmare that his or her idea might be someday stolen by a large conglomerate, and that the then-unknown writer will be…
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Recently, the script for The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, was leaked to the internet. Because of this, the director says that he is…
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Today’s session: Living in Los Angeles. So, you spent money on an education, did you? Welp, did you get yourself a film degree? Or perhaps…
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Right after its Sundance Film Festival deal of picking up domestic rights to Lynn Shelton’s Laggies, A24 has also acquired North American distribution rights to…
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Yesterday, Deadline Hollywood announced that Gaumont International Televison’s Barbarella has been set up at Amazon Studios. The Gaumont International TV series Barbarella is based on…
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"I'm honored to be recognized by a Festival that gave me some of my first opportunities to connect with an audience. Slamdance continues to provide…
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