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1:00 PM on 01.23.2013

Illustrated Moonrise Kingdom script available to download

Focus Features has released online an illustrated version of Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola's Academy Award nominated script for their 2012 film, Moonrise Kingdom. You can click through the script on their website and downloa...

Liz Rugg



Beasts of the Southern Wild to be re-released this week photo
Beasts of the Southern Wild to be re-released this week
by Liz Rugg


6:00 PM on 01.15.2013

Warner Bros. wants to make a "Space Odyssey"

No it’s not a rip-off of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, but rather “The Odyssey” by Homer. Yes, the same epic poem that follows Odysseus and his very long journey home after the fall of Troy ...

Logan Otremba

10:00 AM on 12.06.2012

Disney's Tron 3 finds a another new writer

It looks like whatever work David DiGilio accomplished is now being handed off to a new scribe for another go around. Jesse Wigutow has been hired as the new writer for the sequel to Tron: Legacy and will conti...

Thor Latham

1:00 PM on 11.09.2012

Michael Arndt may be writing Star Wars VII

As far as all of the Star Wars news everyone has been reporting on, this little tidbit is a bit more substantial. According to Deadline, Michael Arndt was brought in sometime ago by Lucasfilm before all of this hubbub&nb...

Thor Latham

10:00 AM on 10.30.2012

Warner Bros. picks up Somacell, produced by David Goyer

In what can be described as just barely news, Warner Bros. has just picked up a spec script from first time screenwriter Ashleigh Powell titled Somacell. The story "chronicles a female prison guard in the near ...

Thor Latham

5:00 PM on 10.26.2012

John Logan taking on writing duties for Bond 24 and 25

Bet you didn't expect news about a Bond sequel so soon did ya? Hell, Skyfall hasn't even released in the states yet! Of course, that doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the Bond franchise, because it's not like we'r...

Thor Latham

10:00 AM on 10.25.2012

Wanted 2 still happening, getting new female lead

Did you watch the first Wanted and afterwards think, "Man, I could really go for some more of that"? I certainly have good news for you! The sequel is still chugging along with a screenplay going into second draft stages (and...

Nick Valdez

11:00 AM on 10.09.2012

John Spaihts shares secrets from his Prometheus script

Ah, Prometheus, how I detest that you keep finding your way back into my life, especially with news like this. Jon Spaihts, the screenwriter who worked on several drafts of the script before it was handed off to Damen Lindelo...

Thor Latham

7:00 PM on 09.18.2012

Chan-wook Park to direct a crime drama from Bond scribes

There is no shortage of love around Flixist for the brilliant Chan-wook Park. A master of his craft, he has directed several amazing films, most notably Oldboy, and has established a pedigree of Korean film making that is rar...

Thor Latham

8:00 PM on 08.02.2012

World of Warcraft script getting rewrite by Leavitt

Videogames are serious business and serious business means that videogame movies need serious screenwriters. World of Warcraft is so serious that the original screenplay, written by Saving Private Ryan screenwriter Robert Rod...

Matthew Razak

5:00 PM on 06.22.2012

Alan Moore to work in film of own volition

In the sad way that certain artists come to be known more for succulent ancillary gossip rather than their actual contributions, Alan Moore, like an actor who happens to enjoy rodent-based anal pleasantries, has seen the most...

Jason Savior

11:00 AM on 06.07.2012

Comic scribe Mark Millar says JLA is dark and mature

With word of a screenwriter being brought on to make a Justice League of America film we all assumed that things were just getting underway on the project, but in fact Will Beall has been writing the screenplay for nearly a y...

Matthew Razak



Cabin in the Woods: Joss & Drew's writing process photo
Cabin in the Woods: Joss & Drew's writing process
by Hubert Vigilla


8:00 AM on 03.13.2012

Super Troopers meow 2 script finalized meow

This one comes straight from out lovely community blogs, folks. Manasteel88 is down at SXSW and sat in on a talk that Super Trooper creators Jay Chandrasekhar and Kevin Heffernan gave after showcasing their new film The Babym...

Matthew Razak



Charlie Kaufman on truth, fiction, and meaningful art photo
Charlie Kaufman on truth, fiction, and meaningful art
by Hubert Vigilla


6:00 PM on 08.18.2011

Flixclusive: Bellflower follow-up similar to 'Malkovich'

I'll soon be posting an interview that I conducted with Evan Glodell, the writer/director/producer/star of Bellflower. Everyone on our staff who's seen the film has applauded it, despite the $17,000 budget and not as a handic...

Glenn Morris

10:00 AM on 07.26.2011

Chilean miners sell script to Black Swan producer Medavoy

It's hard to believe it's been almost a full year since the 33 Chilean miners were tragically trapped underground. Mike Medavoy (Black Swan, Shutter Island) has successfully reached an agreement with the representatives of th...

Tom Fronczak

11:00 AM on 06.23.2011

Alex Tse gives wings to The Crow remake

You know that remake of The Crow that's been floating around for awhile? The one with Bradley Cooper set to star as the titular character? News has come out that Watchmen scribe Alex Tse is on board to write a new script for ...

Geoff Henao

9:00 AM on 06.08.2011

TMNT gets M:I screenwriters J.A. and A.N.

Did you check out the last installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen. Remember it was digitally animated and called TMNT? I actually kind of dug it, but it didn't reignite the franchise on screen like it w...

Matthew Razak



9:00 AM on 05.24.2011

Candy Land movie is like Lord of the Rings

Sometimes you write a headline and then you have to stare at it a while and make sure that you're still alive and that the world hasn't actually gone through the Rapture. This was one of those headlines. Speaking recently abo...

Matthew Razak

2:30 PM on 05.19.2011

Flixist Film School: A DIY filmmaking primer

Flixist Film School is proud to present the third installment of our ongoing production series. Part one brought us a great lesson in editing, and part two filled us in on how to write an ending.  In this lesson, we will...

Sam Membrino