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The Architect of Dreams
Inception writer-director Christopher Nolan tells how he dreamt up this summer’s most original screenplay.
BY JEFF GOLDSMITH

Not Just a Pilgrim: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Screenwriter Michael Bacall, writer-director Edgar Wright and Manga creator Bryan Lee O’Malley collaborate to bring Scott Pilgrim’s epic battle for one girl’s heart to the big screen.
BY ADAM STOVALL

Film School Roundup
Your guide to the best film schools in the nation and how to choose the program that fits your needs.
BY DAVID BARBA

Film School From Afar
With the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, you don’t need to live in Los Angeles to get an education in screenwriting.
BY LISA MORGAN

Small Screen for Big Dreams: Niche Markets: Made-for-TV Movies
BY JOHN FOLSOM
Who’s Who: Made-for-TV Movies

Is There Still Such a Thing as a Query Letter?
BY LISA MORGAN

Where to Find Movie and TV Scripts on the Internet
BY LISA MORGAN

Childrens Hospital
Watching the tragedy unfold around him in an emergency room sent funnyman Rob Corddry over the edge. So he took David Wain and co-writer Jon Stern on a wild ride that led to their award-winning webisodes, which then led to a live-action TV show on The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.
BY SEAN KENNELLY

People & News

The Buzz
Scripped.com — a new proving
ground for writers. 8
Breaking In: Logan and Noah Miller
A poignant screenplay and a near-miraculous
encounter with Ed Harris enable Logan
and Noah Miller to crash the big leagues. 10


Breaking In: Greg Russo
Greg Russo: A five-year plan was key
to his screenwriting success. 12
People: Mike Jones
Mike Jones takes the long road to Hollywood
success, but realizes the payoff was
worth the wait. 13


Anatomy of a Spec Sale
When brothers Jim and Brian Kehoe moved to separate cities, it created a void that
was only filled by writing their comedy
spec, You Complete Us. And selling the
script didn’t hurt either. 14


Why I Write: Sylvester Stallone
Action star and Academy Award-nominated
screenwriter Sylvester Stallone talks
about old classics, a new release and
an unlikely script he’s been trying to
get off the ground for three decades. 16


Lost Scenes
Forget lost scenes, the original draft of Day
of the Dead is a lost screenplay! Check
out the zombie flick that writer-director
George A. Romero almost made. 74

Last Words
Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell
throw a funeral in Get Low. 76
COLUMNS


Agent’s Hot Sheet
The New Paradigm
There has been a paradigm shift, and you’d better
know how Hollywood operates circa 2010 if you
plan on embarking on a writing career.
BY JIM CIRILE 54


Our Craft
Revealing Theme Through the
Hero’s Noble Choice
BY KARL IGLESIAS 56

Now Playing


The Kids Are All Right
When it came to writing the story of two
lesbian moms in turmoil, writer-director Lisa Cholodenko found she couldn’t do it by herself, so she enlisted Stuart Blumberg to help her broaden the appeal of her modern-family saga.
BY PETER DEBRUGE 58

Animal Kingdom
Writer-director David Michôd dipped his toe into the art of screenwriting — and the
criminal underside of Melbourne — for
his first feature-length script.
BY PETER CLINES

 Cyrus
As Jay and Mark Duplass see it, the key to
successful improvisation (especially when
working with the likes of John C. Reilly
and Jonah Hill) lies in preparing a well
rounded script for the actors to take or
leave as they see fit.
BY PETER DEBRUGE 61

Centurion
Some 1860 years after Hadrian stood at the
border of Brittania, a young Neil Marshall
tried to imagine the horrors that took place
there. Thirty years later, Marshall
shares those horrors with us.
BY ADAM STOVALL 62

The Other Guys
Co-writers Adam McKay and Chris Henchy
faced their fears and failures on their way
to bringing their new film to the screen.
BY DANNY MUNSO 64		 Now Playing

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Conjuring up a modern take on a magical
world that would please Nicolas Cage as
well as Jerry Bruckheimer was a challenge that the writers of  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice couldn’t pass up.
BY SEAN KENNELLY 66

Get Low
A trio of writers delve into the folk story of a
bitter hermit who wanted to have his funeral before he died and the people who helped him make it happen.
BY PETER CLINES 69

The Extra Man
On his way to becoming a man, Louis Ives
comes dangerously close to becoming a
woman. American Splendor’s Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini help adapt Jonathan Ames’ eccentric novel.
BY PETER DEBRUGE 70

The Dry Land
The U.S. Army responded quickly and
allowed great access for an independent
film when it helped writer-director Ryan
Piers Williams pen a brutally honest story
about a soldier leaving the military
and coming home.
BY PETER CLINES 71  

Predators
Two screenwriters reinvigorate this iconic
sci-fi franchise with a story that involves a
few different types of predators.
BY PETER CLINES

 
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