Mar 9th, 2010 · Robert "Joe" Halderman pleads guilty to attempted grand larceny in trying to shake down David Letterman over sexual affairs. Halderman's lawyers initially said he was just offering to sell Letterman a thinly veiled screenplay about the comedian's life.
Feb 19th, 2010 · As newspapers and cable news cut science coverage, where can the science-curious get reliable science and technology news? Ira Flatow and guests discuss how the Internet — including blogs and social media — is filling the coverage gap. Plus, spicing up screenplays with science.
Jan 6th, 2010 · A neglected Tennessee Williams screenplay has finally found a partisan in writer-director Jodie Markell — and a comely star in Bryce Dallas Howard, playing the latest in a long line of flailing Williams women. But if the star is a standout, the script isn't one of the writer's best — and so Markell's film feels both lovingly wrought and laughably outdated.
Jan 5th, 2010 · Valerie Weiss received a Ph.D. in X-ray crystallography from Harvard University, but she wanted to be a filmmaker. So she abandoned the lab, moved to Los Angeles, wrote a screenplay, and is now filming her first feature.
Dec 30th, 2009 · The movie Up in the Air is based on author Walter Kirn's novel of the same name. Kirn had no part in writing the screenplay for the film, and he says the movie is understandably different from the book. Kirn says novels tend to come from the inside of a character, while movies look at them from the outside.
Nov 28th, 2009 · The actor says he was drawn to The Messenger — a film centered on two soldiers who bring military families the grim news about lost loved ones — by the profound humanity of the screenplay. The movie isn't a war story or a political lecture, says Foster, who argues that you could even take the military out of the picture.
Nov 19th, 2009 · Based on Michael Lewis' acclaimed book, John Lee Hancock's julep-sweet screenplay turns a well-told true story into a feel-good fantasy for white liberals — a movie that doesn't dig deep and too often seems content to trade in stereotype. But as ever in Hollywood, the based-on-reality defense will provide a certain amount of cover, and Hancock will probably have an audience pleaser on his hands.
Oct 15th, 2009 · Author Dave Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay for the new film Where The Wild Things Are, says he was particularly drawn to Maurice Sendak's vision of free-form childhood.