andrewpwoodberry

You have my sympathies and admiration, Andrew. ONWARDS!

Andrew Woodberry AKA the smartest guy in the room.

Chock it up as a learning experience. Kick ass on the next one.

Excellent news, well done chaps.

cheers guys!

Not surprised in the least, but delighted for you guys.

The 5th amendment right against self-incrimination includes the right to not have a prosecutor try to insinuate guilt from silence or requesting counsel.

Very interesting. Especially the part about refusing to talk never being brought up in court. Seems like it's always insinuated in movies and television just how bad you'll look for requesting a lawyer.

Yeah, the right against self-incrimination and the right to counsel are huge so anything that even begins to challenge exercising them (e.g., refusing to talk or requesting an attorney) doesn't come in. And if the prosecutor tries to slip it in, that's grounds for mistrial or being overturned on appeal. It's a very serious thing that police/prosecutors shouldn't mess with.

All I keep seeing on twitter are quotes of people raving about how good the screeners they attended were.

I can't see this bombing.

StringerBell -- It's relative. This won't make piles of money compared with Ride Along. Will be interesting to see Get Hard B.O. Even Eddie Murphy/Jim Carrey eventually lost favor as quality of their films declined.

Of course it's relative, but it's on course to make A LOT of money. It doesn't have to match or beat Ride Along to be very successful and keep Hart at the top of studio comedy lists for a while.

I have to say that in this one instance "telling" nstead of showing actually worked nicely to set up the character.

I would agree. I thought it was very effective and I am sure a major page saver.

hmm...it just got an "Impressive" over at Scripshadow.blogspot.com which means something or nothing...but i'll have to download this and read it over the weekend...

Sure.

Cool. Thanks.

I always thought Will would be good in this tennis comedy:

http://forum.tracking-board.com/index.php?/topic/2071-mack-daddy-tom-sheridan-020211/?hl=+mack++daddy

Looks like DEVILS AT PLAY, DRAFT DAY and scripts about SEUSS and Hilary Clinton are making the list. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578173742359909344.html

BrianCD -- you mean a "low" placing would be a PR nightmare right? Because after all the touting of the script as proof that the BL site is a godsend - McCarthy HAS to place high for Franklin to be able to stand tall and say "See I told you" we found a script the whole town likes.

It's really a double edged sword. If it places really high or at all, he'll get a lot of "this guy paid/was an intern". People will doubt the honesty of the list (both Black and Hit anytime someone who paid anything shows up. At the same time, both need to prove they have a monetary value and scripts they push/discover showing up on their industry wide lists is a great marketing tool.

Any idea where one could get hold of all the old Creative Screenwriting Magazines? Either hard copy or PDF form?

Thanks. I was hoping for a PDF download somewhere, but can't seem to find one.

I admit I'm now unhappy that MICHELIN MAN wasn't chosen.

perfectly understandable re; name change as Favs beat em to the punch but AJ is a terrible title. 2b clear, tho..this is NOT BC's Chef..it's STEVEN KNIGHT's

How about SIMMER? It's a cooking term, plus it fits Adam's attitude problems.

What's to say you can't take an ad out yourself :-)

Red is correct. Haha. Whatever it takes.

I don't think it gets made without the ad. Loved the script, but the movie fell a bit flat for me.

Haven't seen it yet but initially liked the casting of Bateman and McCarthy. The TV marketing I've seen, though, is not anything that would have me rushing to the theater.

I love Jason Bateman and wanted to support Craig because I'm a fan of his podcast.

Great podcast. Both are so generous. Craig said he'd be posting the script soon but haven't seen it yet.

Feels like I've been pleasantly surprised by a bunch of comedy lately, but maybe I'm just late to the game (that's the likely answer). Atlanta, Better Things, Fleabag, High Maintenance...

I feel like the writing on this season of Halt and Catch Fire is better than Atlanta but I am enjoying both.

This latest episode of Halt was great

Yikes...

I think that's a great point. I actually left a writers group too because all we ended of doing was talking about different ways to 'land' an agent or mngr. I am of the mind that's so secondary all we really should be talking about is how we can improv as writers.

That forum is nothing but whiners complaining about not being able to break in. This forum is the most nourishing place I've found yet. None of the negativity of that hell hole.

Kinda fun to also follow Deadline's "buzz" articles. By the end of pilot season, Nellie basically just lists every pilot as likely to get picked up. http://deadline.com/2017/04/pilots-2017-more-early-buzz-1202071998/

I've always enjoyed reading the runway articles.

Ooh awesome, thanks!

I thought 1969 was good. Writing solid. Kubrick had a consistent, strong voice. But it just didn't keep me on the edge of my seat or make me laugh or make me feel something emotionally. And without any of those three emotions, I can't do anything more than say the writing is good.

Will have to check out monster calls! My fav so far has been Frisco

I loved Frisco too. The dialogue was so crisp, some great setups/payoffs, and a protag we could root for. I probably did like that one better than Monster.

Thanks for the recommend. I liked the movie but hadn't thought to add the script to my reading queue.

It's got a throwback style with a ton of ellipses.

i wonder what all those ellipses were supposed to do. it was very unusual. we're the writers calling me through the pages, inviting me to read more vanilla dialogue? i had my doubts.

Hey, thanks!

Read the first 30 pages. It's excellent, thanks for the heads up, Andrew.

I'm a little late, but thanks, Andrew! Big War of Art fan, so I'm excited to read this. :-)

Thank Jebus you said that. Been annoying me like I can't explain.

I thought it was something I'd done. Great tip. Ta.

Thank you ever so much for this!

BTW #3 - Great mix of serialization and self-contained episode conflicts.

BTW #4 - I'm up to Emmy award winning episode "In Excelsis Deo". Great back and forth argument between co-writer Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin over who deserved credit for episode here starting Nov 2000: http://www.westwingepguide.com/S1/Episodes/10_IED.html

BTW #5 - Interesting how Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney all ended up on network sitcoms in recent years.

Wait wait, go back to the other status about ABC. They literally cancelled every show I watched on that channel. WTF

Only Nashville surprised me. They screwed Castle by firing Stana Katic & Agent Carter's ratings were sagging. Unlike CBS/Supergirl, no secondary channel for ABC to show Agent Carter on + Hayley Atwell had Conviction in first position regardless.

Still. I loved Galahad (I know, I know, shhhhh) and Agent Carter. Was just disappointed to see em die.

Thanks for both, Andrew. This is the kind of thing that I love for writers to share on here. Appreciate it.

Most of Pilar's podcasts are really great. This one I heard over the weekend I found particularly good for beginning comedy tv/film writers: http://onthepage.libsyn.com/523-the-comic-heros-journey

Yeah, that was pretty wild. Did 4 and have to finish it.

I think the problem is Lena Dunham is what HBO thinks is funny.

Y'all are crazy! Have you seen Barry?

Agree. HBO is under the impression that the rest of the country is as fascinated by the struggles of creative professionals trying to make it NY/LA as creative profesionals in NY/LA are.

Thanks so much, Mike. Technically ours does have an attachment, Chris D'Elia. But I think andrewpwoodberry is probably referring to someone huge like Robert Downey Jr. or Will Ferrell.

It seems to me there are more comedy pitches from established writers that are selling. Anyway, if you think you've got a funny concept don't let that stop you. I'm working on an action comedy now. If it's funny/good enough then hopefully top folks will attach.

You're not wrong, Andrew.

I'll read it this weekend. You've been a great contributor to this site. Thank you.

Thanks, Craig. My contributions are minuscule compared with yours.

sounds funny

GO FOR IT!

YAAAY!

APW you are on fire.