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Al Pacino said he initially rejected $1 million to star in 'The Godfather Part II' because the script was 'unfinished.' The screenwriter called the first draft 'crap.'
Al Pacino wrote in his new memoir "Sonny Boy" that Paramount kept trying to increase his salary to …
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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'It Ends With Us' screenwriter on the potential for a sequel to the new Blake Lively movie
Colleen Hoover wrote "It Starts With Us" in 2022 after she was "inundated with requests" from fans …
Eve Crosbie
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'It Ends With Us' screenwriter on why Blake Lively's character's obsession with Ellen DeGeneres is left out of the movie
References to the TV host featured pretty prominently in Colleen Hoover's 2016 novel, which has now…
Eve Crosbie
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'It Ends With Us' screenwriter on landing a Taylor Swift song for the movie's soundtrack: 'It's as if she wrote it for this'
The Blake Lively movie features a Taylor Swift needle drop in a key scene. Screenwriter Christy Hal…
Eve Crosbie
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'Deadpool & Wolverine' screenwriters reveal secrets and spoilers, including the movie's original villain and who wrote that Hugh Jackman divorce joke
"Deadpool & Wolverine" screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick divulge secrets and spoilers fro…
Jason Guerrasio
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The 'Challengers' ending explained — and why its screenwriter thinks that question you're asking yourself is irrelevant
Zendaya's latest movie, "Challengers," has an ambiguous ending and is creating a buzz like "Saltbur…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Behind the scenes: 2 in 3 Indian screenwriters lament lack of pay incentives
Indian screenwriters are dissatisfied with their pay and credits. A report by Ormax and Tulsea stat…
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Film and TV writers 'should not fear' AI, the former chairman of UCLA's screenwriting program says
Richard Walter, a screenwriter for half a century, says AI tools like ChatGPT can be a useful tool …
Aaron Mok
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Hollywood screenwriters are OK with using bots like ChatGPT to write scripts as long as they still get the credit
The Writers Guild of America is proposing that screenwriters can use ChatGPT for scripts, according…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon gave 'Air' screenwriter sole credit to 'pay it forward' from when they got a chance as up-and-coming writers
Ben Affleck told "Air" screenwriter Alex Convery that he and Matt Damon wanted to "pay it forward" …
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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The screenwriters of Netflix's 'Spiderhead' talk spoilers, the original ending, and coming up with that yacht-rock soundtrack
Based on the 2010 short story from acclaimed author George Saunders, the movie stars Hemsworth as S…
Jason Guerrasio
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The screenwriters of Netflix's 'Spiderhead' talk spoilers, the original ending, and coming up with that yacht-rock soundtrack
Based on the 2010 short story from acclaimed author George Saunders, the movie stars Hemsworth as S…
Jason Guerrasio
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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' screenwriter explains how Obi-Wan got his 'groove back' in episode 4
The show's head writer, Joby Harold, spoke to Insider about the latest episode and explained that c…
Jason Guerrasio
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I write movies for Lifetime. I broke in when I was in my 30s by cold-emailing screenwriters — here's how, and the formula I use to sell scripts.
Melissa Cassera says the "soapy, salacious Lifetime movies" she writes need tropes and a happy endi…
PollyAnna Brown
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A screenwriter was inspired by Wordle's success and his 'lewd and lascivious' mind to create Lewdle, a NSFW word game that's going viral
Gary Whitta told Insider why he created Lewdle, a Wordle-inspired word-guessing game featuring only…
Louis Staples
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I got my big break as a Lionsgate screenwriter after I moved 2,000 miles from Hollywood. Here's how I made connections and worked my way up from security guard to my dream career.
Ken Miyamoto taught himself to write scripts before taking an apartment across the street from Sony…
Ken Miyamoto
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A 'Sopranos' screenwriter who was fired from the show reveals that James Gandolfini insisted on taking him out to dinner the night he was let go
"Jim called me up after he finished work that day. He knew what had happened, and he said, 'I'm tak…
Libby Torres
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Olympian Tom Daley is 20 years younger than his screenwriter husband, Dustin Lance Black. Here's a timeline of their relationship.
Dustin Lance Black and Tom Daley have been together since 2013.Michael Tran / Getty
Frank Olito
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'Edward Scissorhands' screenwriter said she cried when she realized the movie's importance to people with disabilities
Caroline Thompson spoke at the Reel Abilities Film Festival and told Insider that it's a "beautiful…
Jacob Sarkisian
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The 'Edward Scissorhands' screenwriter thinks Johnny Depp's libel trial was 'he-said-she-said bulls---'
Caroline Thompson told Insider that while she thought Depp's removal from "Fantastic Beasts" was "s…