Deadline’s Best Film Stories Of The Week

Biblical and Faith-Based Movies: In Hollywood to Stay?
By Anita Busch
After this weekend’s successful opening for Noah, is there any doubt anymore that if Hollywood builds it, they will come?
 
Writers Rail As Talks Resume: A Deadline Survey
By Mike Fleming, Jr.
As talks are about to resume Monday on the final elements that many hope will lead to a new deal for the Writers Guild Of America, we wanted to lend some perspective and give voice to the TV and feature writers whose fortunes will be tied directly to the deal their union makes. Deadline spoke with 10 film and TV scribes and asked them the following questions:
First Question in Deadline’s Writers Survey: How has your ability to make a living improved or deteriorated since the WGA strike and why?
Second Question in Deadline Writers Survey: As a working writer, what is the greatest hardship right now facing you?
Third Question in Deadline Writers Survey: How do you feel about the deal that the WGA is considering?
Fourth Question in Deadline Writers Survey: Would you vote for former WGA president Patric Verrone in his bid for the California State Legislature?

Fifth Question in Deadline Writers Survey: What tangible gains or losses did you realize through the 2008 strike, financial or other?
Q&A: Richard Linklater Firms Summer Release, Talks 12 Years Making ‘Boyhood’
By Mike Fleming Jr.
Boyhood, a time-lapse narrative feature film that Richard ... Read More »

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