Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Wicked: For Good, the second film in the Jon M. Chu-directed ...

Just last week the 2009 Black List was officially unveiled, and at the top of the list was a script called The Muppet Man, a biopic about Jim Henson. Some 47 different producers and execs around ...

Salman Khan is taking the producer in him seriously as the superstar says he will only back content- driven projects. The 49-year-old actor whose banner, Salman Khan Films (SKF) has already achieved a ...

The Black List is back. But this time, screenwriters are fighting to get their names on it. Why? This version has nothing to do with anticommunist hysteria. It’s actually a hush-hush report that ranks ...

We all love the natural salesperson. They seem to be able to book meetings effortlessly. But of course, getting appointments is not the same as closing. To reliably close, salespeople must identify ...

Mr Wole Coker, Executive Director Programmes of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has advised movie producers to insist on good scripting for their movies to enjoy better patronage. Coker gave ...

A reader for The Black List says there are a few things to keep in mind before paying for a read. Screenwriters pay to have their scripts scored by readers at the reputable screenplay database site.

When I was a screenwriter in Hollywood, I hated getting notes from producers, directors or studio execs---even if they were good, cogent and likely to improve the script. No, especially if they were ...