Carrie Fisher has had a long career in Hollywood, spanning from her breakout role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars: A New Hope” in 1977, to various guest spots and voice over roles on “30 Rock”, “Family ...

As any aspiring screenwriter knows, the process of writing a movie script isn’t easy. But if you break it down into its discrete parts—the type of script, a strong premise, solid plot, believable ...

When Scott Frank was a child, his father, Barry, bought a small Cessna airplane, and on weekends the two of them would fly. This was the mid-nineteen-seventies, in Los Gatos, California. Barry was a ...

As exemplified by aspiring actor Mia’s multiple messy attempts in Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” reading a script in preparation for an audition can be overwhelming. Though it will never be easy, ...

There’s a moment in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child-- the new play resurrecting Harry and friends onstage in London, and published as a script-book -- when Harry and his old rival Draco Malfoy are ...

When I started out script supervising almost 20 years ago, the tools of the trade were a stopwatch, a pen or pencil, paper, a Polaroid camera and that all important bible, the script. Each script ...

After working on such films as ‘The Ice Storm,’ ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and ‘Synecdoche, New York,’ she became a stills photographer on movie sets. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Mary ...

“Where was it, Denise?” asked Tom, the quiet director. “The left side,” I answered. “Where? Show us.” This was from Andy, the punk assistant director with stringy hair. “On the left,” I replied. “Come ...

ScriptHop aims to get screenplays to the top of the pile at agencies and studios, and not tossed back onto the unwanted stack of unsolicited submissions. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Before a ...

Currently, the best-sellers are parts 1 and 2 of the SBS series “Our Beloved Summer,” which ended in January. The scripts were published as books in February and have sold a combined total of more ...