Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 374th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Time for the 374th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other things of writerly interest.
2018 Domestic Box Office Finishes With Record $11.85 Billion
Better Movies and Risky Bets: How 2018 Box Office Hit a Record
The Moving Pictures Are Big Business Again!
How the Government Shutdown Could Impact Hollywood
Recession Fears Grip Hollywood: Can the Movie Biz Survive a Downturn?
A Commitment Fulfilled: TheWrap Achieves Gender Equity Among Its Film Critics
Every Studio Film Directed By Female Filmmakers Coming Out in 2019 and 2020
Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018
For Black Directors, 2018 Was a Banner Year, Not So Much for Women, Asians
Inclusive Casting is Allowing Stuntwomen to Flourish
60 films to look forward to in 2019
From Netflix to NATO: Who’s Poised to Win and Lose in 2019
From Netflix To Blockchain, 12 Storylines That Will Dominate The International Film Biz In 2019
Warner Bros Wins Rights to $300 Million RatPac-Dune Film Library
Italian Box Office Sinks to Worst Result in a Decade
There Are 10 Minutes Worth Of Fully-Animated ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Deleted Scenes
What ‘Bumblebee’ Can Teach Other Prequels
Bumblebee’ Made Some Big Changes to Distance Itself from Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers’ Movies
‘A Quiet Place’ Was Edited on Mute For A Month, First Two Cuts Done ‘Without One Ounce of Sound’
Ethan Hawke on the ‘Dark and Incendiary’ First Reformed
Adam McKay Had a Heart Attack and His ‘Vice’ Star Christian Bale Saved His Life
How ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Shaped a New Film Genre
There’s Real Math to Prove That Tom Cruise Movies Are Better When He Runs in Them
2018 Was a Landmark Year for Asian American Representation
Historical Accuracy and the Awards Season: What’s at Stake?
How Hollywood Stars Can Make $200,000 on One Red Carpet
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame is the Perfect Monument-as-Metaphor for This Moment
Top 75 Screenwriters And TV Writers To Follow On Twitter
TV Pilots 2019: The Complete Guide
Madison Avenue Worries Over Showdown Between CBS, Nielsen
Every Disney+ TV Show in Development Right Now
There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable
NFL Ratings Rise 5 Percent in 2018
Eric Heisserer’s Short Story ‘Simultaneous’ Getting Hulu Series Adaptation
New on Amazon Prime: January 2019
Coachella reveals 2019 lineup: Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, Tame Impala, Aphex Twin lead the way
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week
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January 21, 2019 — Story Summaries — From Loglines to Beat Sheets
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February 4, 2019 — Handling Exposition
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February 18, 2019 —Scene Description Spotlight
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March 4, 2019 —Character Development Keys
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March 18, 2019 — Create a Compelling Protagonist
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April 1, 2019 — Write a Worthy Nemesis
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April 15, 2019 — Scene-Writing Workshop
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April 29, 2019 — Dialogue-Writing Workshop
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May 13, 2019 —The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling
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