Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 370th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other…
Time for the 370th installment of Saturday Hot Links, your week’s essential reading about movies, TV, streaming, Hollywood, and other things of writerly interest.
Golden Globes 2019: The Complete List of Nominees.
Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg Announced as 2019 Golden Globes Hosts.
Golden Globe TV Nominations Favor New Shows and Familiar Faces.
The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2019 Golden Globe Nominations.
Female Directors Shut Out of Golden Globe Nominations.
Golden Globes: Weighing the Odds for TV’s Most Recent Series.
Both Kevin Hart and the Academy Benefit From His Hosting.
Kevin Hart Steps Down as Oscar Host.
Eighth Grade, Beale Street Among AFI’s Top 10 Movies.
Writers Guild Awards Announces 2019 TV Nominees.
‘Oz’ Creator Tom Fontana to Be Honored by Writers Guild of America East.
BAFTA Follows Academy, Shifts 2020 Film Awards Date.
The Best Cast Films of 2018, According to Casting Directors.
The 16 Best Film Performances by Actors in 2018.
New York Times Critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott Name Best Films of 2018.
The 20 Best Movie Trailers Of 2018.
Hollywood Reporter Unveils Major Initiative to Promote Inclusivity in Entertainment.
No More “We Can’t Find Any Black Female Writers”: Here Are 62 Scribes in One Photo.
NBC Unveils Alternative Directors Program All-Female Inaugural Class.
Female Blockbuster Writers Team to Help Hollywood’s “Development Ills”.
Outgoing GOP Congressman Wants to Be a Hollywood Screenwriter.
How Asia Is Reinventing the Moviegoing Experience for the Streaming Age.
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Did Not Have a Crazy Good Opening in China.
EuropaCorp Is Shuttering Its In-House Distribution Business.
Judd Apatow Says Working On Network TV Is “Creativity With A Gun To Your Head”.
Guillermo Del Toro Shares A List Of Unproduced Scripts He’s Written & Laments The Time “Lost” Due To The Projects.
The Incredibles’ Brad Bird Threw Out Almost Three Movies’ Worth Of Material to Make the Sequel.
Horror Is Not Defined by What Scares You.
Why the Two-Hour Movie is Dead, According to ‘Avengers 4’ Directors the Russo Brothers.
‘Die Hard’ Is Not A Christmas Movie, According To A New Poll.
‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury.
How the TV Star Has Replaced the Movie Star, According to One Top Talent Agent.
The New TV Season: Reboots and Reality Shows Are Sinking. Fallon Counters a Move by Colbert.
Hollywood Has Long Turned to Novelists for Help. But Poets?
Netflix Wants to Have Its Theatrical Exhibition Cake and Stream It, too.
Lay Offs Hit Daybreak Studios, Rumored at 70.
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s mobile video service Quibi adds more stars to its roster.
Reddit Surpasses 1.4 Billion Video Views a Month.
Tumblr to Ban All Adult Content.
Bob Dylan and Neil Young join forces for special one-off festival.
Listen: Scriptnotes (Episode 377).
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week
It’s not too soon to be thinking about courses I am offering through Screenwriting Master Class in 2019.
January 7, 2019 — Craft: Pixar and the Craft of Storytelling
presented by Scott Myers
January 21, 2019 — Craft: Story Summaries — From Loglines to Beat Sheets
presented by Scott Myers
February 4, 2019 — Craft: Handling Exposition
presented by Scott Myers
February 18, 2019 — Craft: Scene Description Spotlight
presented by Scott Myers
March 4, 2019 — Craft: Character Development Keys
presented by Scott Myers
March 18, 2019 — Craft: Create a Compelling Protagonist
presented by Scott Myers
April 1, 2019 — Craft: Write a Worthy Nemesis
presented by Scott Myers
April 15, 2019 — Craft: Scene-Writing Workshop
presented by Scott Myers
April 29, 2019 — Craft: Dialogue-Writing Workshop
presented by Scott Myers
May 13, 2019 — Craft: The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling
presented by Scott Myers
NOTE: Since I’m in the holiday spirit, each of these one-week Craft classes is on SALE! Regular price: $95. Sale price: $79.
Here is my summer 2019 group workshop schedule:
May 27, 2019 — Prep: From Concept to Outline (Session 1)
presented by Scott Myers
June 10, 2019 — Pages I: Writing First Draft
presented by Scott Myers
July 8, 2019 — Prep: From Concept to Outline (Session 2)
presented by Scott Myers
I only offer my Craft classes once per year. Moreover the two Prep and one Pages I workshops I have scheduled in summer 2019 are the only times I will be leading group versions of these courses.
Consider the Craft Package: All 10 Craft classes for $40 per course. Exclusive access to the Craft curriculum. Automatic enrollment in each Craft class.
For more information, go here.
As always, I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!