Writer-director Zach Cregger described the writing process for Weapons as "writing on a tightrope," entering the script ...

Acting often means interpreting the dialogue, actions, and directions set down in a screenplay. But what is it called when an actor goes off script? Actors sometimes have the opportunity to deviate ...

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 ...

Screenplays are a different beast than a novel or short story. While they are a form of storytelling, scripts aren’t intended to be standalone pieces of work—they are the blueprints for a film or TV ...

Whiplash was Damien Chazelle’s feature-length debut, and the film immediately proved his talent as both a screenwriter and a director. The story follows a young boy named Andrew Neiman, who enrolls at ...

Diane Thomas was a waitress when she made headlines for the script sale of what would become a box office smash. But the Cinderella story had a sad ending. By Bob Mehr Each day, before her waitressing ...