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The Tentpoles of 2019

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October 21, 2014 Film Industry, Follow Up, Genres, How-To, Pitches, Projects, Rights and Copyright, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

Craig and John discuss the 31 superhero movies slated for the next few years. Is it good business or a trainwreck in the making?

How do you move from a vague idea to an actual pitch? We talk about what you say when you’re in the room pitching on a project, and why passion trumps plot in most cases.

We also look at copyright and how the current system is broken for everyone.

Next week will be Craig-less, because we’re recording live at the Austin Film Festival with a bunch of amazing guests.

Links:

  • The new iMac with 5k Retina display
  • OSX Yosemite
  • Retina displays on Wikipedia
  • Comedy Bang Bang
  • John’s schedule at the 2014 Austin Film Festival
  • Help is on the way at writeremergency.com
  • If there is a problem with your shirt order, reach out to Stuart
  • The 31 scheduled superhero films
  • Copywrong by Louis Menand, from the New Yorker
  • Dragonbox secretly teaches algebra to your children
  • Does Lockheed Martin really have a breakthrough fusion machine?
  • Tweet “help” to @writeremergency for assistance
  • Get premium Scriptnotes access at scriptnotes.net and hear our 1,000th subscriber special
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Jackie Ann (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 11-4-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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