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Let’s Make Some Oscar Bait

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May 30, 2017 Scriptnotes

In a new installment of How Would This Be a Movie, John and Craig take a look at three stories in the news to discuss how to adapt them into award-winning movies.

We also discuss why the studios are allowed to negotiate as one for the WGA contract.

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UPDATE 6-25-17: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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