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Charlie's Angels

Go, while you can get it

February 28, 2012 Charlie's Angels, Go, News

The deal between Starz and Netflix expires March 1st, so if you have any titles you’re eager to watch online, get cracking. Among my movies, that includes Go and the first Charlie’s Angels. The Nines and Titan A.E. will still be available.

Writing fight scenes

July 19, 2011 Charlie's Angels, QandA, Words on the page

In a screenplay, you’re not going to write every punch. Rather, you need to get specific about what makes this fight unique to this moment and this movie.

WTF is a beat sheet?

July 19, 2010 Charlie's Angels, Ops, Projects, QandA, Treatments

Is a beat sheet an actual thing, or a mythical Hollywood construct?

Monsterpocalypse, and why some projects get announced (and others don’t)

June 10, 2010 Big Fish, Charlie's Angels, Monsterpocalypse, Projects

I’m going to be writing a big movie version of Monsterpocalpyse for DreamWorks, based on Matt Wilson’s kaiju-themed giant-monsters-smashing things extravaganza.

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