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Spalding Gray, depression, and the Big Fish connection

April 24, 2015 Big Fish, Psych 101

Writing for The New Yorker, Oliver Sacks recounts his interactions with monologist Spalding Gray, and how his death was connected with Big Fish.

Shipping 8,000 Kickstarter rewards in one minute

December 16, 2014 Projects, Writer Emergency Pack

Last week, we shipped out 8,000 Writer Emergency Packs to our Kickstarter backers. The bulk of the packing happened in three days, so I set up a time-lapse camera to document the process.

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?

The ruins of Spectre

May 9, 2014 Big Fish, Follow Up

Kelly Kazek looks at what became of Spectre, the magical little town in Big Fish.

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