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Frankenweenie

November 27, 2007 Frankenweenie, Projects

Although IMDb says otherwise, I’m not writing Tim Burton’s recently announced Frankenweenie feature. Here’s the long-ish version: I had a meeting with Disney Animation about a year ago, in which they pitched the idea of doing a feature version of Tim’s Frankenweenie short film. They even had production art for it. Then, separately, I had […]

The Nines, U.K.

November 27, 2007 Projects, The Nines

I spent the morning doing phone interviews for The Nines, which gets its theatrical release in the U.K. this Friday. We’re playing at three locations in London… West India Quay Cineworld Cineworld Chelsea Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue at The Trocadero …plus other screens throughout the country. It’s a bit frustrating that in this age of Google, […]

Heroes: Origins: Gone

October 31, 2007 Follow Up, Projects, Television

The WGA strike kills a spin-off, and my episode with it.

The Nines, scripted

October 9, 2007 Projects, Resources, The Nines

I promised that as soon as The Nines had reached its widest U.S. opening, I’d be putting the script up in the Downloads section. That time has come. You can find a .pdf of the screenplay here.

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