It amazes and terrifies me that so few filmmakers are as open, interested and engaged in the torrent phenomena as director John August. You might remember that earlier this month we reported on August’s curious announcement to fans that his indie film (and /Film favorite), The Nines, was available for illegal download online via Bit [...]

The Nines was one of the best films of last year, although, chances are you never saw it. I think John August’s directorial debut didn’t get much further than a couple screens, which is a crying shame if you ask me. Thankfully the film is hitting DVD store shelves later this month. I highly recommend [...]

Despite claims from IMDb, screenwriter John August is not writing the 3D feature film adaptation of Frankenweenie for Tim Burton. Apparently August had a meeting with Disney Animation last year where they pitched him the idea, complete with production art.
“Then, separately, I had a conversation with Tim about doing another stop-motion animation project like Corpse [...]

Screenwriter John August has been doing an incredible job blogging about the WGA strike, and his encounters on the picket line. In one of his latest blog entries, August talks about a conversation he has on day 10 of the strike, meeting and chatting with Damon Lindelof and J.J. Abrams. The Star Trek director expressed [...]

While I was in New Mexico, I missed out on a couple movie poster premiere. So let’s make up for lost time, and take a look at a few of them. First up is the teaser poster via cinematical for Get Smart starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. I’m really looking forward to this one, [...]

John August (Go, The Nines) is not only the most successful underrated screenwriter working not working in Hollywood today, but he’s also a damn good blogger. Each of the posts that I’ve written about the writers strike has resulted in some interesting comment discussions. And one argument that gets brought up each and every time [...]

NBC has decided to pull the Heroes spin-off miniseries Heroes: Origins from a midseason launch. THR is claiming that the writers strike may have contributed to this move, but I’m sure the slight drop is Heroes ratings had more to do with the decision. And while the network isn’t saying what will become of the [...]

When Clerks 2 was getting ready for release, Kevin Smith had a great idea to release an audio commentary track for the film a couple weeks after the film had hit theaters. The idea was to encourage people to go back and pay for the movie again, and to listen to the film commentary on [...]

Ever since I first saw John August’s directorial debut The Nines earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, I’ve wondered how they would market this film. I absolutely loved it, yet can’t even explain the plot. It’s a LOST-style mystery infused in a Go-style dialogue and reality. Three stories with the same actors. I [...]

JohnAugust and Cinematical have posted the theatrical one-sheet poster for John August’s directorial debut The Nines. Guys, this was my favorite movie of Sundance 2007. There isn’t an easy way to describe The Nines without ruining much of the plot. The plot summery I’ve seen floating around the web describes the film:
A troubled actor, a [...]

My favorite film from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival is the feature film debut of screenwriter John August (Go, Big Fish). There isn’t really any way to describe The Nines without ruining much of the plot. The plot summery I’ve seen floating around the web describes the film:
A troubled actor, a television show runner, [...]

Screenwriter turned director John August has posted an update about one of my favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival (Review). The Nines was chosen to play the Venice Film Festival as part of Critics’ Week, which takes place the first week of September. The film will be released in limited US markets (”New [...]

 
Google Street Views has to be one of the coolest web features of the year. Right now the feature can only be viewed in select cities, which includes my current home town - San Francisco. There are so many interesting “easter eggs” to be found in these photos. What does this have to do with [...]

Screenwriter/Executive Producer/All-Around-Geek John August was shocked to read that the Prince of Persia movie would be hitting theaters on July 10, 2009.
“It’s a perfectly good date, but I have no idea if there will be a movie to show,” wrote August on his blog. “I don’t know if it’s getting made, or who’s directing, or [...]

 
When we saw The Nines at Sundance, Uber-screenwriter turned first time director John August made this statement that took me aback. When asked about how he plans to market the film, August revealed his idea to release the complete raw footage from the film along with the DVD release.
“Essentially, you could load it into your [...]