What John August's Unmade 'Tower Of Terror' Movie Would Have Been About
John August shared details and concept art about his unmade Tower of Terror movie, based on the iconic Disney theme park ride.
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'Upstate': Ryan Reynolds To Star In And Co-Write Netflix Comedy With John August
Ryan Reynolds is reuniting with John August to co-write and star in the Upstate Netflix comedy, an original feature eyed as a star vehicle for Reynolds.
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'Grease' Prequel 'Summer Loving' Gearing Up At Paramount With Writer John August
Summer Loving, a Grease prequel, will focus on Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson's fateful summer romance that preceded their reunion at Rydell High School.
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Here's What A 'Catwoman' Solo Movie Starring Michelle Pfeiffer Could Have Been About
Screenwriter John August (Big Fish) took to Twitter to share some early pitch notes for a Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman solo movie that was never made.
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Many Older Movies Aren't Available Online, But Screenwriter John August Wants To Change That
Screenwriter John August (Go, Big Fish, Scriptnotes podcast) recently launched an effort to digitize older movies not available online. Here's how to help.
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Guy Ritchie's 'Aladdin' Casts Mena Massoud As Aladdin, Naomi Scott As Jasmine [D23 Expo 2017]
Guy Ritchie's Aladdin casts its Aladdin and Jasmine in the live-action adaptation of the 1992 animated classic which starred Robbin Williams.
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Guillermo Del Toro Will Have Some 'Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark'
Learn about the Guillermo del Toro Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark project. Del Toro will develop and possibly direct Alvin Schwartz's classic books.
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Disney Theme Park Ride 'Tower Of Terror' Being Developed Into A Movie (Again)
Disney is developing a Tower of Terror movie based on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror theme park ride with a treatment by writer John August.
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VOTD: How To Write Movies By Hollywood Screenwriter John August
Hollywood screenwriter John August explains how to write movies, giving a look at his creative process, a rundown of how he crafts a scenes and story.
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John August Latest Writer To Adapt 'Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark' Movie
The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Movie is coming. New screenwriter, John August, has been hired to adapt the popular series of short stories.
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/Film Exclusive: Tim Burton Discusses 'Frankenweenie,' Autobiography, And The Reliability Of Memory
With Frankenweenie, Tim Burton goes back to a couple periods of his own history. One is his childhood, during which he was alienated from average school life, and found solace in monsters and movies. Another is his early career, when he created a short film for Disney that, creatively, was his first big success, and…
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Q&A: Who Gets Credit For A Screenplay? And What's The Deal With The Ampersands And Ands?
This is the first edition in a new regular series where I attempt to answer your questions about the film industry. We'll be taking a look at the box office, forgotten Hollywood landmarks, the marketing process and more. Sometimes I'll attempt to answer the question myself, and other times I will contact experts in the…
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First Look: Tim Burton's Feature-Length Version Of 'Frankenweenie'
In 1984 Tim Burton made a short called Frankenweenie, about a kid who uses Frankenstein-like science to bring his deceased pet back to life. Deemed too dark and family-unfriendly to release, the black and white short cost Burton his job at Disney, but ultimately turned into a sort of demo reel that helped him make…
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Tim Burton's 'Big Fish' Coming To Broadway
Father issues and buckets of tears are soon coming to a Big Apple stage. Producers just announced that Big Fish, best known for its 2003 film adaptation directed by Tim Burton, will be turned into a Broadway musical with a book by John August, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and director Susan Stroman. August…
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D.J. Caruso Talks 'Preacher,' Mentions Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf And Alex Pettyfer Are Interested
When I Am Number Four came out in the United States, director D.J. Caruso had yet to officially sign on to direct the adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's iconic comic book series Preacher. Now that Number Four is opening internationally, though, the cat's out of the bag and the international press has been…
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D.J. Caruso Tweets That He's Directing 'Preacher'
Despite the poor box office and critic reception on his latest film, I Am Number Four, director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) recently tweeted the following: My deal just closed on Preacher. Going back to the dark side and pretty f***ing pumped! Whoa! Someone is actually going to make a film version of Preacher. This…
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Rumor: 'Big Fish' Screenwriter John August To Rewrite 'The Strange Adventures Of H.P. Lovecraft' Adaptation
Way back in 2009, we reported that a big-screen adaptation of Mac Carter's four-part comic series The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft was in development. Carter's book is a fantastical origin story for Cthulhu creator H.P. Lovecraft, in which a meek young Lovecraft falls under a curse that turns him into a kind of supernatural…
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Page 2: Jurassic Park, Jonathan Demme, Green Lantern, Corey Haim, Captain America, Adam Sandler, Community
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Page 2: Spider-Man, Seth Rogen, Harry Potter, JJ Abrams, Back To The Future, Conan O'Brien, WALL-E, Cameron Diaz, Ghostbusters And More
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 35 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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John August's Coverage Of Quentin Tarantino's 'Natural Born Killers'
Writers will tell you one of the best ways to improve yourself is to read other people's writing. So, for an aspiring screenwriter, reading a ton of scripts is an excellent exercise. It's one that John August, writer of Go, Charlie's Angels, Big Fish and The Nines (which he also directed) knows well. As a…
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New Director Signed To Direct Preacher... But Who Is It?
It has been a while since we've gotten a solid update on the big screen adaptation of the beloved Vertigo comic book series Preacher. A couple years back, Columbia Pictures picked up the rights and hired American Beauty/Road to Perdition director Sam Mendes to helm the project, but the filmmaker dropped out to pursue Bond.…
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Exclusive: Tim Burton Developing Monsterpocalypse, Full Details Revealed
Last month, it was reported that John August was in talks with Dreamworks to pen a big screen adaptation of the Monsterpocalypse board game which has been described as "part strategy, part Kaiju Big Battel, and part Rampage!, all played out with miniatures on a tabletop." At the time, it was speculated that the involvement…
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John August To Write Monsterpocalypse For Tim Burton?
Last month, it was reported that Tim Burton had become attached as a creative consultant, producer and possibly director of the Disney/Dreamworks film based on Monsterpocalypse, a board game Russ described as "part strategy, part Kaiju Big Battel, and part Rampage!, all played out with miniatures on a tabletop." Now HeatVision reports that John August…
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Sam Mendes No Longer Directing Preacher; Will John August Direct?
Here's the thing about Preacher: making it into a movie that makes any sense and retains the spirit of the original comic is going to be a hell of a task. (ahem.) Even if Kick-Ass is quite successful, the collision of sex, religion and violence that is Preacher won't be an easy sell. Producers have…
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Geek Deal: Download Screenwriter John August's The Variant For FREE
In May, Brendon wrote about a 25-page short story distributed online titled The Variant, written by screenwriter and director John August. At the time August said that the story "was and maybe still is supposed to be part of an anthology of short stories written by well-known screenwriters." Here is a short synopsis written by…
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Here's What Went Down With Love & Pebble Skincare After Shark Tank
Love & Pebble had an interesting journey on Shark Tank. While they didn't get exactly what they wanted, their brand is doing just fine.
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How Oscar Nomination Balloting Works
There will be more and more Oscar race talk over the next couple weeks as the last few big non-Oscar award sets are nominated and announced. But the process of getting the actual Oscar nominations together remains a mystery to many spectators. With an incredibly broad field of possible choices, among which a select few…
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