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May 17: |
Portrait of a Young Lady
Nearly two decades after scripting What Maisie Knew with writing partner Nancy Doyne, CARROLL CARTWRIGHT reflects on what inspired him to “reimagine” the Henry James novel and why its story still resonates more than a century later. |
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May 10: |
It’s a Matter of Taste
BRYAN FULLER, showrunner of NBC’s new acclaimed series Hannibal, dishes on what made him want to take on everyone’s favorite brain-eating sociopath and where the show draws the line when it comes to its bloody, graphic violence. |
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May 3: |
Second Banana
ARMANDO IANNUCCI, the heralded writer-director behind the hit British shows The Day Today and The Thick of It, brings his gift for political satire to this side of the pond with the HBO comedy Veep. |
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April 12: |
Fisherman’s Blue
BRIAN HELGELAND draws on his fisherman’s up-before-dawn, seven-days-a-week work ethic to script 42, the story of legendary Brooklyn Dodger and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson. |
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March 29: |
The Sins of the Father
DEREK CIANFRANCE, BEN COCCIO, and DARIUS MARDER embark on an ambitious meditation about the true nature of violence, the epic triptych The Place Beyond the Pines. |
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March 22: |
A Boy’s Best Friend
Is CARLTON CUSE psycho? The ex-Lost showrunner tells The Craft how he and Kerry Ehrin conceived Bates Motel, A&E’s new original series prequel to the ‘60s Hitchcock classic, and why he likens Norman Bates and his mother to a romantic comedy couple. |
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March 7: |
Playing the Spy Card
Where does FX’s new spy drama The Americans get its intel about Cold War-era espionage? It helps to have a former CIA agent like JOE WEISBERG as a showrunner. |
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February 15: |
God Is in the Details
DAVID MAGEE recounts the incredible journey he took with Ang Lee from Chinatown to Maine to southern India to adapt the screenplay for Life of Pi. |
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February 1: |
Keeping It Real
Arrow showrunners MARC GUGGENHEIM & ANDREW KREISBERG reflect on the reasons behind a recent sea change in superhero storytelling and how they achieve a balance between geeky fandom and emotional truth. |
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January 25: |
How The Kingdom Came
WES ANDERSON & ROMAN COPPOLA recall their collaborative process in scripting Moonrise Kingdom and explain why, for them, writing dialogue is like a musical experience. |
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January 18: |
Making Sense of Things
Homicide detective-turned-screenwriter WILL BEALL explains why the filmmakers of Gangster Squad decided to reshoot a key sequence after last year’s tragic Aurora, Colorado shooting and reflects on the difference between screen and real-life violence. |
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December 20: |
Real Funny
This Is 40’s JUDD APATOW opens up about his insecurities, avoiding maturity, and why he feels one of the most important things about making a comedy isn’t the jokes. |
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December 14: |
Reinventing the Holidays
Faced with a changing industry landscape, TV vet GARY GOLDSTEIN remade his career in an unexpected way. Here, he discusses how, his advice to writers looking to carve a niche in an emerging genre, and his latest project, Hitched for the Holidays. |
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December 7: |
Real, Specific, and From the Heart
DAVID O. RUSSELL talks about the reason he chose Silver Linings Playbook for his first adaptation, and why, as a writer, he never stops looking for the details that can bring a world to life. |
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