With the recent announcement that, in all probability, World War Z would be rated PG-13, there is the usual uproar from the fanboy community: “How can you make a movie about zombies PG13!?” A good question, indeed. Does PG13 take the teeth away from horror? Should a studio risk 125M on a horror movie, and [...]
I just finished a treatement. The creators of the concept gave me 3 pages. Some big beats. A bit about the characters. NOW GO! It took about a month, and the end result was a 43 page treatment. Is that too long? Is that too short? Yes. There is no right or wrong answer. To [...]
I wish someone had sat me down right when I parked my car in Los Angeles and told me, “They don’t know anything either.” What’s hard to understand — and hard to internalize — is that just because someone doesn’t like something, or doesn’t get what you wrote, that doesn’t mean they’re smarter or better [...]