writer, Mata Haggis-Burridge has updated the lyrics of "Let It Snow" to set in a certain Antarctic base ... #horrorsky #scriptsky #thething open.substack.com/pub/matahagg...

saw this in my feed and it reminded me of a concept i had back in 2019 – the notes read: a horror movie about sentient/possessed Dust Bunnies could be a kids “silly” horror movie with a message re cleanliness, responsibility or whatevs or ... to be continued in comments #scriptsky

RATTLING CHAINS An untrained recruit arrives at a secret facility to help monitor a deep pit which holds a malevolent entity that has been bound in chains for over 250 years, unaware it is about to escape. www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/ratt... #thrillermovie #scififilm #fantasymovie #scriptsky

Iger may've helped Disney grow bigger than ever before ... but then, a zit always swells before it pops Read More: www.slashfilm.com/2049679/disn... #screensky #scriptsky #moviesky #filmsky

"This step is positively and absolutely necessary to protect the great motion picture public from threatening combinations and trusts that would force upon them mediocre productions and machine-made entertainment." – founders of United Artists, 1919 #scriptsky www.noemamag.com/the-next-net...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (2025)

Consolidation at this scale would be catastrophic for an industry built on free expression, for the creative workers who power it, and for consumers who depend on a free, independent media ecosystem to understand the world. – Jane Fonda, on the proposed Netflix/WB deal #scriptsky #filmsky #moviesky

was in the mood for a feel-good movie ... #filmsky #moviesky #thriller #halogencore

it’s a long way to the shop if you wanna sausage roll a new world record was set when 374 bagpipers belted out the AC/DC track “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” in Melbourne’s Federation Square. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #australia #music #worldrecord #bagpipes

this looks exciting – set in Victorian North Yorkshire, this gothic horror follows a young Māori woman fighting to reclaim her identity and connect with her whakapapa and culture while living in a foreign land. ht: Cole Haddon #filmsky #moviesky #scriptsky #horror www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRQr...

Remember, remember, the fifth of November. *V for Vendetta* returns to the big screen next year: 261105 #filmsky #moviesky #scifi #culture #antifa #politics #democracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ge0...

good news – but for some reason Australia is again, happy to settle for less than what EU have agreed to #australia #scriptsky #filmsky #moviesky #art #culture #streaming if.com.au/government-t...

checkout this short film by Ashish Sharma based on my script *Thirty-Seven Dollars* – 10 minutes #scriptsky #moviesky #filmsky #shortfilmfestival #shortfilm2025 #shortfilms #shortscript www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQJc...

great article by Ellis J. Sutton on what makes horror so endurable and important writtenbyellis.substack.com/p/why-horror... #filmsky #scriptsky #HorrorWriting #moviesky

replacement.ai tells like it is if you’re a US citizen, go to the site's "complaints" page to contact your representative to tell them how much genAI sucks www.replacement.ai #filmsky #writersky #scriptsky #screenwriting

NO COMMENT 😡 michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-n... #Australia #Films #Movies #Streaming #TV #localcontent #scriptsky #filmsky

Australians starting in the screen industry – have your say Movie Mutuals have a National Survey for Emerging Screen Practitioners check it out here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZR7TXTN #filmsky #scriptsky #australia #screen

saw this post on thought it worth sharing bring back the slate! writtenbyellis.substack.com/p/what-happe... #screensky #moviesky #filmsky #screenwriting #art #culture #scriptsky #scriptsky+

this is parasitical bullshit is being tried here in Oz – landlords wanting to claim ownership of their tenants' IP – another reason to read your lease carefully #scriptsky #art #writing #music #design #recording #software #discovery #invention #photography #soul

checkout this short film by Ugo Nwachuku based on my script *Thirty-Seven Dollars* – 8 minutes #scriptsky #moviesky #filmsky #shortfilmfestival #shortfilm2025 #shortfilms #shortscript www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGut...

Just did this. Very easy to leave a comment.

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

all work and no play makes something something something

here in Oz, one of the big four banks in our finance oligopoly has had to rethink their genAI strategy ... 🤪

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether. Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

inspired by Vince Gilligan, i touched upon this back in February www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... then Cole Haddon wrote an essay about it in July colehaddon.substack.com/p/new-podcas... now Seth MacFarlane says he wishes TV was less dystopian and “Gave people hope.” deadline.com/2025/08/seth...

Gonna follow my own advice and ask for something I feel like I’ve laid the groundwork for. If like these #Scriptsky #Screenwriting threads I do, give them a repost. I’m trying to get a book about working in TV published and I’ve been told I need “a bigger platform.” Hopefully these 🧵s can help.

WHY? WHAT? HOW? WHERE? WHEN? WHO? Cornered, a desperate person frantically plays for time while being interrogated by a dangerous inquisitor. NOTE: This script is extremely flexible as to casting, location etc www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/why-... #thrillerscript #thrillershort #shortscript

Tom Hope, producer and nondependent film evangelist list 48 films made for under $300K – as someone who has finally (FINALLY!) come up with a micro budget feature concept, i found this of interest #scriptsky #fimsky #moviesky #horrorsky tedhope.substack.com/p/in-prepara...

Ashish Sharma’s production of my short script *You’re Early* is currently touring the festival circuit – this is the fourth time the short has been made – see the trailer here: #scriptsky #moviesky #filmsky #shortfilmfestival #shortfilm2025 #shortfilms #shortscript www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8dS...

#scriptsky #screenwriting #writing #writingsky #scifi #genAI #art #culture #ethics #sustainability #humanism

After 20 years, a dozen creatives attached and millions spent on development, Warners is moving on from the seminal property ... so does this mean, I.P. isn’t ‘king’ anymore? #manga #anime #akira #scriptsky #scifi #writing #screenplay nerdist.com/article/warn...

Jason Blum’s mea culpa re *M3gan 2.0* and the year to date – good to see someone owning their stumbles #scriptsky #filmsky #moviesky #horror #blumhouse www.cinemablend.com/movies/jason...

when did we stop dreaming of a better future? – or – did science-fiction help make our 21st century dystopia inevitable? Cole Haddon discusses art, hope and the dream of a better tomorrow colehaddon.substack.com/p/new-podcas... #scriptsky #screenwriting #writing #scifi #protopia #culture

genAI can be dangerous – but why pause pushing it onto an unwilling and unprepared population when there's money to be made? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/danc... #scriptsky #mentalhealth #techbros #oligarchy

note to self: when an obscenely-wealthy super villain invites people to a party, they do not have someone create a set of amazing, elaborate puzzle boxes – instead they get their secretary to bash something out in MS Word #scriptsky #screenwriting #bezos #glassonion

HAIRY MAN CREEK A self-involved teen’s boring weekend away in the Australian bush with her embarrassing family, becomes interesting in the worst way, when her step-dad is abducted by a monstrous assailant. www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/hair... #ScreenPit #Div #Ho #SRV #scriptsky #screenwriting

OUBLIETTE A timid clerk must lead his workmates into an alternate dimension and search its hostile terrain to rescue their friend, and prevent his landlord from freeing an alien god to devour all life on Earth. www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/oubl... #ScreenPit #SFi #Ho #scriptsky #screenwriting

this is what happens when "they" switch from creating entertainment and art, and instead focus on churning out content variety.com/2025/film/ne... #scriptsky #screenwriting #art #content #moviesky #filmsky

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"(horror) includes gore-heavy franchises, quiet psychological studies, family-friendly thrillers and arthouse allegories. In practice, calling all of them horror is about as useful as calling them movies." – Stephen Follows stephenfollows.com/p/has-the-wo... #scriptsky #horror #moviesky #filmsky

hmmph! these gatekeepers with their rules and taste and experience – don’t listen to her Brian – write your Floppsy Bunny scream of rage, and prove all the naysayers wrong 😀 #scriptsky #screenwriting #writersky #writing

*Together* the freaky fun debut feature from Australian director Michael Shanks kicked off the Sydney Film Festival with a flurry of shrieks, gasps and uproarious laughs ... www.screenhub.com.au/news/reviews... #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky #moviesky #horror #australia

on the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads‘ first live gig – WTF?!!! – a music video for “Psycho Killer” has finally been released … www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ54...

i need more entertainment like this – stuff that skewers billionaires and reveals them to be the clueless, self-obsessed parasites that they are 😀 www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n... #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky #moviesky #comedy #billionaires #parasites

i try to get my readers feel, see and *hear* the movie i've written – so No Film School's collection of SOUNDS should be pretty useful nofilmschool.com/list-of-soun... #scriptsky #writers #screenplay

currently in BETA, WriteSeen claims to be the premier global platform designed to connect writers, creators, artists, and industry professionals from around the world so, anyone here on it? – what's your experience been like? #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #screenwriting #screenwriters

so why is this socialist, sci-fi author a favourite among the broligarchs? – are they stupid or is it that they are so myopic in their thinking that they can't see beyond the whizz-bang tech? – Constance Grady ponders the answer www.vox.com/culture/4135... #scifi #screensky #writing #screenwriting

trying to finish a script – but i remember a snippet of a dream – which becomes an idea for a cheap, one location horror-thriller – i'm excited because my ideas tend to be TOO BIG – i jot down a bunch of thoughts and file it my concepts folder – and go back to the script 😅 #screenwriting #scriptsky