"[I]f you don't look for new voices and new talent, and you rely on what's worked before, innovation dies within your organization." #scriptsky #filmsky

I’d like to think March and Healy have taken on other cases and stuff. #filmsky #scriptsky

Again, from years ago, but evergreen advice from McQ. #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky

A pleasant surprise the week LEGEND HAS IT screens at the Victoria Film Festival in Canada. I co-wrote this short with my friend, Frank. It's directed by Thomas Lorber, and screens tomorrow. Thomas is stunt coordinator on the upcoming READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME. #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky

From three years ago, but McQ's advice is evergreen. #scriptsky #screenwriting

The Legend is going to Canada. LEGEND HAS IT, the short action-comedy I co-wrote, was selected by the Victoria Film Festival in Vancouver, where it will be shown Feb. 12 & 14 — that's this Thursday and Saturday — at the Intrepid Theatre. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

More shameless self-promotion: Excerpts from a new review this week of the bonkers short film I co-wrote. Next stop: Vancouver in a fortnight. #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky

Excerpt from a new review of LEGEND HAS IT, the short co-written by yours truly and Frank Tremblay, and directed by Thomas Lorber, whose terrific stunt work can be seen right now in FRANKENSTEIN, and soon in READY OR NOT 2 and VIOLENT NIGHT 2. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting #shortfilm

Actor Tom Morton, director Thomas Lorber, and composer William Gaboury @danceswithfilms.bsky.social New York premiere of LEGEND HAS IT, co-written by yours truly. #screenwriting #filmsky #scriptsky

LEGEND HAS IT, an action-comedy short I co-wrote, directed by the talented Thomas Lorber, has its U.S. premiere in a few hours @danceswithfilms.bsky.social at Regal Union Square, New York City. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

"There is something quietly powerful about short films that know exactly what they want to be, not just in tone or genre, but in intention." A review of LEGEND HAS IT, cowritten by me. US premiere is Friday (Jan. 16) at Dances With Films: NY. tinyurl.com/muerh9wy #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

"If you’re an aspiring professional screenwriter and you want this to be your job, write a commercial spec script. … A script that when it lands on a desk at 11:48 pm makes the reader finish it." tinyurl.com/4nj8xndm #scriptsky #screenwriting

A critic just reviewed LEGEND HAS IT, the short film I co-wrote. Its U.S. premiere is Jan. 16 at Dances With Films Festival in Manhattan. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting tinyurl.com/39f26wc3

LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote with Frank Tremblay, and directed by Thomas Lorber, will have its North American premiere next month at the Dances With Films: NY festival in Manhattan. #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky

"AI cannot create stories," Chevalier said. "We create stories." apnews.com/article/fran... #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

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LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, won the Midnight Audience Award at the 2025 Sapporo International Short Film Fest in Japan. An organizer texted the director: "Your film got the most laughs and the biggest reactions in the theater — it was a true highlight of the night." #filmsky #scriptsky

Teaser trailer for LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, directed by the talented Thomas Lorber (stunt coordinator/stuntman, READY OR NOT 2, THE BOYS, REACHER, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and the upcoming THE WESTIES and del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN). youtu.be/Ej_bf8JcSM8 #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

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This live two-hour interview with Chris McQuarrie that I helped put together was mentioned today in a Wall Street Journal piece about the writer-director of the last four MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-x2...

If you inherited a movie theatre, what's your first double feature?

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Partner script submissions to the Academy will open in late July, and the deadline will be in late August. Nicholl fellows will be awarded in spring 2026. The Black List will serve as the portal for public submissions. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting #Nicholl www.indiewire.com/news/general...

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SHANE BLACK and JIM HERZFELD discuss screenwriting in the Screenwriters’ Rant Room with host Hilliard Guess, and Scott Foster and Brian Austin of ScriptHop/The Gauntlet. #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #filmsky#screenwriting #scripthop #thegauntlet tinyurl.com/396yzm9x

This book hits the shelves Dec. 3. Congrats, Zoje!

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Introduce yourself with four of your favorite movie scenes of all time #FilmSky #MovieSky #ScriptSky #Movies

Ten films to get to know me: THE THIRD MAN (1949) UMBERTO D (1952) THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) ANNIE HALL (1977) KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) CITY LIGHTS (1931) THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974) QUO VADIS, AIDA? (2020) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) #filmsky #scriptsky

SHOW & TELL. A short film — nine minutes or so — I co-wrote a few years ago.