Hilliard Guess' Screenwriters Rant Room

  Hosted by Hilliard - Geoff and Chris of course hogged the mic, this time talking about Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and all of the comic book, geek shit you could imagine! And, true to form, the film WON the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-236   Counterpart - Trailer Babylon Berlin - Trailer Dogs of Berlin - Trailer   Dragon Prince - Trailer The Sinner - Trailer   Ozark - Trailer Peaky Blinders - Trailer   Bodyguard - Trailer Insatiable - Trailer   Miller's Crossing Script Citizen Kane Script   Geoff's BATTLEBOOKS on Amazon   Battlebook: Redjack Battlebook: The Return of Cadre One Battlebook: Pilgrim   Buy yours now cuz they are $1.99 digital comics - a steal!   Be sure to Subscribe to the WGAW 3rd & Fairfax Podcast!   Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!   Alex and Nick drop TV-centric game on Paper Team podcast   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned

The is our end of the year episode and it’s a good one... full of industry GAME and dedicated to the pitfalls of producing for Indie, web series and network projects!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-235 PODCAST SHOUTOUTS: The Micheaux Mission Podcast Nick and Alex's Paper Team Pilar Alessandra's On The Page Donating = Loving Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon Monthly Donation Become a Sustaining Patron with a monthly donation of your choosing, between a shoutout to script coverage. One-time Donation Or you can became a Spontaneous Supporter with a one-time donation in any amount. Lynelle White - https://twitter.com/lynellewhite Tracy Grant - https://twitter.com/TheReelTray Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess The Screenwriters Rant Room on Fac

Hilliard, Chris, Tracy and Lynelle go IN on the hot topic of Black Criticism!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-234     Wesley Morris' New York Times article THE MORALITY WARS   Zadie Smith's art critique (as mentioned in Morris' article)   Wesley Morris' podcast STILL PROCESSING   PODCAST SHOUTOUTS:   The Micheaux Mission Podcast   Nick and Alex's Paper Team   Pilar Alessandra's On The Page   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   Lynelle White - https://twitter.com/lynellewhite Tracy Grant - https://twitter.com/TheReelTray Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter - https://twitter.com/screenwritersrr

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa and Chris go in about an article Lisa balked at — Vogue's online article WASN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF HORROR?    DIRECT LINK: www.bit.ly/SWRR-233   Writer/Director Shane Black's cameo in Predator (1987)   Scripts we mentioned on the show:   Tony Gilroy's MICHAEL CLAYTON, BOURNE IDENTITY, DOLORES CLAIBORNE, DEVIL'S ADVOCATE   Tina Turner as Auntie Entity in MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME   Tupac's Thunderdome inspired music video: CALIFORNIA LOVE     Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!   Alex and NJ drop TV-centric game on Paper Team podcast   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here’s the link to this game-giving podcast’s Patreon link, show some love!     Chris Derrick on Twitter   Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter   Hilliard Guess on Twitter   The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook   The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice mes

Hilliard, Lisa and Chris sit down with big bro, writer/director Dwayne Johnson-Cochran to talk about his new Music Documentary  BE KNOWN available on Amazon Prime!   DIRECT LINK: www.bit.l/SWRR-232   Dwayne’s film LOVE & ACTION IN CHICAGO on Amazon Prime Other Must-See Music Docs: Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013) - trailer  Chasing Train  see it on Netflix  From The Sky Down - trailer (U2 documentary) Hoop Dreams (trailer)  Miss Sharon Jones! trailer  see it on Netflix      We also dapped up Melissa McCarthy’s new film WILL YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? trailer    Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast  for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films! Alex and NJ drop TV-centric game on Paper Team podcast     Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here’s the link to this game-giving podcast’s Patreon link. Show some love! Dwayne Johnson-Cochran on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter

Hilliard, Lisa, Chris and Showrunner Geoffrey Thorne talk about how sticking the landing is crucial for a screenplay to work; for a TV pilot, the engineering works differently because the ending is in most cases... the beginning. In a film, the ending contributes to your overall acceptance of the film as a whole, Act Three is the beast that needs to be looked it carefully. Sometimes Working Backwards is the key to success!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-231   We talked about HEREDITARY had a controversial, but thematically satisfying ending. Here's a YouTube video essay that delves into it deeper.   Even confusing endings "work", they just require a little more engagement from the audience. Another video essay that explains difficult endings.   Here's a video essay on the Top 10 Most Iconic Movie Endings.   Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!   Alex and NJ drop TV-centric game on the Paper Team podcast   Fans of the show, your support is alwa

This week Hilliard, Chris, and Lisa are joined by Geoffrey Thorne to discuss British vs. American actors - we weigh in on the unending debate about who can or can't portray Black life on screen!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-230     Samuel L. Jackson takes umbrage when Black Brits play Black American roles. The UK's seminal acting school, RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Black British actors John Boyega, Letitia Wright and Damson Idris show support for the London-based Identity School of Acting's new Los Angeles annex Books mentioned on the episode: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond Civilization or Barbarism by Cheikh Anta Diop Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films! Alex and NJ drop TV-centric game on Paper Team podcast Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here’s the link to this game-giving podcast’s Patreon link, show some love!     Geoffrey Thorne on Twitter   Chris De

Hilliard and Chris sit down with Deric A. Hughes to talk about his crazy journey from the Writers On The Verge Program to Co Executive Producer on two of the hottest genre series: FLASH & ARROW!   www.bit.ly/SWRR-229     Warren Ellis' Planetary Stephen King's ON WRITING    John Cassidy (Comic Artist)   Robert Hewitt Wolfe Gene Roddenberry's ANDROMEDA DEEP SPACE NINE   NBC's Writers On The Verge Warehouse 13 Rescue Me   Greg Bertlanti Writing Rule: Heart, Humor, Spectacle   Deric’s Writing Partner Ben Raab   Shout out to the Micheaux Mission Podcast (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films! Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon Deric A. Hughes - https://twitter.com/dblackanese Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGues

Hilliard, Chris and screenwriter/director Todd Nunes chop it up about EVERYTHING we love about the Horror genre!   HIGHLIGHTS: HALLOWEEN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, THE WARRIORS (yes, it has elements of horror), SLASHERS vs PARANORMAL FILMS and so much more!     Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-228       Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon     Todd Nunes - https://twitter.com/todd_nunes Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess     The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter - https://twitter.com/screenwritersrr --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard, Chris and Jesani Drew chop it up in a fun conversation about Rewriting and so much more!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-227     Show Notes   Sexy Beast - Trailer   The Rookie on ABC   The Goop Cop on Netflix   MR INBETWEEN on F/X   Beverly Hills Cop (screenplay)   Breaking Bad (pilot)   Castle (pilot)   David Mamet's The Art of Theater Paris Review interview.   PODCAST SHOUTOUTS:   The Micheaux Mission Podcast   Nick and Alex's Paper Team   Pilar Alessandra's On The Page     Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   Jesani Drew - https://twitter.com/jesanidrew Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ The S --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters

We sat down with CBS Program finalist Antonio "Sinsation The Writer" to answer his questions about navigating this crazy business.      Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-226     David Mamet Memo To Writers of THE UNIT Javier Grillo-Marxuach 11 Laws of Showrunning   Scripts You Better Have Read BIG (the script) KRAMER vs KRAMER (the script) TOY STORY (the script)   Our Favorite Writing Coaches Carole Kirchner - Hollywood Game Plan Pilar Alessanro - On The Page Lee Jessup DMA - Planet DMA   Alex Freedman and Nick Watson's Paper Team podcast (https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteam/) a go-to resource for young TV wri --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Bianca Sams is back! To talk about incorporating (should you? If so, when?)   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-225   Questions to Ask Yourself   S Corp C Corp LLC Compare Business Structures Differences Between S Corp and C Corp   California Secretary of State Corporate Name Look-Up   After Trump's Tax Reform to Funnel Money to the Wealthy there are other considerations . Here are things to consider.   Money/Expense Tracking Apps Personal Capital Betterment Mint TurboTax   Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   Bianca Sams - https://twitter.com/writesamswrite Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - 

Hilliard and Chris are joined by writer Bianca Sams to discuss mid-season staffing and staffing outside of the season!   Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-224   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @UnathorizedCBD @writesamswrite   Subscribe to: MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon   The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/screenwritersrr/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

PART 2 of Hilliard, Chris and Jesani's conversation about Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Short Story Writing and how they apply to screenwriting.    Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-223   For the next two weeks we'll examine each tip in depth.   We mentioned some scripts during the episode and here's how you can read them:   Erin Brockovich Script and Trailer   Star Wars - A New Hope Script and Trailer   Godfather Script and Trailer   Amadeus (Director's Cut) Script and Trailer   Offline Jesani asked Chris to put together a list of films he should see, here's a snippet from that list:   Hollywood/English Language All That Jazz Saving Private Ryan Eyes Wide Shut The Road Warrior The Wild Bunch Apocalypto   Foreign Language Princess Mononoke 8 1/2 La Dolce Vita Ridicule The Lives of Others   Shout out to the MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's th

Hilliard, Chris and Jesani sit down in a Part 2 conversation on last weeks Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Short Story Writing and how they apply to screenwriting.    Direct Link: www.bit.ly/SWRR-222   For the next two weeks we'll examine each tip in depth.   We mentioned some scripts during the episode and here's how you can read them:   Erin Brockovich Script and Trailer   Star Wars - A New Hope Script and Trailer   Godfather Script and Trailer   Amadeus (Director's Cut) Script and Trailer   Offline Jesani asked Chris to put together a list of films he should see, here's a snippet from that list:   Hollywood/English Language All That Jazz Saving Private Ryan Eyes Wide Shut The Road Warrior The Wild Bunch Apocalypto   Foreign Language Princess Mononoke 8 1/2 La Dolce Vita Ridicule The Lives of Others   Shout out to the MICHEUX MISSION PODCAST (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black Films!   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on

It's been a minute since we did a craft episode; so Hilliard and Chris, joined by Babywriter Jesani Drew, talk about the craft of writing and the techniques that screenwriters need to master... particularly... The Power of the First Page!   DIRECT LINK: www.bit.ly/SWRR-221   Scripts & shows that we discussed: The Matrix - script and trailer The Blacklist - script and trailer 8 1/2 - trailer Billions - script   Bordwell & Thompson's seminal book FILM ART   Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips On Writing a Short Story   ASK A MANAGER podcast    Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast (http://www.micheauxmission.com/) for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films! Fans of the show, your support is always welcome, and as we mentioned on the show, here's the link to this game-giving podcast's Patreon link: http://bit.ly/SWRRPatreon Chris Derrick - https://twitter.com/unauthorizedcbd Lisa Bolekaja - https://twitter.com/lisabolekaja Hilliard Guess - https://twitter.com/HilliardGuess   The Screenwriters

Geoffrey Thorne is back! This time to dispense more details (but still not a lot) on Marvel's Avengers: Black Panther's Quest; where he was the head writer.   You can see the just-dropped trailer here!    The show officially drops at the end of September on Disney XD, check your cable guide!   Geoff, most recently, repeated fabled screenwriter William Goldman's dictum "Nobody Knows Nothing" which was pulled from his classic book, "Adventures In The ScreenTrade", even though it was written in the early 1980s, at least 90% of it still holds true (which is sad and extremely telling), get yourself a copy at Amazon!   Also, its sequel "Which Lies Did I Tell" is well-worth reading too!   The latest article on A.I. Screenwriting!   Insatiable on Netflix; here's the Trailer.   To All The Boys I Loved Before on Netflix; here's the Trailer.   Angela Bassett's 60th Birthday Bikini Photo Shoot.   Gina Torres keeping it sexy on CLAWS - http://supagirl.tumblr.com/post/162536925675/gina-torres-in-claws and here: http:

Geoffrey Thorne returns to the show as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the superhero movie that paved the way for the über-dominance of cinema... by the Marvel Cinematic Universe... BLADE (1998) starring and produced by Wesley Snipes, written by David S. Goyer and directed by Steven Norrington.   Here's the BLADE script which is a KILLER read.   Shame on you if you haven't seen the film, here's the original trailer   We talked briefly about Guillermo del Toro's interview regarding his involvement on BLADE 2, which is available on VRV    And here's the trailer to SpikeTV's Blade series   Lisa was so excited about Udo Kier and Chris mentioned his memorable work in Luchino Visconti's THE DAMNED (here's the trailer for that crazy film)   Geoff talked up his upcoming Winterman Project, you can find out more about it here!   Shout out to the Micheux Mission Podcast for keeping it on point with their discussion of Black films!   As we morn the loss of the Queen of Soul, David Melnick wrote a stirring piece ab

Hilliard, Lisa, Chris and Lauren go IN on this hilarious episode, that's from beginning to end - full of industry game! Lauren and Lisa dispense some properly-charged thoughts on how poorly Boots Riley is reacting to the negative critiques on his experimental film, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.   HIGHLIGHTS: Idris Elba’s 'Black James Bond' movie, Patrick Stewart and his Star Trek comeback, The Oscars New Blockbuster/Popular Category, Stunts Category should be awarded, engaging critics with Boots Riley's 'Sorry To Bother You' fiasco, BLACKkKLANSMAN and so much more!   It all started with Bitch Media's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU critique.   We mentioned Robert Downey, Sr.'s PUTNEY SWOPE Trailer, as a precursor to SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Different eras, different films -- same ignition point (possibly), but handled with different spins.   DIRECT LINK: www.bit.ly/SWRR-218   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Fans of the show, your support is always welcome. As we mentioned on the sho

Hilliard, Chris and Lauren chop it up in this hodgepodge episode where we discuss movie scores, Hitchcock's potentially stultifying working method versus Spielberg's improvisational ingenuity, Lauren's writing methods, and then of course, Lisa hijacks the show!   SHOWNOTES:   DIRECT LINK: www.bit.ly/SWRR-217 The Soundtrack Show Podcast (https://www.soundtrackpodcast.com/) Brief discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's ultra-specific working method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5dBxIatZw Steven Spielberg's Trials and Tribulations while directing JAWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69YyOxzKa0 If you want to try to 48/12 of writing methodology Lauren and Chris use, here's the link to the Howler Time app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/howler-timer-free/id492282294?mt=8). There's other "focus" apps, however, the key is putting your phone in Airplane mode, so the distractions are minimized and turn off WiFi on your computer. CRAZY RICH ASIANS (trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ-YX-5bAs0 Constance Wu