In this week’s edition of How Do You Script, we look at:
A tale of two Zachs (Zach Cregger of Weapons and Zach Baylin of Black Rabbit), adapting The Long Walk, and Charlie Kauffman talks about his current projects and shares some anecdotes about writing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Let’s go!
Screenwriter JT Mollner dissects The Long Walk, the ending and major changes to the Stephen King novel (spoilers).
Seven screenwriting contest red flags to look out for.
Zach Cregger talks about script-to-screen changes when making Weapons and the key contribution made by Bill Hader (hint: it involves making a character actively involved in the events).
Showrunners Zach Baylin and Kate Susman talk about bringing their show Black Rabbit to life from the page to the screen.
Charlie Kaufman talks about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, AI, and everything else.
Silicon Valley showrunner John Altschuler talks about how studios “despise writers,” how tech execs are “terrible”, and what The Big Bang Theory “didn’t get right”.
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