Third row at the beautiful State Theater in Austin for a stage read of Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s script 2 Face. Billy Burke, Thomas Haden Church, Will Ferrell, Linda Cardellini, Rian Johnson and Giancarlo Espositio. Also, Vince Gilligan is a really, really nice guy.
Read moreTHE AFF PITCH PARTY
A capacity crowd at The Speakeasy, Austin. Literally. People are waiting outside to get it. It’s packed to the rafters. Directly in front of you, John Hamburg. Zak Penn and Lindsay Doran. Ready to score your pitch numerically to find a winner from among the finalists, and critique your story and performance. In front of…
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Scriptnotes at johnaugust.com This was a live Scriptnotes for the immensely fun and useful podcast, so if you listen to it, you will be able to hear me screaming with laughter. The guests were amazing writer/director Rian Johnson and writer Kelly Marcel. Since you will be able to listen to the whole thing, I won’t…
Read moreNOIR AT AUSTIN
High point: Shane Black had a meeting with a young exec at Fox last week who passed on a script but told Shane, “You have a big future in this business.” Shane Black and Brian Helgeland talked noir. Shane smoked an e cigarette, throwing his head all the way back to exhale. Brian is only…
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