Lancelot Link: Happy New Year!

Lancelot Link Monday! It's the year of BACK TO THE FUTURE 2, and I've just parked my flying car and hoverboarded to see JAWS 19! How much did that movie get *right*? We'll look at that in our links today, as well as an unmade ALIEN sequel and why SPIDER MAN 3 sucked... it's not why you think! While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Hobbit 3........................ $21,910,000
2 Into Woods...................... $19,066,000
3 Unbroken........................ $18,358,000
4 WIB 2: Angel.................... $15,145,000
5 Night Museum #???............... $14,450,000
6 Annie........................... $11,400,000
7 Imitation........................ $8,111,000
8 Hunger 3 Part 1 Section A........ $7,700,000
9 Gambler.......................... $6,300,000
10 Big Hero Six.................... $4,816,000


2) Disney / ABC Writers Program Winners!

3) BACK TO THE FUTURE's 2015 Predictions All Come True!

4) Crowdfunding? What works, what doesn't?

5) FINAL DESTINATION 5 screenwriter interviewed.

6) Neill Blomkamp's ALIENS project... on Instagram.

7) Sam Raimi On Why SPIDER MAN 3 Sucked So Bad (podcast).

8) Advice from the producer of AMERICAN BEAUTY.

9) Are Stars A Thing Of The Past?

10) Nolan Dissects INTERSTELLAR Scene.

11) How Sitcoms Work.

12) Marilyn Monroe's New Year's Resolutions From SIXTY Years Ago!

And the Car Chase Of The Week:



From one of this year's best pictures...

Bill

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
TODAY'S SCRIPT TIP: Script Spackle - for patching plot holes.
Dinner: China Wall with homies.
Pages: No pages, but some video stuff.
Bicycle: No. I'm in the Bay Area.

Movie: BIG EYES.