Lancelot Link: TV Safe Edition!

Lancelot Link Monday! They are making a TV movie version of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. So, either we have progressed to the point where that film seems tame, or they are going to remove anything that might be slightly controversial about it and make it dull. Either way, we lose. So what is the point? 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 Furious 7....................... $60,591,000
2 Home............................ $19,000,000
3 Longest Ride.................... $13,500,000
4 Get Hard......................... $8,635,000
5 Cinderella....................... $7,225,000
6 Detergent........................ $6,850,000
7 Woman Gold....................... $5,852,000
8 It Follows....................... $2,027,000
9 Danny Collins.................... $1,600,000
10 While Young...................... $1,377,000


Box Office is still breaking records, even though summer is still months away! Hollywood is making the kind of films people want to see! This week's box office is ahead of 2014 by 7.2% and ahead of 2013 by only 15.6%. Um, we have an AVENGERS movie opening later this year!

2) Indie Box Office Numbers.

3) INterview with directors of cutting edge horror movie SPRING.

4) The Most Dangerous Film Ever Made... and I own it on DVD.

5) SUICIDE SQUAD casting.

6) Why You Should Write Strong Female Characters.

7) MTV Movie Awards Winers!

8) Willem Defoe Must Learn Subtext.

9) DAWSON'S SCREAM?

10) Children's Books You Should Give To Your Kids!

11) Complications Ensue on JUSTIFIED.

12) Behind the scenes shots of REAR WINDOW.

And the Bicycle Chase Of The Week:



One of my all time favorite scenes!

Bill



IMPORTANT UPDATE:
GOAL ORIENTED - And The Not So Incredible HULK.
Dinner: Hamburger Habit, double cheese with bacon and CPR on the side.
Pages: I had a day last week where I wrote 19 pages... and then made up for it.
Bicycle: Short rides this week.

Movie: WHILE WE'RE YOUNG, about a guy whose life has become stagnant due to his own laziness who meets someone way more ambitious than he ever was and...