Lancelot Link: The Phantom Link

Lancelot Link Thursday! Gearing up for Labor Day Holiday Weekend and the Big Labor Day Movie Releases like... ??? 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 four cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) August Pitch Report

2) Hottest new screenwriter? Stanley Kubrick!

3) Which director made *more* than Spielberg last year?

4) Bates Motel TV series (second try) details.

And the car chase of the week...



Okay, it wasn't cars.

- Bill

THE BIRDS movie on HBO

Here's the trailer for the movie about the making of THE BIRDS,,,



- Bill

Lancelot Link: Son Of Lancelot

Lancelot Link Thursday! Joss Whedon wants you to e-mail your local cinema and have them book an indie movie so that you can boycott it! That story, plus more in 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 seven cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Joss Whedon wants you to get your local cinema to book this film... so that you can boycott it! Seems he feels it threatens his AVENGERS box office numbers and screen count!

2) THE DARK KNIGHT RISES shooting script. Because I love you.

3) Movie Remakes You Want To Avoid!

4) The Young And Hungry Screenwriters List! "Put this man in cell #1 and give him a sandwich!"

5A) That Sight & Sound Poll broken down by critics - a full 250 films!

5B) Who Voted For What?

6) Studio Theme Music & Fanfares!

7) The Screenwriting News from Go Into The Story.

And the Car Chase Of The Week...



Before there was PREMIUM RUSH, there was QUICKSILVER about a bike messenger who...

- Bill

Lancelot Link: Short Version

Lancelot Link Thursday! To prepare you for the new EXPENDABLES movie 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 five cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Tips From Famous Writers.

2) Failed Pitch for E.T.




3) Martha Coolidge on Women In Film... and how to get more of them in there.

4 Movies that weren't *supposed* to be funny.

5) William Friedkin's Favaorite Films.

6) Car Chase Of The Week...



How bad can you get? From SHADOW MAN...

- Bill

Lancelot Link: Legacy.

Lancelot Link Thursday! To prepare you for the new BOURNE movie 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 four cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) How Stories Work.

2) The KARATE KID Audition Tapes!

3) ROCKY Test Movie.

4) Old Tony Gilroy Interview.

And the car chase of the week...



- Bill

Lancelot Link: Phantom Menace

Lancelot Link Thursday! To prepare you for the last BATMAN movie (until the In High School reboot) 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 five cool links plus this week's car chase...

1) Sight & Sound's Top 50 Movies Of All Time! - New List!

2) Producer Gavin Palone vs. Blogger Nikki Fink.

3) New SKYFALL trailer.

4) WGA Report - why being a screenwriter sucks.

5) Are remakes a *good* thing?

6) Car chase of the week...



I was going to run the *awful* car chase from the original TOTAL RECALL, but couldn't embed it. So here's a good one from BOURNE to prepare you for *that* new film.

- Bill