Chris Lanning graduated from Simon Fraser University, where he focused on Screenwriting and Dramaturgy. He is currently working on a Master's degree in Screenwriting from Falmouth University. His first foray into screenwriting was in the Lance Henriksen feature, Sasquatch. You can follow Chris on Twitter: @screenwritingrx
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◊ ‘This Is Us’ Says Goodbye: How a Drama Whose Original Pilot Script Wasn’t Written for Network Standards Changed Broadcast
https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/this-is-us-finale-broadcast-pilot-script-changes-emmys-1235282801/
My two-cent takeaway: As mentioned in the ...
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◊ ‘Yellowjackets’ Creators Guess an ‘Anti-‘Ted Lasso’ Effect’ May Have Helped Their Grim Thriller
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/why-yellowjackets-hit-creators-anti-ted-lasso-interview-1234728334/
My two-cent takeaway: Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson talk about ...
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◊ The Insult That Awoke A Ferocious Writer’s Voice In ‘Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan — Deadline Disruptors
https://deadline.com/2022/05/taylor-sheridan-yellowstone-1883-sylvester-stallone-harrison-ford-deadline-disruptors-1235026995/
My two-cent takeaway: Sheridan ...
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◊ David Cronenberg Breaks Down Cannes Walkouts, His New Film’s Sexuality, and Why Netflix Turns Him Down
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/david-cronenberg-cannes-interview-crimes-of-the-future-walkouts-netflix-1235267464/
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/david-cronenbe...
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◊ FX has rounded out the cast of its Justified follow-up series, Justified: City Primeval. The cabler has enlisted Aunjanue Ellis, Boyd Holbrook, Adelaide Clemens, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Marin Ireland, Norbert Leo Butz, Victor Williams, and Vivian Olyphant to join the franchise star Timothy Olyphant in ...
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Oscars: Full List of Screenwriting Winners
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (screenplay by Siân Heder) (WINNER)
Drive My Car (screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe)
Dune (screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth)
The Lost Daughter (written by Maggie ...
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◊ On Sunday, CODA added another trophy to its haul this season at the 2022 Writers Guild Awards. CODA has now scooped the top prize at PGAs, the WGAs, and the SAGs. The Ashley Nicole Black-hosted virtual WGA Awards ceremony saw Siân Heder also win best-adapted screenplay for CODA and Adam ...
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◊ If you're wondering how many shows uber producer Taylor Sheridan has on the go at Paramount+ at the moment, well, you can stop wondering as THR's James Hibberd has rather handily put them all in one place with descriptions and all. And, yeah, it's a lot and there's more than just Yellowstone and ...
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The Best Episodes of Television in 2021
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-tv-episodes-2021/#
My two-cent takeaway: Determining your favorite episode can be difficult, especially if you’ve been binge watching. As a test, find an episode from this list (or any episode of any show) of a ...