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Joan Jett’s Runaways – soon

12. January 2010

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Rock superstar Joan Jett (and boy she looks good for her age – an unbelievable 51) will be back at the movies again soon, this time to see herself played by Twilight actress Kristen Stewart in a production called The Runaways. This tells the story of Joan’s early career while in the all girl band [...]

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2010 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominees Announced

11. January 2010

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LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK — The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the past year. Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in [...]

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What did you read the most in 2009?

8. January 2010

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These were the most popular 50 posts in this blog last year. It appears that after our homepage, you most like to know about Mamma Mia and the fees paid to screenplay writers. 1. FilmandMovieMaking.com – homepage! 2. Mamma Mia! script search update 3. Mamma Mia screenplay – script 4. Screenwriter’s fees 5. Screenplay writer’s [...]

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Up In The Air & Precious named among Scripter nominees

7. January 2010

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Up In The Air will battle it out with Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire for the coveted Scripter Award, which honours both the author and screenwriter of the year’s best book-to-film adaptation. The George Clooney film and Precious will compete with Crazy Heart, District 9 and An Education for the honour, which [...]

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Flixster Inc. Acquires Rotten Tomatoes From IGN Entertainment

6. January 2010

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Press release SAN FRANCISCO – (Business Wire) Flixster Inc., producer of the world’s largest online movie community at www.Flixster.com, today announced that it has acquired Rotten Tomatoes from IGN Entertainment. IGN, a division of News Corporation, will receive a minority equity stake in Flixster as part of the acquisition. Financial terms of the transaction were [...]

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Award nominations for Movies: 2009

5. January 2010

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Direct from the desk of www.FILMandMOVIEmaking.com, The FAMM nominations for 2009 are in and here they are: Drum roll please … Best film/movie: • In The Loop • Orphan • Invictus • Star Trek • Skin Best screenplay: • Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche – In the Loop • David Leslie [...]

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Sherlock Holmes (2009)

3. January 2010

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4 stars **** If you’re expecting the Sherlock Holmes that’s in your memory, forget that anticipation quickly. This is Sherlock on speed and everyone along for the ride has to match that pace of thought and action. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four books and almost 60 short stories around his character, Sherlock Holmes. Lionel Wigram [...]

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