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Screenwriter Toolkit: How to Create Complex Characters that Attract A-List Talent
Pen Densham is an Oscar nominated filmmaker, with 16 features and over 300 hours of TV under his belt. Out of his best-selling book on creative screenwriting, Riding the Alligator, he discusses how to write roles stars will want to play . (SSN)
Executive Shuffle for 8/31/15: New $100 Mil. YooZoo Bliss Film Fund, Disney Animation Names New Execs, Moves at CAA/UTA/ICM
Other company launches and exec moves include, a new app with curated, short-form videos called Hyper, a new head of Fox International, a new TV exec at Open Road and a new SVP at The Lippin Group. (SSN)
OTHER HEADLINES
‘Scream’ and ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’s’ Wes Craven Dead at 76
Wes Craven, who died yesterday of brain cancer, had a major impact on horror films, and on the culture at large. He knew, on a bone-deep level, what scared us. Indiewire compiles a list of the most fitting tributes here. (IW)
‘The View’ Exec Producer Bill Wolff to Exit
One week before it debuts a new host lineup, The View will lose executive producer Bill Wolff. Wolff’s exit comes two years after he took over the flagging daytime franchise from founding exec producer Bill Geddie. (THR)
Nicholas Hoult to Play Author J.D. Salinger in ‘Rebel in the Rye’
Nicholas Hoult will star as J.D. Salinger in the biopic Rebel in the Rye, with Danny Strong directing from his own screenplay. The script was adapted from the Kenneth Slawenski biography “J.D. Salinger: A Life.” (VAR)
MGM Television Hires Lindsay Sloane As EVP Production & Development
MGM Television has brought in TriStar Prods.’ Lindsay Sloane as EVP, Television Production & Development. Additionally, the company has promoted Max Kisbye to SVP, Television Production & Development. (DH)
John Legend, David Bowie to write ‘The SpongeBob Musical’
Nickelodeon announced that it will produce the The SpongeBob Musical in Chicago next summer with original songs from John Legend, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, T.I., Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, Lady Antebellum, Panic! At the Disco and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. (CBS)
The 12 Most Interesting Moments From MTV’S VMAS
MTV started the VMAs over 30 years ago and it remains the network’s sole link to its glorious past. What people watch for is the most interesting moments. Here are Co.Create’s picks for what was most worth watching. (FC)
5 Things to Know About ‘SNL’s’ Newest Cast Member Jon Rudnitsky
Jon Rudnitsky will be a featured player with the show’s 41st season, SNL announced today. ABC breaks down all you need to know about him. (ABC)