SSN Awards Watch: A Look At the Female Contenders, The Pitch Meeting Structure Used by the Pros, Building Gotham City with Production Designer Doug Kraner

SSN ORIGINALS

 

SSN Awards Watch: A Look At the Female Contenders

A rundown of potential nominees in the acting, directing, and writing categories. (SSN)

The Pitch Meeting Structure Used by the Hollywood Pros

When you understand the structure, you can decide when you want to follow the expectations and when you want to break the rules. (SSN)

Building Gotham City From the Ground Up with Production Designer Doug Kraner

Kraner takes SSN through the mean streets of Gotham and discusses his inspirations behind the sets that are shrouded in darkness. (SSN)

On the Set for 9/22/14

Liam Hemsworth starts By Way of Helena, Elisabeth Moss wraps Meadowland, and more. (SSN)

TODAY'S HEADLINES

 

Bryan Singer Helming X-Men: Apocalypse

Fox just closed a deal with Singer to direct the next installment of its billion dollar Marvel mutants franchise. (DH)

30 of Shonda Rhimes' Stars Respond to New York Times' "Angry Black Woman" Column

Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away With Murder stars weigh in. (THR)

MGM Acquires Stake in Burnett/Downey Production Companies

MGM has acquired a 55% stake in the production companies jointly owned by Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst Entertainment and has revived the United Artists banner to house the investment. (VAR)

'Friends' 20th Anniversary: 11 Shows That Tried to Replace It (And Failed)

Others since have tried and failed to imitate the group mentality since Friends went off the air in 2004. Here's why, in the end, none could stack up to Team Monica. (IW)

The 50 Greatest Pop Music Moments in Movies

The Dissolve compiled 50 remarkable combinations of pop music and moviemaking. (TD)

Hulu Orders Kennedy Assassination Series from J.J. Abrams, Stephen King

Based on the Stephen King novel, 11/22/63 is a nine-hour event series thriller. (FLAV)