ICYMI 11/10-11/14: Exec Cheat Sheets, Weekend Read, Tommy Lee Jones Spotlight, Foxcatcher and more

Exec Cheat Sheet: Your Weekend Read

All around Hollywood, execs are sitting around conference rooms today deciding what will be on their weekend read. SSN has gathered an unofficial list and offers up our unsolicited advice on what next steps should be. (SSN)

Exec Cheat Sheet: 10 Up and Coming Drama Writers and Directors For Your Next Project

In an effort to help flesh out those director and writer lists that so many  development execs labor over, SSN is here to help with the second installment of our Exec Cheat Sheet series. (SSN)

Exec Cheat Sheet: 10 Up and Coming Comedy Writers and Directors For Your Next Project

Culling through names of filmmakers that have the right qualifications for your specific project can be mind numbing at times, so why not turn to SSN to come up with fresh ideas. (SSN)

Spotlight: Tommy Lee Jones Talks Producing/Writing/Directing ‘The Homesman’ and Casting Meryl Streep

The Oscar winner is a triple threat on the western drama, about an independent-minded woman who volunteers to drive three mentally ill women in a wagon from Nebraska to Iowa, which has a gala premiere at the AFI Film Festival tonight. (SSN)

Career Trajectory: ‘Foxcatcher’’s Channing Tatum and Steve Carell, Proof Nice Guys Can Finish First

Sony’s Foxcatcher, in theaters today, has had ample awards buzz and is thought to be in the Oscar running, thanks in no small part to Carell’s turn as John du Pont. While Tatum has smartly chosen to vary the genres he plays in, Carell’s career has stayed away from especially dark dramas. (SSN)

A Sitdown With the Women of ‘Beyond the Lights’ — Gina Prince-Bythewood, Guygu Mbatha-Raw, and Tami Riker

The new film from the award-winning writer/director of Love & Basketball and The Secret Life of Bees crafted the character of Noni after watching an Alicia Keys concert at the Hollywood Bowl. (SSN)