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SSN contributor Stephanie Palmer checks in with a studied look at how a young writer can get him or herself proper representation. It’s both easier and harder than you might think, according to a veteran TV producer/writer and author of
How To Manage Your Agent: A Writer’s Guide To Hollywood Representation. (SSN)
A handful of projects get rolling, including a biopic of legendary pitcher Bill Lee called
The Wrong Stuff, and a John Travolta revenge flick called
I Am Wrath. At the same time, a pair of films finish principal photography, with both
A Monster Calls and
Folk Hero & Funny Guy calling it a wrap.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
The director was sentenced to 10 years, but will serve two years as part of the plea agreement, because he is a first-time offender. He also was prohibited from serving as a director, assistant director or in any supervisory production capacity that involves the safety of employees, and he was sentenced to 360 hours of community service. Miller will serve two years in custody, pay a $25,000 fine and has agreed not to direct during his probation period. Charges against his wife, producer Jody Sevin, were waived.
(VAR)
A nine-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer who helped develop
The Simpsons, made millions after leaving the show in 1993 and then donated his riches to charity, has died, his foundation announced this afternoon. He was 59.
(THR)
The Oscar-winning director will make her next film about Bowe Bergdahl, an America soldier who left his Army base, was captured by the Taliban, and then tortured and held prisoner for five years. Bergdahl’s release as part of a prisoner exchange became clouded with controversy as the soldier deserted his unit after becoming disillusioned with America’s presence in Afghanistan. Mark Boal, who wrote
Zero Dark Thirty and
The Hurt Locker, is writing and Megan Ellison is producing and financing.
(COL)
Company will give viewers the ability to enjoy HBO programming via HBO NOW. Upon launch, customers can subscribe using the HBO NOW app on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, or directly on Apple TV for instant access. Users can purchase HBO NOW directly in-app for $14.99 a month. Upon registering, subscribers will also be able to watch at HBONOW.com. HBO will offer a 30 day introductory free trial period to new HBO NOW customers who sign up through Apple in April.
(MF)
Network has given a two-season order to
The Walking Dead companion series project, which it piloted last fall. That matches the two-season initial pickup the network gave to the offshoot of another of its signature dramas,
Breaking Bad spinoff
Better Call Saul. (That project, featuring characters from the mothership show, went straight to series.)
(DH)
Introduced yesterday with the theme “Not There,” the campaign draws attention to women's rights on International Women's Day by rendering ads and magazine covers without any women. Cooperating marketers and media companies include Unilever, Under Armour, H&M, Diane von Furstenberg, Conde Nast, Refinery29, iHeartRadio and Snapchat.
(AA)
The latest look at the upcoming fifth season of the smash hit HBO series, this latest shows Jon Snow and the Wildlings, a worried-looking Sansa, Daenerys saying she's a queen "not a butcher," Jaime sword fighting, Ramsay Snow, fighting in Daznak’s Pit and a lot of dragon action. New season premieres April 12th.
(HP)
A brand new, very entertaining, full-length trailer from the upcoming film starring George Clooney, Hugh Laurie and Britt Robertson, and directed by Brad Bird. The film hits theaters on May 22nd.
(YT)
