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QUICK TIPS FROM JEN GRISANTI, INSTRUCTOR FOR NBC’S “WRITERS ON THE VERGE” PROGRAM
Jen Grisanti is an instructor for NBCs “Writers on the Verge” development program and author of Change Your Story, Change Your Life. Through her book excerpt here learn how to develop a story and make a script the best it could be before it hits the air. (SSN)TV DEVELOPMENT FOR 7/28/15: USA ORDERS DAVID S. GOYER PRODUCED PILOT, NEW MELISSA MCCARTHY/BEN FALCONE SERIES IN THE WORKS
Other TV development news includes, ABC snagging Prospect Park's Black Heart series, HBO getting a Diane Keaton and Jude Law miniseries and CBS giving a series order to the Ridley Scott produced series BrainDead. (SSN)OTHER HEADLINES
Studio 8 Sets ‘Nosferatu’ Remake; ‘The Witch’s Robert Eggers To Write & Direct
Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 has set up an untitled film that is a remake of Nosferatu, with Robert Eggers aboard to write and direct the classic based on Dracula. (DH)Relativity in Ruins: Is it Too Late for Ryan Kavanaugh to Save His Studio?
While Kavanaugh scrambles to find a savior, the company’s 350 employees are preparing for the worst, with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing expected as early as this week. (VAR)Tommy Lee Jones Joins Matt Damon in 'Bourne 5'
The Oscar-winning veteran is expected to join Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles and possibly Viggo Mortensen for director Paul Greengrass in the action franchise’s fifth installment. (COLL)BoJack Horseman Renewed For Season 3 By Netflix
Announced at the TCA summer event, Netflix's BoJack Horseman Season 3, will follow Seasons 1 and 2 and feature 12 episodes. (CB)TV Land's 'The Soul Man' to End After Season 5
The cable network announced that it has renewed the Hot in Cleveland spinoff for a fifth run that will be the multicamera comedy's last. (THR)‘Section 6′ And ‘Winter’s Knight’ Producer Grey Matter Lands Funding, Sets ‘It Follows’ Helmer David Robert Mitchell’s Next Pic
Executive-turned-producer Lawrence Grey has found funding to set up new projects under his Grey Matter banner. (DH)