Trailer: The Hateful Eight

New from The Weinstein Company is the full trailer for The Hateful Eight, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walter Goggins, Tim Roth, Zoe Bell, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern.

"In THE HATEFUL EIGHT, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…"

The Hateful Eight opens in select theaters on December 25, 2015, and in wide release on January 8, 2015. 

Deadline: Spotlight Screenplay Competition Closes On October 31st

If you've got something ready to go, and you want a shot at the $5,000 Grand Prize in the Writers Store's Spotlight Screenplay Competition, submit it now because the extended deadline is tomorrow, October 31st.

The full Grand Prize package includes a $5,000 Cash Prize, meetings with industry professional, a Screenplay Pitch Clinic with ScriptXpert Story Coach, exposure to over 200 industry professionals, featured announcement in Script Magazine, and a special Invitation into the ISA Development Program.

Enter here: Spotlight Screenplay Competition

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on Suffragette

GoldDerby chats with screenwriter Abi Morgan (Shame, The Iron Lady) about her new film Suffragette.

Suffragette was written by Abi Morgan, directed by Sarah Gavron, and stars Helena Bonham Carter, Carey Mulligan, and Meryl Streep. It opens in theaters on October 23, 2015.

The Story of Dalton Trumbo Comes to the Big Screen

Bleacher Street, along with ShivHans Pictures and Groundswell Productions, is bringing the story of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo to theaters this November in TRUMBO.

"The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger."

Dalton Trumbo wrote over sixty films including Spartacus, Papillon, Thirsty Seconds Over Tokyo, Johnny Got His Gun, A Guy Named Joe, Five Came Back, Roman Holiday, and Exodus.

TRUMBO was based on the book by Bruce Cook, with a screenplay by John McNamara, directed by Jay Roach, and stars Bryan Cranston, Elle Fanning, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk, John Goodman, Louis C.K., and Adawale Akinnouye Agbage.

TRUMBO will be released in theaters on November 6, 2015.

THR's Drama Showrunner Emmy Roundtable

The Hollywood Reporter hosted a Drama Showrunner Emmy Roundtable with television showrunners Lee Daniels (Empire), Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers), Alex Gansa (Homeland), Sarah Treem (The Affair), Michelle King (The Good Wife), and Beau Willimon (House of Cards).

Max Landis Shared the First Four Pages of His Fantastic Four Script

Today on Twitter, Max Landis shared the opening four pages of the Fantastic Four script that he wrote four years ago.

Fantastic Four, currently in theaters now, was written by Jeremy Slater and Simon KInberg & Josh Trank.

Trailer: Daredevil

New from 20th Century Fox is the trailer for Daredevil, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (the that wrote  Zombieland and G.I. Joe: Retaliation), directed by Tim Miller, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gian Carano, and T.J. Miller.

"Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life."

Deadpool premieres in theaters on February 12, 2016.

Showrunner Roundtable

The Hollywood Reporter sat down six of television's best show runners - Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom), Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel), Ann Biderman (Ray Donovan), Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective), and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men) for a Drama Showrunner Roundtable - to discuss how great shows gets made.

And The 2014 EMMY Nominees Are...

Announced this morning by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, these are the writing nominees for 66th Primetime EMMY awards:

 

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Vince Gilligan for BREAKING BAD

Moira Walley-Beckett for BREAKING BAD

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for GAME OF THRONES

Beau Willimon for HOUSE OF CARDS

Nic Pizzolatto for TRUE DETECTIVE

 

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik for EPISODES

Louis C.K. for LOUIE

Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan for ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

Alec Berg for SILICON VALLEY

Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche, and Armando Iannucci for VEEP

 

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN

Noah Hawley for FARGO

Neil Cross for LUTHER

Steven Moffat for SHERLOCK: HIS LAST VOW

Larry Kramer for THE NORMAL HEART

David Simon and Eric Overmyer for TREME

 

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Jessi Klein, Amy Schumer, Emily Altman, Jeremy Beiler, Neil Casey, Kurt Metzger, Kyle Dunnigan, Christine Nangle, and Daniel Powell for INSIDE AMY SCHUMER

Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Alex Rubens, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Rich Talarico, and Charlie Sanders for KEY & PEELE

Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Graham Wagner, and Karey Dornetto for PORTLANDIA

Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Richard Dahm, Barry Julien, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Glenn Eichler, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale, Paul Dinello, Nate Charny, Sam Kim, Aaron Cohen, Gabe Gronli, and Matt Lappin for THE COLBERT REPORT

Elliott Kalan, Tim Carvell, Steve Bodow, Dan Amira, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart, and Rory Albanese for THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART

AD Miles, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Luke Cunningham, Mike DiCenzo, Mike Drucker, Jess Dweck, Dicky Eagan, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskel, Josh Lieb, Arthur Meyer, Chase Mitchell, Dan Opsal, Gavin Purcell, Jon Rineman, Albertina Ross, Jason Ross, David Young, and Michael Jann for THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON

 

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

David Boone and Paul Greenberg for 67th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS

Billy Crystal for BILLY CRYSTAL: 700 SUNDAYS

Sarah Silverman for SARAH SILVERMAN: WE ARE MIRACLES

Barry Adelman, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jon Macks, Dave Boone, Alex Baze, Robert Carlock, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, and Mike Shoemaker for THE 71st ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS

Ken Ehrlich and David Wild for THE BEATLES: THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA

 

You can see the full list of EMMY nominees here.

Entire British Pathé Film Archive Now On YouTube

Here's a great research resource that might come in handy someday.

The British Pathé film archive has uploaded its entire collection of 85,000 films to YouTube in high resolution.

“Our hope is that everyone, everywhere who has a computer will see these films and enjoy them,” says Alastair White, General Manager of British Pathé. “This archive is a treasure trove unrivalled in historical and cultural significance that should never be forgotten. Uploading the films to YouTube seemed like the best way to make sure of that.”

You can explore and watch here: British Pathé

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