screenwriter
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A lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday accuses writer and director Taylor Sheridan of stealing the idea for his powerhouse success “Yellowstone” from Lauren J. Salkin, a Virginia-based journalist and screenwriter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The 83-year-old author and screenwriter told Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court she needed her car to meet criminals and sources for research into her next works of fiction.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ms. Hanssen, a screenwriter and radio host, has produced a gritty melodrama of familial love and hereditary tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Amelia is the director and lead vocal talent, Serenity is the screenwriter and side vocals, and I’m the animator.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
The screenwriters are Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, adapting what was originally a Spanish play, then a movie called “The People Upstairs,” both by Cesc Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The stories range from workers at Starbucks, Apple stores and Amazon warehouses to aspiring screenwriters, videogame designers and adjunct professors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Original ‘Lord of the Rings’ director Peter Jackson, screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and star Andy Serkis will reunite for ‘The Hunt for Gollum.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Did the screenwriters toss around a dozen other playground games — killer dodgeball, killer cornhole, killer freeze tag — before sticking with the same hide-and-seek set-up?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
She did her graduate work at NYU, and for three weeks the four of us stayed in the city and socialized with her former teachers and classmates—novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, poets.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
