screenplay

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An adaptation of Cesc Gay’s 2020 Spanish film “Sentimental,” the screenplay is credited to Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

“The Death of Robin Hood” seeks something like the profundity of “Unforgiven,” but its writing doesn’t approach the power of that movie’s much revered David Webb Peoples screenplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Much of Schrader’s keynote centered on an experiment he recently conducted with ChatGPT, asking the platform to generate a screenplay idea in his own style.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But Gyllenhaal conveys little of that interiority, letting the screenplay do all of the heavy lifting.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

For six weeks in Los Angeles during that turbulent summer, the American writer William Faulkner worked frantically to turn Battle Cry into a screenplay.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein