A big surprise and a very cool thing to wake up to today - my script The Midnight Pool made the 2022 Black List of best unproduced scripts in Hollywood.
Laird Barron is one of our great writers. He's also a sweet and generous man. When I first moved to L.A. to be a screenwriter, I cold emailed him and he spent 90 minutes on a Zoom with me. It was a thrill and it meant so much to me. I'll never forget it. Please give if you can.
Laird Barron is ill and needs our help. He's a dear friend and has been a champion to so many young/new writers. Thank you @misanthropemike and @MrGaunt for setting this up. Follow @MrGaunt for more updates and info on Laird's health.
https://gofund.me/635fcb17
Laird Barron GoFundMe: https://bit.ly/laird-gofundme
Most of you know that Laird has been very sick these past few months. Now he's in the hospital, and he needs our help. Make no mistake: This is very serious, and potentially life-threatening.
Details: https://bit.ly/laird-gofundme
Laird Update the Latest (5): To this end, weβre setting up a Go Fund Me to assist with Lairdβs medical expenses. And by we, I mean, Mike Davis. The fundraiser will go live tomorrow afternoon. A number of you have asked if you can do anything to help Laird out. (Contβd)
essay I've been bleating about for a while. It's even prettier printed (the liner layout is just beautiful) but while you wait for the physical disc that you've definitely already ordered to arrive, here are some bonus features.
My managers Zak Kristofek and Jason Tamasco at Traction Pictures are producing along with John Wick's Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Asbury Park Picturesβ Mike Gabrawy, and Michelle Lang. Zak and Jason found it/me on The Blacklist in 2016 and ran with it.
I'm really excited to share that my first screenplay Red Right Hand will begin filming next month in Kentucky. Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell will star. Ian and Eshom Nelms will direct.
EXCLUSIVE: Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell have signed on to star in βRed Right Hand,β an upcoming action-thriller from directors Ian and Eshom Nelms https://deadline.com/2022/03/red-right-hand-orlando-bloom-andie-macdowell-to-star-in-nelms-brothers-film-1234990414/β¦
Sorry, I was hacked. I've taken back control of the account from this jackass crypto bandit after a non-fungible fiasco, although their tweets are still up. Thanks to everyone who reached out. Not good.
Trevor Moore, a comedian, actor, writer and producer who co-founded the sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U Know, died in an accident on Friday at the age of 41
Georgia promised not to try to execute a man if he agreed to plead guilty to a double murder and never challenge his conviction.
When DNA evidence positively cleared him, the State argued he was still bound by his promise.
Today was my last day with The Hill after 10 years covering Washington politics. It's tough to leave but time to try something new. I won't be reporting any more but will be working on writing projects in Los Angeles. Stay in touch or look me up if you're out that way.
A White House official said Harrisβs work will run along two tracks β first to address the swell of migrants at the southern border, and second to build long-term partnerships with the Central American countries the people are fleeing.
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for CA & screenwriting! He won 2020 Austin Film Festival top prize for his "King of Rio Barro" screenplay, which he describes as "darkly comic and violent but stylish & fun, too."π¬
As border crossings swell, White House searches for solutions...
βWeβve seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand.β
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