Strictly Game

I've got Harlem Shakes in heavy rotation. Make a little money, take a lot of shit, feel real bad, and get over it. Sounds like a plan.

Effin' Beautiful

Recent Nikki Finke post confirms what every middling screenwriter already new.

"It's crazy how shitty the spec market has been this year, especially given what a debacle 2007 and 2008 were," a source tells me.

But as one who's developed a spec script with some producers who are prepping to take it to the studios in the very near future, there are some words you don't like to read. Words like "piss-poor" and "2009" and "development".

And you really don't like to read them in this order:

"The rest of the 2009 studio development business is in piss-poor shape."

Read her full post here.

Sounds about right

For those of you wondering how movies take that straight, obstacle free road from idea to completed project, this seems pretty much spot on.

Back To Work

Only took 17 months of WGA strike, SAG uncertainty, economic meltdown, and an actual SAG strike authorization vote.

The Artful Writer sums it up best.