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The latest Gant UK overview.

Pirates of the Caribbean sails past Guy Ritchie's King Arthur at UK box office
The latest instalment of the Johnny Depp franchise fights off sunny skies – and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – with £5.24m, while Diary of a Wimpy Kid takes a road trip to second
theguardian.com

This is fun.

Are These the Five Best Plot Points in Movie History?
This video essay makes a compelling argument.
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Movies Are Changing, and We’ve Seen Their Future at Cannes 2017 — Analysis
IndieWire’s critics in Cannes trade notes about how the 2017 edition is providing a window into an evolving medium.
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A heartening assessment from Neil Turitz.

The State of the Spec Market: 2016
In examining the newest Spec Book, Neil Turitz finds that for the second year in a row, there were more specs put on the market and, more importantly, more sold, than the year before. This means th…
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13 Reasons Why - TV pilot script

13 Reasons Why Pilot Script
The 13 Reasons Why pilot script was written by Brian Yorkey based on the novel by Jay Asher.
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The Handmaid's Tale - pilot script.

The Handmaid’s Tale Pilot Script
The pilot script for The Handmaid’s Tale was written by Ilene Chaiken based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.
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Interesting.

How Scott Stuber Will Steer Netflix Ambition To Make 40-50 Feature Films Per Year — Deadline Disruptors
When Scott Stuber took himself out of contention to replace the late Brad Grey as Paramount chairman, and instead accepted an offer from Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos to run Netflix’s feature film…
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From the estimable Stephen Follows.

The relative popularity of genres around the world
In the second of four articles we wrote for the American Film Market, Bruce Nash and I looked at the relative popularity of genres around the world. We studied the territorial breakdown of theatrical box office grosses for 3,368 films covered by The Numbers’ international box office tracking. This c...
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How Warner Bros.’ $175M Costly ‘King Arthur’ Fell Off Its Horse At The B.O. With A $14.3M Opening
With Saturday AM updates: Really, how does a major studio spend $175M on a potential new franchise, and completely go bust at the box office? After arguably eight years of starts and stops through …
deadline.com

'...many executives are worried there are just too many sequels and franchises overflowing the market.'

Hollywood fearing worst box office summer in a decade
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 currently sits atop the worldwide box office, Disney and Marvel’s sequel having already grossed over $500 million.  However, the latest box-office predictions state the first weekend of May through to early September takings will be down five to 10 percent on last year...
independent.co.uk

This from Stuart Wright. Slightly depressing, I'm afraid.

The weekly Gant overview.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 still stellar as A Dog's Purpose sniffs out UK box office
Mindhorn, Sleepless and Unlocked also debut in the Top 10 as Marvel’s Guardians joins the year’s top earners in its second week
theguardian.com

The weekly Gant UK market overview.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 blows away UK box office with huge debut
The Marvel sequel means Disney has now scored the two biggest openings of the year, while Lady Macbeth gives indie cinema something to smile about
theguardian.com
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How Planned Russian Restrictions Would Endanger Hollywood Indie Movies
Local distributors fear that a planned hike in exhibition license fees would close the market for U.S. and European indie films.
hollywoodreporter.com

The Title Page.

Title pages
Title pages are important. They’re a reader’s first impression of your script and, as such, are the first indication of whether you’re a professional or amateur. Since there are a…
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Here's the weekly Gant Overview of the UK box office.

Fast & Furious 8 maintains lead over Boss Baby at UK box office
Vin Diesel and his turbocharged action thriller fight off Alec Baldwin another week, while Bill Nighy and Gemma Arterton debut on the chart with post-blitz comedy drama Their Finest
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