Short Round’s Machine Gun Battle With Biplanes Was Cut From ‘Temple of Doom’ February 18, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting, Short Round, Indy's precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was...
Inside Superman Returns’ Canceled Sequel Featuring Darkseid? Brainiac? A New Krypton? And Why It Never Happened? February 15, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off DC, Home, Screenwriting, In 2006, Superman returned to the big screen after a two-decade hiatus. The film could...
Three Former Lawyers Join Writer’s Room on ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ January 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Screenwriting, Writing, Netflix's Daredevil set the bar high for Disney+'s follow-up series, Daredevil: Born Again. Fans were a bit disappointed when...
Power of Myth: Watch Joseph Campbell’s Six-Part Interview With Bill Moyers (1988) August 26, 2022 Daniel Rennie Off Character, DC, Director's Chair, Filmmaking, Marvel, Star Wars, Writing, The Hero's Journey is the backbone of most myth-based stories in Hollywood. Mythic storylines, according...
Philip Kaufman: The Filmmaker Behind Indy’s Pursuit of the Lost Ark October 29, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Franchises, Indiana Jones, Writing, The official story behind Indiana Jones's first big-screen adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, has...
Joker Origins: The Two Characters in ‘The Man Who Laughs’ Who Influenced The Clown Prince of Crime July 26, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, DC, Home, Puppetry and Make-up, Court jesters, carnival sideshow freaks, circus clowns -- the creepy, malevolent, clown has an uncomfortable...
Brainstorming Indy: Inside the 1978 ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Story Conference February 19, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Franchises, Home, Indiana Jones, Screenwriting, Writing, Would you like to see genius at work? Would you like to see how one...
How Marvel Kills Off A Superhero February 17, 2021 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Director's Chair, Filmmaking, Franchises, Marvel, Writing, Superhero movies are fun, but there are rarely any high stakes for the characters. Avengers:...
‘Star Wars’ Borrowed More From ‘Dune’ Than You Realize August 12, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting, Writing, Search your bookcase, you know it to be true In 1977, Star Wars hit the big...
What Is A MacGuffin? An Explanation of Film’s Most Mysterious Plot Device March 25, 2020 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting, Writing, What is a MacGuffin? It's perhaps the most mysterious plot device in film. The MacGuffin...