Daniel Craig’s third Bond film went through various story changes and rewrites before settling on Skyfall. One of those scriptments we;ve talked about before, Once Upon A Spy, in which The Crown producer Peter Morgan turned in a John Le Care-esque Bond film that focused on M and ended with 007 forced to kill her. The idea was canned, but when…
Before Skyfall hit theaters and became the first billion-dollar Bond film, Peter Morgan, the man behind The Crown, co-wrote “a shocking story” for Bond 23 with prolific Bond screenwriters Robert Wade and Neal Purvis. While the scriptment isn’t available for public consumption, the basic story idea is outlined in the Bond book, Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of…
Heath Ledger’s The Joker is considered one of the best villains of all time. Unfortunately, Ledger never got to see the impact of his iconic performance. He died of an accidental drug overdose of prescription drugs at 28, six months before the release of The Dark Knight. The following year his family accepted his Best…
Infographics are everywhere. Anything you need to remember can be distilled into one diagram. Design Through Stroytelling’s Periodic Table of Storytelling is an easy-to-use chart that will jog your memory on every major story trope. Thank artist James Harris for the resource, who followed the periodic table chemical elements as a guide. But instead of…
Pixar revolutionized animation. And it also revolutionized how animated stories were told. With titles like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Up, the company has some hot tips on how to write fun, heartwarming characters and inventive storylines. Emma Coats (@lawnrocket), ex-Story Artist at Pixar, originally tweeted out Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling. The rules aren’t part of a…
A writer’s room is the creative nexus of a television show. The golden age of television ushered in high-quality series often more prestigious than movies. Streaming revolutionized television with unique and intricate storytelling and large ensemble casts with their own subplots. The complexity of some shows requires an army of writers and this is where…
After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to introduce a new actor in the leading role. While the James Bond code-name theory has been debunked, each actor still brings their own unique take on the role. You could be forgiven for thinking that the self-deprecating humor, and liberal…
Short Round, Indy’s precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was described by former LucasFilm archivist J.W. Rinzler as the real hero of Indy’s second big-screen adventure. He catches Indy and Willie Scott with his perfectly placed car in Shanghai. Later, he defends Willie, uses a burning torch to break Kali’s…
In 2006, Superman returned to the big screen after a two-decade hiatus. The film could have been great. It had the right guy playing Superman, and it picked up the storyline five years after the events of Richard Donner’s cut of Superman II. But it also suffered from dubious creative decisions and a bloated budget…
Netflix’s Daredevil set the bar high for Disney+’s follow-up series, Daredevil: Born Again. Fans were a bit disappointed when star Charlie Cox revealed the new show won’t be “as gory”, though he did say it will still be for more mature audiences. While audiences got a kick out of seeing Matt Murdock give Peter Parker legal advice in Spider-man: No…