How A Russian Thief Bought the Rights to ‘Casino Royale’ and Turned James Bond into a Woman
In 1955, flamboyant Russian actor and director Gregory Ratoff was in Cairo, Egypt, acting and...
Category: Screenwriting
Alfred Hitchcock Subverted 1 Common Thriller Cliche In The Crop-Duster Sequence in North By Northwest
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner...
James Bond Joins Villain to Solve Overpopulation In Rejected Script Pitch for ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’
James Bond has saved the world no less than 25 times. And in every film,...
Skyfall Originally Partnered Up James Bond and Villain Raoul Silva to Fight a Bigger Threat
Daniel Craig's third Bond film went through various story changes and rewrites before settling on Skyfall. One...
Inside ‘Once Upon A Spy’, Peter Morgan’s Abandoned Bond 23 Script Treatment
Before Skyfall hit theaters and became the first billion-dollar Bond film, Peter Morgan, the man behind The Crown, co-wrote...
Was Heath Ledger Supposed to Be in The Dark Knight Rises?
Heath Ledger’s The Joker is considered one of the best villains of all time. Unfortunately,...
This Periodic Table of Tropes Is The Ultimate Storytelling Infographic
Infographics are everywhere. Anything you need to remember can be distilled into one diagram. Design...
The 22 Step Guide To Pixar’s Story Structure Formula
Pixar revolutionized animation. And it also revolutionized how animated stories were told. With titles like Toy...
‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007
After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to...
Short Round’s Machine Gun Battle With Biplanes Was Cut From ‘Temple of Doom’
Short Round, Indy's precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was...