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November 5, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Director's Chair, Screenwriting,

Jaws 2 is the best of the sequels to the Steven Spielberg classic, but it...

October 31, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Home, James Bond, Screenwriting, The Producers,

In 1955, flamboyant Russian actor and director Gregory Ratoff was in Cairo, Egypt, acting and...

June 11, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Cinematography, Director's Chair, Editing, Home, Screenwriting,

The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner...

June 9, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Home, James Bond, Screenwriting,

James Bond has saved the world no less than 25 times. And in every film,...

June 8, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Character, James Bond, Screenwriting,

Daniel Craig's third Bond film went through various story changes and rewrites before settling on Skyfall. One...

April 6, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Home, James Bond, Screenwriting,

Before Skyfall hit theaters and became the first billion-dollar Bond film, Peter Morgan, the man behind The Crown, co-wrote...

April 6, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off DC, Home, Screenwriting,

Heath Ledger’s The Joker is considered one of the best villains of all time. Unfortunately,...

January 22, 2024 Daniel Rennie Off Screenwriting,

Infographics are everywhere. Anything you need to remember can be distilled into one diagram. Design...

December 4, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Home, Screenwriting,

Pixar revolutionized animation. And it also revolutionized how animated stories were told. With titles like Toy...

August 25, 2023 Daniel Rennie Off Character, Character, Featured, Screenwriting, Stunt Work, Writing,

After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to...

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Category: Screenwriting

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