Past Scriptland columns

When David Simon ("The Wire") considered HBO's proposal to script Evan Wright's book "Generation Kill,"...




A man opens a "spiritual business" where people call to get issues off their chests. A successful...




Also: "Family Guy's" Seth MacFarlane keeps some control.




When unknown Brad Ingelsby sold "The Low Dweller" for $650,000, it announced...




The duo often breaks into a musical number to illustrate a character or idea.




This year's standout characters had a lot to say, as did their creators.




You can't throw a skim latte in L.A. without hitting a writer who has a screenplay that's been stuck in...




On the positive side, the strike is forcing them to meet people, share career...



Back from the dead, director Martin Scorsese and writer William Monahan puzzling over how to extend...




Allan Loeb knows a thing or two about Lady Luck. She's treating him much better lately.




Scriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. Indiana Jones,...




Eternally expanding his art, the writer's "Synecdoche, New York" is personally epic.