I'm so tired. I know that's not an original thought, especially for a writer, but I am goddamn exhausted. Over the last decade, there has been a marketed change in the way Hollywood greenlights movies and TV shows that place all the work on the writer. This change has everyone I know dragging and has affected every facet of the industry. Today, I want to talk about the burden of packaging and how it has crippled the industry from making decisions, neutered great executives, and made Hollywood into a lazy town that needs a kick in the ass. Let's dive in. 'Superbad'Credit: Sony Packaging is Killing Me I grew up in a family that loved movies and TV shows, but I don't think I ever knew what a screenwriter was until I saw the movie Superbad. I was obsessed with this coming-of-age movie and saw it so many times in theaters. The vulgarity, the jokes, and the relatability all connected with me on a deeply personal level. After seeing that movie, I knew I had to be a screenwriter. And so, my journey began. Since then, I've had a movie made, worked in TV, been on the Black List twice, and have a few projects in active development. And a lot of dead ones. I've lived out my Hollywood dream, and wake up every day trying to keep it going. But what I've seen over the last ten years has changed my perception of Hollywood and of the movie that...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - 6 days ago