World Trade Center writer: film is not political

From The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles: Whatever your take on 9/11 -- Al Qaeda did it, someone else did it, or both -- the writer of World Trade Center says the only political idea in it is that "Sept. 11 brought out the goodness in people."

 

Internet: boon or bane for screenwriters?

From The Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) and Newsday (Long Island, New York): The Snakes on a Plane juggernaut is approaching -- or should I say, slithering towards us. I had supposed the phenomenon of a movie that was actually re-shot because of commentary on the net must be bad news for screenwriters, who don't exactly need more people sticking their noses into the development of a script (especially not tens of thousands more). But screenwriter Nicholas (Fallen, Reversal of Fortune) Kazan says it's a heckuva better way to gauge audience reaction than the "abomination" of a test screening. (Plus you don't have to go to a shopping mall in the 'burbs to do it.)

On the other hand, Aaron Sorkin may not be too happy with the web these days. Bad discussion board buzz for his upcoming series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (based on, it needs be said, the slimmest of previews) has him hoping for "a backlash to the backlash."

(By the way, we here at the E-script Gofer have taken an oath not to post more than one story about Snakes on a Plane. This is it. It's not going to be easy to keep our promise. Pray for us.)

 

No slings and arrows for cable TV show's writer

From The National Post (Canada): Bob Martin is a multi-tasker. While he continues to star on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone, the musical for which he won a Tony as co-author, he's also busy promoting the third season of "Slings and Arrows," the TV cult hit that he also helped create. And now he's pondering a spin-off series about -- what else? -- putting up a show in New York.