Script Magazine

The film is a hilarious, stylized, R-rated action-comedy about two gangsters and the woman they love trying to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added to the mix: a time machine. There’s a sheer delight I get as a viewer when I learn more about characters and plot within the second, and third and so on viewing of a film. And yet the jokes and performances never feel stale.

Wonder Man (2026). Courtesy of Marvel Andrew Guest got his start in television writing working his way up from the bottom. His first credited episode of television is from the 2003 series Hope and Faith starring Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa. He kept working his way up to shows like 30 Rock, Community, and Suburgatory. He consulted on the Marvel television Hawkeye show and his first shot to run a show came with Marvel’s Wonder Man. Wonder Man isn’t your average Marvel show.

The secret of telling a good story, regardless of your chosen media, is good storytelling. It’s essential to the success of all media, from film and graphic novels to novels, short stories, video games, and any point in between. How do you take the techniques of master storytellers and fold them into your own work, regardless of medium?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026). Photo by Steffan Hill/HBO Ira Parker first stepped into the world of Game of Thrones and Westeros as part of the writing team on the spin-off House of the Dragon during its first season. It wasn’t long before he was tapped to bring George R.R. Martin’s novellas starring Dunk and Egg starting with The Hedge Knight to life for HBO.

Set in the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey). Mark Rufallo as Tom Brandis is Task (2026). Photo by Peter Kramer/HBO It feels incredibly rewarding as a viewer to get lost in a television series where you feel fully invested to both the character and plot. And once everything shakes out, particularly not in the way you had thought, it’s oddly satisfying.

Disclosure Day (2026). Coutesy of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment David Koepp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Mission: Impossible) has been screenwriting for almost forty years and with the upcoming Disclosure Day, he and longtime collaborator Steven Spielberg (Jaws, E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Schindler’s List) have crafted a cerebral yet action-packed look at the necessity for the truth.

Disclosure Day (2026). Coutesy of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment There are few filmmakers who mean as much to my love of cinema as Steven Spielberg. Like countless movie lovers around the world, I can trace entire chapters of my cinematic education back to his work. From E.T. to Jurassic Park to Schindler's List to Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg has spent decades reminding audiences why cinema can feel magical. His films have always been about more than spectacle.

[L-R] Jamie Bell as Niall and Richard Gadd as Ruben in Half Man (2026). Photo by Anne Binckebanck/HBO Richard Gadd wrote the first draft of Half Man in 2019, during the live run of Baby Reindeer. At the time, Baby Reindeer had not yet made it to screen. The cultural phenomenon, the BAFTA, the Emmy, all the conversation that would follow, none of that had happened yet. He shelved Half Man for four years to see Baby Reindeer through. He came back to it.

Widow’s Bay is a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is.

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