How Screenwriters Are Flexing Their Muscles To Find A New Way To Control The Script — Deadline Disruptors
deadline.comWith the motion picture business shifting almost exclusively to franchises over the past decades, screenwriters are increasingly put through the wringer as they find themselves replaced and replaced again throughout protracted development processes.
It’s a punishing road that can be demoralizing for writers who have often spent months pitching for an open writing assignment.
But as more and more streamers look to add content to their film slates, screenwriters are finding new opportunities to flip the script.A high-profile comic book movie set to debut next year recently had its final script submitted to the WGA for screenwriting credit, and insiders tell Deadline that a staggering 45 writers had some sort of involvement with the script at various stages through the development process.
The likelihood that all those writers will get credit is “basically impossible”, according to one source close to the project.
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