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| The First Draft of the Script was Finished Labor Day 2016 & Amy Pascal Got it Going | |
| Posted by: ScriptGirl 09:16 am EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: I think Spotlight was better - dramedy 12:14 pm EST 01/13/18 | |
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| I worked on The Post as the Script Supervisor. I wonder where you got the idea that the script has been sitting around for years. The reality is completely the opposite. Liz Hannah, who wrote the script, finished the first draft in September of 2016. Amy Pascal, the producer, was the one who got the project going. A director doesn’t greenlight. Fox is the studio and they green lit the production. Going from first draft to having the finished film showing in theaters in 15 months is practically unheard of; that’s about as “instant” as it gets in the movie business. | |
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| re: The First Draft of the Script was Finished Labor Day 2016 & Amy Pascal Got it Going | |
| Posted by: dramedy 03:14 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: The First Draft of the Script was Finished Labor Day 2016 & Amy Pascal Got it Going - ScriptGirl 09:16 am EST 01/14/18 | |
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| I tbought i heard it on one of the morning shows few weeks ago. But i must have misinterpreted the statements made. | |
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| 'Post' script: How it got fasttracked for a quick turnaround | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:25 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:17 pm EST 01/14/18 | |
| In reply to: The First Draft of the Script was Finished Labor Day 2016 & Amy Pascal Got it Going - ScriptGirl 09:16 am EST 01/14/18 | |
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| Congrats, ScriptGirl, on working on such a wonderful and incredibly topical movie like ''The Post''! I read an interview with Liz Hannah (linked below) that confirms what you said: that it was written on a short timeline and bought by producer Amy Pascal, who got the ball rolling. It was fasttracked to production, thanks to the amazing efforts of Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Josh Singer, who won the Oscar for Original Screenplay for ''Spotlight,'' was contacted to do a quick rewrite on Hannah's spec script (which she wrote at age 31!). I hope Hannah and Singer get Oscar-nominated, but it's so competitive this year. Given how politically polarized this country is, I'm amazed this movie got made at all, and wondered if there'd be any audience for it. Happily, it's gotten rave reviews and an A from CinemaScore. Looks like it'll be No. 2 at the box office, with about $22 million or so. |
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| Link | Indiewire.com: 'The Post' - Liz Hannah and Josh Singer on revisiting history with Steven Spielberg and Meryl Streep |
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