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. |
