Colbert to co-write new LOTR film with Peter Jackson

[Syne]

You're the one who keep bringing up Sheridan, who had already written screenplays. That's the whole distinction I've been making all along.

Nope..he wrote one screenplay and put it in a drawer. So he had no "written screenplays"--only one, which he didn't show to anyone. Tell me how that amounts to a screenwriting resume:

"Sheridan wrote his very first script when he was 40 years old. Sicario, written on spec, was then put into a drawer to write what he felt would be an easier script to sell. That script was the Oscar-nominated Hell or High Water."

I don't know if it's funner or sadder that you can't understand simple English.
"Already written screenplays" = "he wrote one screenplay and put it in a drawer"

Illiterate loser.

With no resume to merit those services on a big budget feature film.

Sheridan didn't have a resume to merit his first film either. I guess he wasn't qualified either. lol

You don't need a resume when you're selling a finished script, on the sole merit of that script. You know, what Colbert doesn't have to offer.

Illiterate loser.

[Magical Realist]

You don't need a resume when you're selling a finished script, on the sole merit of that script. You know, what Colbert doesn't have to offer.

Oh so now screenwriters DON'T need resumes for their first screenplay? lol You've totally again lost track of what you are arguing for dipshit.. You're done.

[Syne]

No, oh sad illiterate one, you've just never followed the conversation. 9_9

Sheridan had a finished script to sell.
Colbert doesn't and must rely on his resume to be hired as screenwriter.

It's not rocket science, dipshit.

[Magical Realist]

Colbert doesn't and must rely on his resume to be hired as screenwriter.

No he doesn't asswipe. He was already chosen for the job by Peter Jackson.

Oh look..he did co-write a screenplay for both a film and a TV series..

"The screenplay for the 2005 Strangers with Candy movie, as well as the original television series, was written by creators Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert. The trio wrote the cult classic comedy, which also featured them in leading roles, based on their experience with the TV series."

He also wrote and directed the comedic short film "Darrylgorn" starring 3 of the original cast members of the LOTR films.

[Syne]

Yes, nepotism.

If you think comedies, which I already mentioned earlier, are qualifications for a LOTR movie, that's on you, imbecile.

[Magical Realist]

If you think comedies, which I already mentioned earlier, are qualifications for a LOTR movie, that's on you, imbecile.

Lol Oh so NOW the screenplays they've written have to be the same genre as the new screenplay? No dumbass. A screenplay is a screenplay. Sheridan's screenplay for "Hell or High Water" wasn't the same genre as his screenplay for "Sicario" now was it?

"But writers tend to move between genres. One example is Peter Farrelly who, along with his brother, wrote outrageous comedies in the 1990s such as Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary. But a few years ago, Farrelly wrote and directed the Oscar-winning drama The Green Book.

Screenwriters can work in more than one genre and have a successful, thriving career.

Barbara Kymlicka has nearly 70 writing credits over the course of the last 15 years between two seemingly different genres: thriller and romantic-comedy. In fact, in 2020, she had seven movies produced, three were thrillers and four were rom-coms."----- https://www.finaldraft.com/blog/how-to-b...ple-genres

[Syne]

If you think comedies, which I already mentioned earlier, are qualifications for a LOTR movie, that's on you, imbecile.

Lol Oh so NOW the screenplays they've written have to be the same genre as the new screenplay? No dumbass. A screenplay is a screenplay. Sheridan's screenplay for "Hell or High Water" wasn't the same genre as his screenplay for "Sicario" now was it?

So you do think writing comedies qualifies you to write LOTR. LOL!

Sheridan wrote sold each screenplay on their own merit. He didn't write in one genre and then get hired, sight unseen, to write in another.
You really have no idea how things work in the real world, do you? @_@

"But writers tend to move between genres. One example is Peter Farrelly who, along with his brother, wrote outrageous comedies in the 1990s such as Dumb & Dumber and There’s Something About Mary. But a few years ago, Farrelly wrote and directed the Oscar-winning drama The Green Book.

Peter Farrelly co-wrote the screenplay for Green Book before the film was produced and sold to a studio, although he was not the original creator of the story.
- Google AI

Again, he wrote a script and then sold it. He was not hired, sight unseen, to write a script for a new genre.
You really keep thinking you're making valid point, huh? 9_9

Barbara Kymlicka has nearly 70 writing credits over the course of the last 15 years between two seemingly different genres: thriller and romantic-comedy. In fact, in 2020, she had seven movies produced, three were thrillers and four were rom-coms."----- https://www.finaldraft.com/blog/how-to-b...ple-genres

Are you ever going to find an example where a screenwriter, with no feature length, big budget film experience, gets offered a job outside of any of their prior experience?
Not having completed scripts to sell, not having a huge resume with feature films.

No? Just still desperately defending your little fanboy crush?

[Magical Realist]

Again, he wrote a script and then sold it. He was not hired, sight unseen, to write a script for a new genre.

Doesn't matter. If switching genres isn't a problem for screenwriters who have already written a screenplay, it certainly isn't one for screenwriters who are hired to write a screenplay. And the fact that they are routinely hired to write screenplays of different genres proves it:

"When studios or producers have an idea, they hire writers to draft the script. A writer may be hired for an assignment outside their typical genre if they have shown strong skills in storytelling or if they can "match" the tone required."

Are you ever going to find an example where a screenwriter, with no feature length, big budget film experience, gets offered a job outside of any of their prior experience?

I already showed you that Colbert had prior experience with screenplays in feature length film and TV shows and a film short. I just showed you that screenwriters usually switch genres and somehow get hired for their screenplays still. IOW you have nothing more to whine about. So piss off shorty.

"Screenwriters are frequently hired to write screenplays, often making up a majority of professional work, sometimes estimated as high as 94% of jobs. These jobs, known as Open Writing Assignments (OWAs) or commissioned work, involve writing scripts for television, movies, or adaptations based on concepts from studios, producers, or streaming platforms like Netflix."

[Syne]

Again, he wrote a script and then sold it. He was not hired, sight unseen, to write a script for a new genre.

Doesn't matter. If switching genres isn't a problem for screenwriters who have already written a screenplay, it certainly isn't one for screenwriters who are hired to write a screenplay. And the fact that they are routinely hired to write screenplays of different genres proves it.

See, this is your problem. You don't think reality and facts matter. If they can't be twisted to justify your existing beliefs (crush in the case), you can't be bother to even comprehend them.
You've obviously never spend much time in the real world, working real jobs. In the real world, you either have to have something on-hand to sell or a resume that convinces people you have the talent, skills, or years of experience to do the exact job they are looking to fill. People do not hire you to do a programming job simply because you have years of experience using Excel.

Are you ever going to find an example where a screenwriter, with no feature length, big budget film experience, gets offered a job outside of any of their prior experience?

I already showed you that Colbert had prior experience with screenplays in feature length film and TV shows and a film short. I just showed you that screenwriters usually switch genres and somehow get hired for their screenplays still. IOW you have nothing more to whine about. So piss off shorty.

"Screenwriters are frequently hired to write screenplays, often making up a majority of professional work, sometimes estimated as high as 94% of jobs. These jobs, known as Open Writing Assignments (OWAs) or commissioned work, involve writing scripts for television, movies, or adaptations based on concepts from studios, producers, or streaming platforms like Netflix."

If you could read, you'd see that I asked about being offered a job outside of their experience. You haven't shown that, no matter what the delusional little voices in your head tell you.

[Magical Realist]

You've obviously never spend much time in the real world, working real jobs. In the real world, you either have to have something on-hand to sell or a resume that convinces people you have the talent, skills, or years of experience to do the exact job they are looking to fill.

Absolutely not. I've had successive jobs in my life, none of which required a resume or something on-hand to sell. Just a willingness to learn and work and an interview. My last one was the US Navy who pretty much hired me on the spot sight unseen and then sent me to electronics school for 3 years. Amazing huh?

If you could read, you'd see that I asked about being offered a job outside of their experience.

Screenwriting in a different genre IS a job outside their experience. And yet screenwriters get hired for this all the time as I just proved. Colbert is no exception. EOS.