Jay 37,364 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The full article has lots of interesting info Steven Spielberg Writing “Creepy” & “Super Scary” Series For Jeffrey Katzenberg & Meg Whitman’s Quibi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Hmmm.... Spielberg and TV though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I doubt he's writing it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: I doubt he's writing it himself. Silly man. Of course he's writing it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I don’t see any reason to doubt it since it’s a direct quote from Katzenberg and he went out of his way to specify he was actually writing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,016 Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2019 He's writing a cheque for the ghostwriter. Karol SteveMc, Edmilson, Cerebral Cortex and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 He's probably writing the main ideas down on a napkin, then his ghosties flesh them out for him. 3 minutes ago, mrbellamy said: I don’t see any reason to doubt it since it’s a direct quote from Katzenberg and he went out of his way to specify he was actually writing it. It's called marketing. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Quote The exec added that Spielberg only wanted Quibi subscribers to be able to watch it at midnight. He said that his business partner Meg Whitman came up with an idea – tagged as Spielberg’s After Dark presentation – to put a clock within the Quibi player to mean that viewers will only have a limited amount of time to watch the show. That sounds...annoying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: I doubt he's writing it himself. Jesus, take the wheel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Jay said: The full article has lots of interesting info Steven Spielberg Writing “Creepy” & “Super Scary” Series For Jeffrey Katzenberg & Meg Whitman’s Quibi Yeah, that's the "new AMAZING STORIES" we've been hearing about for a while. Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 20 minutes ago, Thor said: Yeah, that's the "new AMAZING STORIES" we've been hearing about for a while. Looking forward to it! I thought he was doing Amazing Stories for Apple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Ah, OK. This kinda sounded like an AMAZING STORIES-type project, so I assumed that was it. Interesting regardless. Spielberg doesn't often write stuff anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 This is FANTASTIC STORIES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: I doubt he's writing it himself. Yeah. He's not a screenwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 He's written several scripts, as you well know I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 He's so talented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I seem to recall he only ever wrote treatments. That's not the same as writing a script, which I don't recall he's ever done. At least, not on his own. Lots of great directors don't write: its a completely different skillset. Clint Eastwood couldn't write a script to save his own life, for instance. Sir Ridley Scott never wrote a script or a treatment, for that matter, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 He didn't write Close Encounters you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I seem to recall it was ghost-written by a whole lot of other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Ghost written? There are other credited writers, meaning its not ghostwritten. It was Spielberg's story anyway. Same for Poltergeist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2019 Doesn't the film only credit Spielberg? As for "story by" - that basically means he wrote the synopsis and/or the treatment. Its probably what he's doing here, too. Its completely different to writing an actual script. Coming up with a good story is one thing. Making it work for a feature film is a different buisness entirely. SteveMc, Jurassic Shark and TheUlyssesian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Spielberg wrote the novelisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I believe that one was his butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 It was Bruce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Not sure if he's ever written scripts -- with all the technicalities that that entails -- or just stories in a more literary form, but that's beside the point, really. I'm just loving the fact that he's writing stories to be filmed in the first place. Although I consider THE DIG the greatest computer game of all time, I always wish Spielberg -- having (co-)written the story -- had turned it into a film instead. I know there were cost issues at the time, but he could have waited a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 He's credited for the screenplay for A.I. What's the difference between a script and screenplay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: He's credited for the screenplay for A.I. What's the difference between a script and screenplay? I believe they are interchangeable terms. Of course, in the case of A.I., it was adapted material rather than fully original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Of course, but it means he knows how to write a script, I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 His ghostwriters surely do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, Thor said: in the case of A.I., it was adapted material rather than fully original. Almost all of Spielberg's filmography is one of filming adapted screenplays. Its one of many things he picked-up on from Kubrick and Lean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Is he trying to be relevant again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 What a shill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, JoeinAR said: Is he trying to be relevant again? What does that even mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Thor said: What does that even mean? I was being sarcastic. TV has never been a wildly successful area for the wunderkind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Band Of Brothers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 And he was involved with E.R. though not directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Anyway, what is 'quibi'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 In name only on both of those shows. BoB was acclaimed but seen by few. ER owes more to its cast than a name value producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Chen G. said: I seem to recall it was ghost-written by a whole lot of other people. Every Hollywood script is ghost-written by a bunch of people. Every single script, even Oscar-winning ones, get a pass from this writer or dialog punch from that writer, or a character work run through with this other writer. Unless your name is Woody Allen or Tarantino, your script will have contributions by multiple other people. Just the fact of Hollywood. Now crediting is a whole other issue and is more complex. Complicated WGA rules govern who gets credit and when and for what and there are contracts and legalese and what not. So who's credited on screen does not at all indicate who wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: BoB was acclaimed but seen by few. First episode had 10 million voters. Then, two days later, 9/11 happened and HBO stopped promoting the show. The show ended with 5 million viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Anyway, what is 'quibi'? From the article I linked to (I guess you didn't read it all) Quibi will launch in the U.S. on April 6, 2020 and will cost $4.99 per month. It is set to spend $1B on content with the core-demo around 25-35. It will air videos in 7-10-minute chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Sounds dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Quibi has a youtube channel now with commercials for some of their shows, nothing for "After Dark" yet though https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4sKQm7_z8IrZ79O7v10ng/videos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spielberg's_After_Dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 This news was so dull to me when originally posted that I didn't even bother to comment. Oh Steven. What happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 6/10/2019 at 11:42 AM, JoeinAR said: I was being sarcastic. TV has never been a wildly successful area for the wunderkind. Indeed, Spielberg somehow has put his name on some pretty dreadful shows, specially over the last decade. Falling Skies, Terra Nova, Under the Dome, various horrible sci-fi shows that got axed after one or two seasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The Uwe Boll of TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hey, plenty of those are quite good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Which ones? Granted, I myself never watched most of them, but I've watched the entire first seasons of Falling Skies and Terra Nova, and these shows are horrendous, although some people say FS got better later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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