Exclusive: ScreenCraft has finalized the lineup for its annual Virtual Writers Summit.
The summit, which is expected to span the entire month of June this year, will feature creatives including Richard Linklater, Issa Lopez, Lulu Wang, Quinta Brunson, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and Sean Wang.
Typically, the summit has occurred over one weekend. However, this year boasts the largest lineup ever, thus resulting in panels over the course of the month on June 8, 15, 22, and 29.
“This marks the fifth year we have organized our annual writers summit virtually and, undeniably, the strongest lineup we have ever put together,” Thomas Dever, VP of Business Development for Industry Arts, ScreenCraft’s parent company, said in a statement. “We are thrilled to hear from these incredible speakers and bring them together with our audience to educate and inspire.”
See the full schedule below.
June 8
Headline Speaker – Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Letting Authenticity Guide Your Story,...
The summit, which is expected to span the entire month of June this year, will feature creatives including Richard Linklater, Issa Lopez, Lulu Wang, Quinta Brunson, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and Sean Wang.
Typically, the summit has occurred over one weekend. However, this year boasts the largest lineup ever, thus resulting in panels over the course of the month on June 8, 15, 22, and 29.
“This marks the fifth year we have organized our annual writers summit virtually and, undeniably, the strongest lineup we have ever put together,” Thomas Dever, VP of Business Development for Industry Arts, ScreenCraft’s parent company, said in a statement. “We are thrilled to hear from these incredible speakers and bring them together with our audience to educate and inspire.”
See the full schedule below.
June 8
Headline Speaker – Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Letting Authenticity Guide Your Story,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Zooey Deschanel was pretty much a sure thing to play the Enchantress Of Numbers in the upcoming movie, to be directed by Bruce Beresford, but it's only just been confirmed that she will indeed take the part, alongside Billy Crudup and British actor Toby Jones. Although it hasn't yet been made public which stars will portray which characters in the 1800s yarn, one can assume that Crudup has the part of Babbage, Lovelace's main love interest. Jones, on the other hand, could be playing any one of the 1st Earl of Lovelace, Charles Dickens and Sir Charles Wheatstone, all individuals who feature in the enchantress' lifestory.
Deschanel seems ideal for the role, given her penchant for playing women who are more than just a pretty face, since Lovelace was far from your ordinary period drama heroine. She was one of few who could really understand Babbage's complex Analytical Engine. She...
Deschanel seems ideal for the role, given her penchant for playing women who are more than just a pretty face, since Lovelace was far from your ordinary period drama heroine. She was one of few who could really understand Babbage's complex Analytical Engine. She...
- 4/21/2010
- Screenrush
Just the other day we told you about Zooey Deschanel’s interest in starring in The Enchantress Of Numbers and now, not only does it look like she made it official, but so have two other actors, Billy Crudup and Toby Jones. The news comes in the form of an update by Production Weekly via Twitter and, in addition to the cast, notes that Shanee Edwards is the woman responsible for the script. For those of you who missed our last entry, The Enchantress of Numbers is Ada Lovelace, also recognized as the world’s first computer programmer. Clearly Deschanel is leading as the Countess of Lovelace, but it isn’t quite clear who [...]...
- 4/20/2010
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Before Bill Gates there was Ada Lovelace. Her story will be coming to the big screen with Zooey Deschanel, an actress who has played her share of airheads positioned to take the lead. Production Weekly reports that Bruce Beresford is also onboard to direct in the Fall. Other thesps that are currently attached to Enchantress Of Numbers include Billy Crudup and Toby Jones. - Before Bill Gates there was Ada Lovelace. Her story will be coming to the big screen with Zooey Deschanel, an actress who has played her share of airheads positioned to take the lead. Production Weekly reports that Bruce Beresford is also onboard to direct in the Fall. Other thesps that are currently attached to Enchantress Of Numbers include Billy Crudup and Toby Jones. Circa 19th century, Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace is known as "one of the most picturesque characters in computer history." I imagine that scribe...
- 4/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Before Bill Gates there was Ada Lovelace. Her story will be coming to the big screen with Zooey Deschanel, an actress who has played her share of airheads positioned to take the lead. Production Weekly reports that Bruce Beresford is also onboard to direct in the Fall. Other thesps that are currently attached to Enchantress Of Numbers include Billy Crudup and Toby Jones. Circa 19th century, Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace is known as "one of the most picturesque characters in computer history." I imagine that scribe Shanee Edwards (who was awarded a Screenwriting grant at UCLA in 2005 for the project) will look at Lovelace's ascension in the field, her early defiance moving towards a career that was probably populated by a single gender. I turns out she chose the direction of mathematician and scientist. As the story goes, at some point in the timeline she would meet Charles Babbage (I...
- 4/17/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation announced Monday its five finalists for the 50th anniversary 2005 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards competition. The finalists were selected from a field of more than 100 feature-length screenplay submissions from seven University of California campuses. They are: UC Irvine's David Ariniello (River Champion), UC San Diego's Michael Carnick (Who's Driving Doug), UCLA's Shanee Edwards (Enchantress of Numbers), UCLA's Chris Kyle (The Ganders) and UCLA's Laurel Minter (The Route).
- 9/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Massachusetts native and USC film school grad, writer-director Juliane Glantz shows much enthusiasm in her feature debut, charging ahead with an overwrought, genre-bending teen potboiler that has a fashionable, anything-goes agenda.
Screened recently at the Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival, "Wilbur Falls" is headlined by Danny Aiello and Sally Kirkland as small-town eccentrics whose revenge-minded daughter (Shanee Edwards) vamps her way into serious trouble just before graduating high school.
The most honored and busy among her schoolmates, Renata (Edwards) never forgets her public humiliation as a freshman, when an erotic drawing of hers is reproduced and displayed by treacherous friends. Reduced to a hysterical mess and needing the comfort of her father Phillip (Aiello), the affable but overprotective town sheriff, Renata evolves into a noir virgin with a superior attitude.
Renata's mother (Kirkland) is a New Age floozy whom Phillip adores, but they are only two influences on Renata. Her best friend Arne (Jeff Daurey) encourages her to exact long-overdue payback from brainless stud Jeffrey (Charlie Newmark). Luring him to her favorite frog pond, Renata pulls a nasty prank resulting in Jeffrey's unintended demise.
When the body disappears, Renata and Arne keep mum as locals believe Jeffrey has disappeared. Alas, Phillip is no longer sheriff, and his replacement, T-Bone David Anthony Marshall), arrogantly and menacingly lurks while attempting to solve the mystery.
Complications set in when the deceased's pregnant girlfriend Jodi (Cherilyn Hayres) turns to Renata for help getting an abortion. They travel to the city and visit Renata's wild older sister Katherine (Suzanne Cryer), who has goo-goo eyes for slick gangster Johnny Handsome (Fred Stoller). Jodi and Renata talk about sex, with the former's enthusiasm turning on the latter, and they fall into bed together.
After the brief lesbian interlude, and because of newsworthy abortion protesters, they cause a panic back home, and Renata defiantly claims to have been pregnant with Jeffrey's child. From unused condoms by the pond to the surprise of what happened to Jeffrey's body, the film lurches into overheated melodrama as T-Bone and the state police begin looking for a murderer.
The performances are rarely subtle or convincing, though Edwards, Aiello, Kirkland and Hayres work hard. Glantz's scenario is too scattershot, and the combination of serious and satirical elements is handled clumsily.
WILBUR FALLS
Vexatious Films
Writer-director: Juliane Glantz
Producer: David L. Delman
Executive producers: David L. Delman, Joseph Pecoraro
Director of photography: Kurt Brabbee
Editors: John Gilbert, Duncan Burns
Costume designer: Kristen Anacher
Music: Jim Halfpenny
Color/stereo
Cast:
Renata: Shanee Edwards
Phillip: Danny Aiello
Roberta: Sally Kirkland
Katherine: Suzanne Cryer
Arne: Jeff Daurey
Jodi: Cherilyn Hayres
T-Bone: David Anthony Marshall
Johnny Handsome: Fred Stoller
Jeffrey: Charlie Newmark
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Screened recently at the Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival, "Wilbur Falls" is headlined by Danny Aiello and Sally Kirkland as small-town eccentrics whose revenge-minded daughter (Shanee Edwards) vamps her way into serious trouble just before graduating high school.
The most honored and busy among her schoolmates, Renata (Edwards) never forgets her public humiliation as a freshman, when an erotic drawing of hers is reproduced and displayed by treacherous friends. Reduced to a hysterical mess and needing the comfort of her father Phillip (Aiello), the affable but overprotective town sheriff, Renata evolves into a noir virgin with a superior attitude.
Renata's mother (Kirkland) is a New Age floozy whom Phillip adores, but they are only two influences on Renata. Her best friend Arne (Jeff Daurey) encourages her to exact long-overdue payback from brainless stud Jeffrey (Charlie Newmark). Luring him to her favorite frog pond, Renata pulls a nasty prank resulting in Jeffrey's unintended demise.
When the body disappears, Renata and Arne keep mum as locals believe Jeffrey has disappeared. Alas, Phillip is no longer sheriff, and his replacement, T-Bone David Anthony Marshall), arrogantly and menacingly lurks while attempting to solve the mystery.
Complications set in when the deceased's pregnant girlfriend Jodi (Cherilyn Hayres) turns to Renata for help getting an abortion. They travel to the city and visit Renata's wild older sister Katherine (Suzanne Cryer), who has goo-goo eyes for slick gangster Johnny Handsome (Fred Stoller). Jodi and Renata talk about sex, with the former's enthusiasm turning on the latter, and they fall into bed together.
After the brief lesbian interlude, and because of newsworthy abortion protesters, they cause a panic back home, and Renata defiantly claims to have been pregnant with Jeffrey's child. From unused condoms by the pond to the surprise of what happened to Jeffrey's body, the film lurches into overheated melodrama as T-Bone and the state police begin looking for a murderer.
The performances are rarely subtle or convincing, though Edwards, Aiello, Kirkland and Hayres work hard. Glantz's scenario is too scattershot, and the combination of serious and satirical elements is handled clumsily.
WILBUR FALLS
Vexatious Films
Writer-director: Juliane Glantz
Producer: David L. Delman
Executive producers: David L. Delman, Joseph Pecoraro
Director of photography: Kurt Brabbee
Editors: John Gilbert, Duncan Burns
Costume designer: Kristen Anacher
Music: Jim Halfpenny
Color/stereo
Cast:
Renata: Shanee Edwards
Phillip: Danny Aiello
Roberta: Sally Kirkland
Katherine: Suzanne Cryer
Arne: Jeff Daurey
Jodi: Cherilyn Hayres
T-Bone: David Anthony Marshall
Johnny Handsome: Fred Stoller
Jeffrey: Charlie Newmark
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/25/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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