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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 22:49

What's up with Hollywood?

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 So Hollywood is in a major upheaval, says this article (link)  from the LA Times. I don't think that's a surprise to anyone.

I want to make millions of dollars from all of my blockbuster movies, just I'm sure you all want to make millions of dollars from all of your blockbusters... Okay, maybe it wasn't going to be that easy anyway. But, as aspiring screenplay writers, what do we do? What does this mean for us? What options do we have? I don't know.

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