Links
Industry News
The Wrap -- An excellent and comprehensive resource for daily entertainment news.
Hollywood Wiretap -- Another great resource that compiles daily stories from multiple outside sources.
Box Office Mojo -- Come here for current box office numbers, but stay for the good stuff: lists of movies by genre, production budgets for your favorite films, and yearly charts of the most profitable movies.
Deadline Hollywood Daily -- The inimitable Nikki Finke.
Done Deal-- Keep current with big spec sales, get valuable advice and find out what screenplay competitions are accepting entries.
PhotoCine News -- Delivers news from the movie industry that affects the photocine filmmaker.
Screenline -- If you're a box office numbers buff, you can't find a better resource than Screenline. They've got box office reports from every market in the world, original content analyzing b.o. numbers, and if you're feeling spendy, you can even sign up for their comprehensive project and person information database.
Instructional Sites and Blogs for Screenwriters
The Inside Pitch -- Christopher Lockhart, Executive Story Editor at ICM, just started blogging again after a two-year hiatus. Hooray!
Wordplayer -- Screenwriter Terry Rossio's (Pirates of the Caribbean) excellent and entertaining website.
John August.com -- Screenwriting info and instructionf rom the writer of The Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish and my personal favorite, Go.
The Artful Writer -- Screenwriting instruction and thoughtful ruminations on what it takes to be a writer, from Craig Mazin (Scary Movie) and Ted Elliott (Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek).
Chris Soth's Million-Dollar Screenwriting -- This guy really knows his stuff.
FilmScriptWriting.Com -- Free information on all aspects of film script writing.
Insider Blogs -- Plain Old Good, Dishy Reading
GeekWeek -- Wolverine producer and all around friend-to-geeks Jeff Katz has started his own blog, catering to fans of comics, film, TV, videogames and technology.
The Bitter Script Reader -- Ever wondered what readers say to each other after they read your script? Warning: it's snarky.
I Liked the Trailer Better -- Two producers share their innermost thoughts with you. Luckily, those thoughts are funny.
StephTvFilmWriter-- Steph is forging a career as a working writer. She's also savvy, smart, resourceful and doesn't pull punches.
Registering your Script
WGA West
WGA East
U.S. Copyright Office
Protect Rite
Film and Television Script Databases
Drew's Script-o-Rama
Internet Script Database
Simply Scripts
The Daily Script
God Among Directors.com
Horror Lair
Awesome Film
Sci Fi Scripts.com
The Weekly Script
The Script Shack
Twiz TV