If you watched the Golden Globes recently, you probably saw how, during the opening monologue, host Nikki Glaser joked that the star-studded audience was "in the heart of Los Angeles, where no TV or film has been made for the past six years."That's been about the long and short of the Hollywood mood, post-COVID, post-strikes, post-everything. It's just really hard in the biz right now! Writers haven't been able to get on staffs, and directors can't seem to get financing. What's a creative to do?But screenwriting instructor Corey Mandell has a different outlook for writers.In a recent interview with Film Courage, Mandell addressed the doom-and-gloom narrative. He says writers are selling scripts again, agents are actively seeking new talent, and we're entering what could be the beginning of another boom period for screenwriters. Check out the video below. Is Hollywood dead? - YouTube www.youtube.com "No, They're wrong. And Here's Why." To understand where we are now, Mandell takes us back about two decades. The streaming wars created an unprecedented gold rush for writers. When Netflix and Amazon entered the original content game, they needed material, and lots of it. Back then, HBO's entire annual budget for original content sat at around $2 billion. Netflix and Amazon were collectively spending over $50 billion, he says. Apple pledged $1 billion."I would get phone calls or texts every day from at least one of my writers, at least from one of my writers who just got signed by an agent or a manager,...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 22 January