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He was initially paid just $9,282 to write the “Friday the 13th” screenplay, though the Writers Guild was eventually able to help him get additional compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Ippolito excels as the then-unknown Stallone, who, while broke, parlayed his original screenplay for “Rocky” into a starring role and an acting career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

ER launched in 1994, based on original screenplay written by Crichton.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Although the movie was shot entirely in Hindi, the creators wrote an English-language screenplay for the global release.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

For six weeks in Los Angeles during that turbulent summer, the American writer William Faulkner worked frantically to turn Battle Cry into a screenplay.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The biography paints the director’s close collaboration with Robert Riskin, whose screenplays included “It Happened One Night,” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” and “Meet John Doe,” in idyllic terms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Van Zandt has no signs of slowing down anytime soon, as Page Six recently reported that he is working on screenplays “set in the Garden State.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

He hangs out with the suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst; hobnobs with King Edward VII; writes screenplays for Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Films like “They Will Kill You” and those in the “Ready or Not” franchise incorporate visual elements of the divine and satanic to distract from their mediocre screenplays and recycled ideas.

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

Eventually, he was able to make his living again writing screenplays, plays, and books under his own name.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow