“The Subversive Sitcom Model” Nathan Pyle on ‘Strange Planet’
“I moved to New York fifteen years ago. I didn’t really have much interest in drawing at that time — I was vaguely interested, but then I found Threadless, this whole community of artists on the internet who help each other and bounce ideas off each other, and it was even a way to make […]
Ed Solomon on Screenwriting, ‘Full Circle,’ and his Blacklist Workshop ‘Word by Word’ (Part 2)
Feeling Characters It’s difficult to describe the intangible need to choose one project over another, but Solomon says there are a number of ways to do so. “Sometimes I’ll feel a character. Sometimes I’ll feel a world. Or I might experience a human in an emotional state in one state and an emotional state […]
Ed Solomon on Screenwriting, ‘Full Circle,’ and his Blacklist Workshop ‘Word by Word’ (Part 1)
“One of the only real skills that I seem to have cultivated in this business is patience,” jokes screenwriter Ed Solomon (Men In Black, Now You See Me 2). “Once you realize nothing is going to happen at the pace you thought it was, trying to rid yourself of this notion of time and rush […]
“Weird Girl Feminism” Creators Alyson Levy and Alissa Nutting on ‘Teenage Euthanasia’
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family’s funeral home, giving her a second chance to raise her now-teenage daughter. This is the unusual plot behind the animated series, Teenage Euthanasia. Alyson Levy and Alissa Nutting, the creators of the series, describe themselves as “late bloomers.” Both had roundabout paths into the […]
“Your Pain Is Your Gift” Screenwriter/Producer-Star Michael Tennant on ‘Pretty Problems’
Michael Tennant grew up in San Diego with a “disdain” for Los Angeles. “You’re taught the Dodgers are the devil,” he jokes. “LA is the worst. Don’t do this. But my brother did a play, I heard him get a laugh… and that first hit of dopamine, I started chasing that. I liked the idea […]
