Ramesh Santanam
@itsharrylime.bsky.social
Screenwriter | Story analyst/script reader for studio and production companies | Former crime, courts, investigative reporter | Occasional guest lecturer | Ardent cricket fan | Part-time raconteur |
"[I]f you don't look for new voices and new talent, and you rely on what's worked before, innovation dies within your organization." #scriptsky #filmsky
Michael De Luca Warns About the Danger of Hollywood Cutting Development Funds for Original Material: ‘If You Cut Too Deep Your Pipeline Dries Up’
Warner Bros. Pictures chief Michael De Luca warned about the repercussions of cutting spending on original material during his Q&A at Produced By.
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I’d like to think March and Healy have taken on other cases and stuff. #filmsky #scriptsky
Ten years later, the cult of ‘The Nice Guys’ keeps growing
When “The Nice Guys” debuted 10 years ago, the writing was on the wall for the big-screen comedy. It came out sandwiched between “Captain America: Civil War” and “X-Men: Apocalypse.”
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A pleasant surprise the week LEGEND HAS IT screens at the Victoria Film Festival in Canada. I co-wrote this short with my friend, Frank. It's directed by Thomas Lorber, and screens tomorrow. Thomas is stunt coordinator on the upcoming READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME. #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky
The Legend is going to Canada. LEGEND HAS IT, the short action-comedy I co-wrote, was selected by the Victoria Film Festival in Vancouver, where it will be shown Feb. 12 & 14 — that's this Thursday and Saturday — at the Intrepid Theatre. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting
More shameless self-promotion: Excerpts from a new review this week of the bonkers short film I co-wrote. Next stop: Vancouver in a fortnight. #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky
Excerpt from a new review of LEGEND HAS IT, the short co-written by yours truly and Frank Tremblay, and directed by Thomas Lorber, whose terrific stunt work can be seen right now in FRANKENSTEIN, and soon in READY OR NOT 2 and VIOLENT NIGHT 2. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting #shortfilm
Actor Tom Morton, director Thomas Lorber, and composer William Gaboury @danceswithfilms.bsky.social New York premiere of LEGEND HAS IT, co-written by yours truly. #screenwriting #filmsky #scriptsky
LEGEND HAS IT, an action-comedy short I co-wrote, directed by the talented Thomas Lorber, has its U.S. premiere in a few hours @danceswithfilms.bsky.social at Regal Union Square, New York City. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting
"There is something quietly powerful about short films that know exactly what they want to be, not just in tone or genre, but in intention." A review of LEGEND HAS IT, cowritten by me. US premiere is Friday (Jan. 16) at Dances With Films: NY. tinyurl.com/muerh9wy #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting
Legend Has It – When Performance Becomes Survival. - Scene For Scene
There is something quietly powerful about short films that know exactly what they want to be, not just in tone or genre, but in intention. They often bear the burden of proof that an idea works and is...
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"If you’re an aspiring professional screenwriter and you want this to be your job, write a commercial spec script. … A script that when it lands on a desk at 11:48 pm makes the reader finish it." tinyurl.com/4nj8xndm #scriptsky #screenwriting
THE MORAL CASE FOR “SELLING OUT”
Why the widest door leads to the highest art
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A critic just reviewed LEGEND HAS IT, the short film I co-wrote. Its U.S. premiere is Jan. 16 at Dances With Films Festival in Manhattan. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting tinyurl.com/39f26wc3
LEGEND HAS IT Review: Killer Moves For A Killer Bust In Thomas Lorber's New Action Comedy | Film Combat Syndicate
The cast includes Jon Cor, Dianne Aguilar, and Tom Morton.
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LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote with Frank Tremblay, and directed by Thomas Lorber, will have its North American premiere next month at the Dances With Films: NY festival in Manhattan. #scriptsky #screenwriting #filmsky
"AI cannot create stories," Chevalier said. "We create stories." apnews.com/article/fran... #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting
Why a misunderstood wolf from a French supermarket ad is moving viewers worldwide
A French supermarket's Christmas advert has captured hearts worldwide without using generative AI. The two-and-a-half-minute film, "Unloved," created for Intermarché, tells the story of a lonely wolf ...
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Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback
Fearing they could be replaced, Hollywood script readers face off against AI programs to see who gives better feedback.
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LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, won the Midnight Audience Award at the 2025 Sapporo International Short Film Fest in Japan. An organizer texted the director: "Your film got the most laughs and the biggest reactions in the theater — it was a true highlight of the night." #filmsky #scriptsky
Teaser trailer for LEGEND HAS IT, a short film I co-wrote, directed by the talented Thomas Lorber (stunt coordinator/stuntman, READY OR NOT 2, THE BOYS, REACHER, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and the upcoming THE WESTIES and del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN). youtu.be/Ej_bf8JcSM8 #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting
Legend Has It - Teaser/Trailer
YouTube video by Thomas Lorber
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This live two-hour interview with Chris McQuarrie that I helped put together was mentioned today in a Wall Street Journal piece about the writer-director of the last four MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-x2...
THE INSIDE PITCH WITH CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE
YouTube video by theinsidepitch
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If you inherited a movie theatre, what's your first double feature?
Partner script submissions to the Academy will open in late July, and the deadline will be in late August. Nicholl fellows will be awarded in spring 2026. The Black List will serve as the portal for public submissions. #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting #Nicholl www.indiewire.com/news/general...
The Academy Now Runs Nicholl Fellowship Submissions Through Global Program Partners
The Academy has now partnered will global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs for its prestigious Nicholl fellowship.
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SHANE BLACK and JIM HERZFELD discuss screenwriting in the Screenwriters’ Rant Room with host Hilliard Guess, and Scott Foster and Brian Austin of ScriptHop/The Gauntlet. #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #filmsky#screenwriting #scripthop #thegauntlet tinyurl.com/396yzm9x
Screenwriters' Rant Room
499 episodes. This is the Official Site for "Hilliard Guess' SCREENWRITERS' RANT ROOM!" Our host is Hilliard Guess, a WGAw writer, director, TV/Film producer and most recently, the former Director of ...
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Ten films to get to know me: THE THIRD MAN (1949) UMBERTO D (1952) THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) ANNIE HALL (1977) KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005) CITY LIGHTS (1931) THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974) QUO VADIS, AIDA? (2020) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) #filmsky #scriptsky
SHOW & TELL. A short film — nine minutes or so — I co-wrote a few years ago.
Show & Tell - Short Film by Sakshi Gurnani
Show & Tell is a short film about a 6-year old boy who craves a Barbie doll for his collection of rugged toys and a mother who worries something might be 'wr...
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