302 - Let's Make Some Oscar Bait

In a new installment of How Would This Be a Movie, John and Craig take a look at three stories in the news to discuss how to adapt them into award-winning movies.
We also discuss why the studios are allowed to negotiate as one for the WGA contract.
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• Scriptnotes Midnight Blue T-Shirt
• The Seed Vault is Fine
• You May Want to Marry My Husband
• Scriptnotes, Episode 293: Underground Railroad of Love
• The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’
• My Family’s Slave
• The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats
• Dear Mr Darcy
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Find past episodes
• Outro Dear Mr Darcy by Esther Longhurst and Jessica Messenger (send us yours!)

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