John and Craig discuss what comes after you land a movie deal–writing the script by a certain date. They offer tips, strategies, and calculations for budgeting time to deliver a draft. We also consider the statute of limitations on spoiler warnings and follow up on child prodigies, movie theaters and free will. Our listener questions this week include POV in a two hander and how to get out of a nightmare development trap. Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members John and Craig share their views on UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Spoiler: it’s all a simulation. Links: <ul> <li><a href= "https://deadline.com/2021/06/alamo-drafthouse-completes-sale-out-of-bankruptcy-five-new-theaters-box-office-revives-1234767261/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alamo Drafthouse out of Bankruptcy</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-01/amc-eyes-arclight-theaters-but-what-about-cinerama" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Speculation that AMC may buy our beloved Arclight</a></li> <li><a href= "https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/warner-bros-discovery-logo-mocked-1234985685/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Warner Brothers Discovery Logo</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-06-01/caa-sells-majority-stake-in-production-firm-to-south-koreas-jtbc-studios-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CAA Sells wiip</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.wga.org/members/employment-resources/writers-deal-hub/screen-compensation-guide-for-streaming-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Screen Compensation Guide for Streaming Services</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.wga.org/members/employment-resources/writers-deal-hub/screen-deal-tips" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Screen Deal Tips</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/17/arts/tv-writer-32-passed-for-19-bloom-is-off-her-contract.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">32 year old passes for 19 for TV contract</a></li> <li><a href= "https://jacobian.org/2021/may/25/my-estimation-technique/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jacob Kaplan-Moss on estimating software development</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81289483" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bo Burnham’s Inside</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9-5lxa9Hm8&list=PLAxvenXhNoAfDoleh_wZ1PLuva0rVwMuW&index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jack Plotnick’s Disney Made a Tiki Room</a></li> <li><a href="https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription</a> or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">treat yourself to a premium subscription!</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">John August</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Craig Mazin</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Outro</a> by Eric Pearson (<a href="http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by <a href= "https://twitter.com/MeganaRao" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Megana Rao</a> and edited by <a href="https://twitter.com/machelli" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Matthew Chilelli</a>.</li> </ul>   Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/504standardv2.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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504 - Writing a Script in (insert number) Days

John August and Craig Mazin