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@cookie @El Squibbonator @Ethan Hunt @Hiccup23 @lamamama @MCKillswitch123 @4815162342 @Reddroast @Rorschach @tyson67roberts @YM! With a 7-0 majority, the deadline extension to Oct. 30th is granted effective immediately

@cookie @El Squibbonator @Ethan Hunt @Rorschach @YM! @MCKillswitch123 @tyson67roberts @Hiccup23 @lamamama @Reddroast @4815162342 Hello; Some players have suggested adding the two-week extension for the Y10 deadline, which would end Part One on October 30th, which gives everyone the day before Halloween to get more stories posted. The poll is simple: are you in favor of this two-week delay or no? Majority rules.

Move over Dune, it's Meg Ryan's rom-com comeback!

Listed as releasing wide on firstshowing.net

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Jill Chamberlain on Tragedy… You’re gonna love this one: Jill Chamberlain wrote a book on screenwriting called The Nutshell Technique where she talks about the simple secret to success in screenwriting, which is really the “telling of a story.” She states that many beginners don’t find success out of the gate because they aren’t telling a story with a narrative (go figure). Not every movie that gets made “tells a story,” but many of the ones we love tells stories that stick with us for life. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to write screenplays. So her model for comedies is “protagonist’s journey from flaw to strength.” She fits Frozen into her model for comedy because Anna starts out as a selfish character and learns to become selfless over the course of the film, even sacrificing herself to save Elsa at the end. Then she references Silver Linings Playbook as well because the guy Bradley Cooper plays can’t control his emotions, and he learns to control his emotions over the course of the story. So by her model, in a tragedy (and I will use her The Social Network example), the character has a flaw (Mark’s hubris), and there’s a proposed strength that they *should be moving toward* (humility), and the character just doesn’t move toward that and worsens the flaw. So Mark gains the world when Facebook grows, but he fails to be humble and betrays Eduardo, so at the end, he’s a billionaire, but he’s trying to friend request the girl Rooney Mara played at the beginning, clicking refresh, and refresh, and refresh. Becoming a billionaire *should* be a happy ending, but what did Mark really gain? So I would also call The Favourite a tragedy for similar reasons. Abigail becomes the queen’s right hand woman, but was getting what she wanted really worth it? When the answer’s “it wasn’t worth it in the end,” that’s how you know the story’s tragic. Now everyone’s voting for The Social Network, sorry not sorry 😅 Also, Don’t Forget Film Noir. In the 40s and 50s, it was popular for the movies to say that a protagonist will not win if they’re caught up in a life of crime and of sin because crime doesn’t pay. And they made many movies where the characters fail to learn their lesson and they have a tragic downfall. I saw many of these in film school and they’re all great examples of tragedy. I will post posters of film noirs that I’ll vote for if I send a list:

This is a Spanish animated film and the English dub will attempt to counterprogram against the Taylor Swift concert film

@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is ready to release the main cast list for the animated film Pinched. Xolo Maridueña as Hector Aimee Carrero as Cordelia Marcello Hernandez as Primo Yoshi Sudarso as Joyo Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as King Kani Robert Amaya as Reinaldo Ingrid Oliu as Valencia with Josh Andrés Rivera as Xoviar and Brandon Potter as King Tartarus

A GHOST TAIL Best Picture Best Director (Marielle Heller) Best Ensemble Best Actress (Beanie Feldstein) Best Supporting Actor (Skyler Gisondo) Best Supporting Actress (Erika Alexander) Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score (Nate Heller) Best Visual Effects KLONOA: DOOR TO PHANTOMILE Best Animated Feature Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role (Gregory Mann) Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role (Keegan Hedley) Best Original Score (Austin Wintory) PROVIDENCE Best Picture Best Director (James Wan) Best Ensemble Best Actor (Paul Mescal) Best Supporting Actor (Charles Melton) Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) Best Supporting Actress (Taylor Russell) Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score (Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury) Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects Best Use of Action SSX TRICKY Best Visual Effects Best Use of Action THE UNSEEN Best Picture Best Director (Jayro Busyamante) Best Actress (Adriana Barraza) Best Supporting Actor (Arturo Castro) Best Original Screenplay

Studio Groundswell Director: Sebastian Schipper based on the Cruis'n video game franchise Genre: Sports Release Date: April 3rd Theater Count: 3,500 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Language and Violence Runtime: 1 hr 58 min Budget: $60 Million Kristen Stewart as Jessie O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Craig Adrien Brody as Phillip Laia Costa as Samantha Frank Grillo as Gus Ki Hong Lee as Kim and Patrick Wilson as The Announcer Franchise Grosses Cruis'n U.S.A. - $100,302,114 DOM/$255,051,167 WW Plot Summary The six racers from the last movie (Stewart, Jackson Jr., Brody, Costa, Grillo, and Hong Lee) all race around the world, with their colorful cars, in beautiful locations like Hawaii, China, Kenya, Germany, and, finally, the Moon—and they all get to know each other along the way!

@lamamama Actually, I want to recommend you a way to get your films on the forum: 1) Go to where you wrote your films (whether Google Docs or Microsoft Word or wherever) 2) Use the keyboard shortcut (crtl+A or command+A) to highlight the entire contents of the document 3) Copy (right click, or crtl+C or command+C) 4) click edit on your submission posts 5) put in a spoiler box (the 👁️ next to the 🙂) under the film's information 6) paste (right click, or crtl+V or command+V) the film into the spoiler box (I just learned about the crtl+A shortcut recently and my life is pretty much changed, oh my goodness)

@lamamama Also while you're at it with the links, would you like Operation Finality to have IMAX screenings too?

Hello. I’m going to remove It’s In The Corn and step away from Y10. I’m not in a good headspace and need a very long break from the internet. Thank you.

Releasing rights to Ace Attorney

@CayomMagazine In a shocking reversal of decision, Studio Groundswell has decided to cancel the Ace Attorney film during the period where the cameras haven’t started rolling yet. “To start the franchise at the beginning would be to include Japanese mysticism, which in our opinion would go against the religious beliefs of the studio’s founder,” said a spokesperson. “For this reason, we will be releasing the rights to Ace Attorney. The scarecrow slasher It’s In The Corn will move up in the year to take the April 17th IMAX slot in Ace Attorney’s place. Groundswell thanks its fans for their understanding.”

Not entirely relevant to the film, but informative:

Does anyone have opinions about interim agreements? Do they defeat the purpose of the strikes? Do they impede the unions’ ability to get fair deals? If so (or if not), how?

@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is ready to reveal the major cast of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Logan Lerman as Phoenix Wright Nicholas Hoult as Miles Edgeworth Momona Tamada as Maya Fey LaKeith Stanfield as Dick Gumshoe Karen Fukuhara as Mia Fey Josh Peck as Larry Butz David Krumholtz as Marvin Grossberg Madeline Brewer as April May David Dastmalchian as Redd White Ayo Edebiri as Lotta Hart Tony Goldwyn as Robert Hammond Ralph Fiennes as Gregory Edgeworth Anthony Ramos as Yanni Yogi with Brian Cox as The Judge and Bill Nighy as Manfred Von Karma

@CayomMagazine Production has begun on Studio Groundswell’s next horror film called It’s In The Corn, the unconventional title serving to grab viral audience attention according to a spokesperson. The slasher film, directed by Ready or Not and Scream VI directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, follows residents of a small town in Iowa who react in different ways when a possessed scarecrow starts killing people. The cast includes: Vince Vaughn as a sheriff Mary Elizabeth Winstead as a deputy Charles Parnell as a police lieutenant Sophia Lillis as a high schooler David Mazouz as Lillis’s brother Niles Fitch as Parnell’s son Isabela Merced as Lillis’s friend America Ferrera as Merced’s Mom Angourie Rice as a high schooler Ty Simpkins as a high schooler Matthew Lillard as a high school teacher with Melissa McBride as the sheriff’s wife and Javier Botet as the scarecrow “Rowdy Remy” It’s In The Corn releases on October 23rd, Y10.

VACATION ON WUHU ISLAND Studio Groundswell Director: B.J. Novak based on the video game by Nintendo Genre: Family/Comedy Release Date: July 31st, Y10 Theater Count: 3,125 MPAA Rating: PG for Mild Humor Budget: $50 Million (due to location issues) Runtime: 1 hr 30 min Cast B.J. Novak as Dave Tika Sumpter as Laura Moises Arias as Miguel Jeremy Allen White as Table Tennis Master and Brad Pitt as The Pilot Plot Summary

A Ghost Tail Studio Groundswell Director: Marielle Heller Genre: Dramedy Release Date: February 23rd, Y10 Theater Count: 3,235 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for Language and Disturbing Themes Budget: $10 Million Runtime: 1 hr 38 min Original Score Composer: Nate Heller Major Cast Beanie Feldstein as Maddie Megan Suri as Tara Skyler Gisondo as Gib Brianna Hildebrand as Lorelei Steve Zahn as Bob Ashley Judd as Patricia James Jordan as Mark Erika Alexander as Jeanine with Jessica Rothe as Rosalyn and Kristen Wiig as Beatrice Logline A jaded veterinarian finds compassion after a put-down dog with unfinished business haunts the clinic as a ghost. Plot Summary

P R O V I D E N C E Studio Groundswell Director: James Wan based on the novel by Max Barry Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller Release Date: September 4th, Y10 in IMAX Theater Count: 3,761 MPAA Rating: R for Language, Violence, Blood/Gore, Disturbing Imagery, and Peril Throughout Budget: $100 Million Runtime: 2 hr 20 min Original Score: Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow Cast Paul Mescal as Gilly Taylor Russell as Beanfield Charles Melton as Anders Vera Farmiga as Jackson Cooper Andrews as Len Plot Summary https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGUhxZKVwxddORPvqnYnpu1t0MC2n7f-zt0Q60jhKaY/edit?usp=sharing

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This is a great day to make a thread for Screenplay. My predictions: Original Air Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Past Lives Saltburn Adapted Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ^ Everything other than Poor Things has been looking like a sure bet in Adapted for a while now. You know what else looked like a sure bet? Dune Part Two. And now that Warner Bros. moved it to 2024, there's a brand new spot left open for something like Poor Things to sneak in.