Unlike in Adaptation or The Player, the new Billy Crystal and
Tiffany Haddish comedy presents its main character’s
Job as a glorious career peak
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John August, who has written several Tim Burton films including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, had harsh words for anyone thinking of putting a screenwriter at the centre of their script: “It shouldn’t be a surprise that
Hollywood is not knocking down your door to make that movie because it’s just about a screenwriter. And who cares about a screenwriter?”
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