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	About Two Adverbs Two Adverbs is proud to be the online host of Story Conference and home of the Logline Lottery -- two creations of our excellent creative exec in residence Christopher Lockhart. Founded by writer/director Jacinthe Dessureault, Two Adverbs is a screenwriting co-op which raison d'être is to provide its members feedback on work in progress, first drafts and polished material, and throw ideas around in a secure environment. Our industry chat series kicked off with first guest Bob Sobhani, director of literary acquisitions at Zide/Perry Read the transcript Followed by guest David Linde, co-president of Focus Features Read the transcript Guest Keith Lesser, story editor at Reiner/Greisman Read the transcript New Line and ICM story analyst Josh Kravitz Read the transcript Our latest guest was COLLATERAL producer Julie Richardson Read the transcript Our latest guest was ICM senior story analyst Jason Patti Read the transcript








	Industry Q&As Producer/writer David Zabel Film producer Chris Moore
	About the original live Story Conference series

Jeph's Review

Taxi to the Dark Side

When fanatically impassioned critics of the Bush administration start yelling about indicting George W. and Donald Rumsfeld for "crimes against humanity" it's hard not to roll your eyes. Then you see a film like Alex Gibney's disturbing and meticulously researched Taxi To The Darkside and the idea doesn't seem all that far-fetched.

Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room) uses the 2002 death of Afghani taxi driver Dilawar as the entry point for an examination of post-9/11 policies on torture, detention and military command. Arrested and sent to a prison at Bagram Air Base, Dilawar is systematically subjected to beatings, horrifying restraints and sleep deprivation, all in an attempt to gain "information."

(read review)

Read Jeph's interview with Cronenberg

Featured features

The Inside Pitch Blog

Christopher Lockhart answers your questions.

Featured Interview

Interview with screenwriter Jim Vines

by Dylan Bruce

Dylan Bruce: Your new book, Q & A: The Working Screenwriter – An In-the-Trenches Perspective of Writing Movies in Today’s Film Industry has been out for a few months now. Who are some of the screenwriters you interviewed for the book?

Jim Vines: I interviewed sixteen working writers, including Allison Burnett, who wrote Autumn in New York; Katherine Fugate, who wrote Carolina and The Prince and Me; Brent Maddock, who wrote Tremors and The Wild Wild West; John Rogers, who wrote The Core and also contributed the story to the recent hit movie The Transformers; David J. Schow, who wrote The Crow; Neil M. Stevens, who wrote Thirteen Ghosts; and Stephen Susco, who wrote The Grudge and The Grudge 2. I also interviewed Rolfe Kanefsky, a very talented writer and director who’s carved out a nice niche with fun, quirky, lower budget movies. He sure had some interesting stories to tell.
Read the interview

Vintage Articles

The Construction of a Logline

The Construction of a Pitch

The Inside Pitch

Watch the teaser
Now available on DVD!

Titled THE INSIDE PITCH, ICM execs Christopher Lockhart and Jack d’Annibale offer their inimitable feedback to pitching writers. The audience chooses
the best pitch at the end of the show, and the winner is awarded a story conference with Chris and Jack over dinner at Ago. Executive producer is veteran Emmy winner Stanley Kallis. The show is produced by Matt Kallis, directed by Tom Mitchell and sponsored by the Al and Trudy Kallis
Foundation in cooperation with LA36 and TWOADVERBS.

Latest News

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Scott Keiner's logline for his feature screenplay Lord of the Jungle wins our 2nd annual Night Before Christmas logline competition. Congratulations, Scott!

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Congratulations to the 3 finalists of our logline competition:

Lord of the Jungle - Scott Keiner
Horror Comic - Stephen Hoover
Invasive Species - Daniel Cova

The winning logline will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals and announced on Christmas Eve.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The details for our 2nd annual Night Before Christmas logline competition have been announced in the forum. Entries must be received by Friday, November 13th at midnight PST. Good luck to all!

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Congratulations to TwoAdverbs scribe James Sommers and writing partner Grace Church for selling their comedy script Tapped Out! to Chockstone Entertainment!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Jeff Morris’ screenplay The True Memoirs of an International Assassin sells to The Film Department. Julie Bloom of Art/Work Entertainment repped the project. Congratulations, Jeff!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The trailer and web page for James V. Simpson's thriller Armored is up - check it out! http://armoredmovie.com/

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Congratulations to Scott Hawthorne! His logline Guilty is the winner of our logline competition.

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Congratulations to the 3 finalists of our logline competition:

Guilty - Scott Hawthorne
Once Upon a Time - Daniel Hughes
Star Witness - Adam Farhi

The winning logline will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals and announced on Christmas Eve.

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

In the forum, members are currently voting to determine the three finalists in our LOGLINE COMPETITION. Stop inside and vote! The "polls" will be open until December 10th.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

A fellow TwoAdverbian launches The Hollywood Roaster, an excellent industry spoof blog from a screenwriter's POV. Check it out!

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Congratulations to Chris and Sarah on baby Jack's arrival!

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Congratulations to member Zoje Stage for winning a NYFA fellowship!

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Congratulations to Ryan Condal! His script GALAHAD sold pre-emptively to The Film Department. Energy Entertainment repped the project. Great going, Ryan!

More News and Updates

Coming Soon
to a theater near you

January 2010
The Book of Eli
Written by Gary Whitta

Other Releases

Writer Peter Vanderwall's western Shadowheart is came out on DVD on August 4th.

His MOW Reverse Angle recently aired on Lifetime and on The Movie Network. You can catch it on Lifetime on July 29th.

Soon on DVD

The Collector
Co-produced by Christopher Lockhart

Armored
Written by James V. Simpson

In Production

Peter Vanderwall's screenplay A Year in Mooring is filming in Michigan this September, with Chris Eyre directing.

Written by Timothy Miller, and produced by the Bossier Parish Community College for their Summer Film Institute, the family comedy feature At War with the Ants is shooting in Shreveport, LA through June 26th, 2009

Online Workshop

Next online session:
TBD