Academy Rule Change May Have Helped Put Spotlight on Magazine Articles
Screenwriter Josh Singer's analysis makes perfect sense.
Good piece in the latest WSJ magazine by Stinson Carter about Hollywood’s current love affair with non-fiction magazine features as the basis for movie projects. A genre cemented by the runaway success of Argo.
Carter chatted with Joshuah Bearman, author of the Wired article from which Argo was drawn. He also airs out this astute observation from Spotlight co-writer Josh Singer:
Another element that may be bolstering these types of films is the recent change to the Academy Award nomination rules.
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