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writing stuff...
writer - hired to come up with the concept/story and write the script
script doctor - hired to help the already written script fix something that is broken (adding humor, rewrite a scene that isnt working, writing a new scene to add to the movie to fix a problem)
[Carrie Fisher was famous for being a script doctor (adding humor)...Hook, Leathal Weapon 3, The Wedding Singer... all her funny lines in The Last Jedi were not in the script but were written by her]
re-write - hired to take a previously created concept/story and rewrite the script (usually to change the tone...more scary... more funny ... more romantic... less scary ...and/or to fit a set budget)
[The New Mutants has had its release date pushed back so they could rewrite the script... the script they shot was a superhero movie with a few scary scenes and now the studio wants it to be more of a horror movie that happens to star superheros... before: lots of superhero/little scary.... later: lots of scary/little superhero]
page one re-write - hired to throw away everything done before and start over from scratch with a new concept/storyline
[The Batman had a script from Ben Affleck and when they hired a new director, the new director threw out Affleck's script and started a page one re-write (started from scratch - with a whole new idea/concept)]
DL: Stephany Folsom takes over writing Toy Story 4 (after Rashida Jones and Will McCormack quit) Jan 18, 16:50
DL: Stephany Folsom to script [TOYS4] Jan 18, 17:09
still scheduled for release next June. hope it's not a page-one rewrite {nm} Jan 18, 17:13
what's that? {nm} Jan 18, 17:16
throwing out most or all of what the last writer(s) came up with and starting essentially from scratch {nm} Jan 18, 17:29
writing stuff... Jan 18, 18:07
thx folks {nm} Jan 18, 19:24
No need to fret. She's been on the project a while, this is just delayed news by DL. Should still hit the release date {nm} Jan 19, 07:29
good to know! (even though i don't think there is a real need for another one) {nm} Jan 19, 11:29
