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David Seidler, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the acclaimed 2010 drama “The King’s Speech,” has died. He was 86.Seidler’s manager, Jeff Aghassi, told The Times that Seidler died Saturday while fly-fishing in New Zealand. No specific cause of death was given, but Aghassi said, “David was in the place he loved most in the world — New Zealand — doing what gave him the greatest peace, which was fly-fishing. If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it.” “The King’s Speech” writer David…

David Seidler, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of `The King`s Speech`, died Saturday while on a fly-fishing expedition in New Zealand. He was 86, reported Variety. "David was in the place he loved most in the world -- New Zealand -- doing what gave him the greatest peace which was fly-fishing," his longtime manager Jeff Aghassi said in a statement. "If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it." Seidler earned an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Tom Hooper`s 2010 film `The King`s Speech`,…

Best-selling author and screenwriter Herman Raucher, who received an Oscar nomination for his work on the coming-of-age drama `Summer of `42,` has died, as per the Hollywood Reporter. He was 95. Raucher died of natural causes on Thursday at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, according to his daughter, Jenny Raucher. Raucher, who began his career in live television, wrote screenplays for two Anthony Newley films: Sweet November (1968), directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Sandy Dennis, and Can Heironymus…

If you knew Laurie Frank — and who didn’t? — you know her great heart burst skyward on Nov. 30. Hours earlier, a technicolor rainbow appeared over the Hollywood Hills, Laurie’s Promised Land. You likely knew she was in the first class at Yale that matriculated women — class of 1973 — and went on to be an accomplished screenwriter, journalist and acclaimed gallerist. In the late ‘70s, she worked at ABC News and directed short films for Saturday Night Live, famously Prose and Cons featuring Eddie Murphy…

Warning: Mild spoilers for The Color Purple are ahead! If you haven’t seen the musical on the 2023 movie schedule, you can catch it now in theaters. Whoopi Goldberg’s first lead role was in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of The Color Purple. She received wide acclaim for her performance as the lead Celie, as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. So, in the new musical version of The Color Purple, the actress returned for a sweet surprise cameo, and the screenwriter is explaining how “the perfect part” came to…

As the 2023 movie release schedule draws to a close, one of the late breaking successes is that of Warner Bros. Wonka. With the Timothée Chalamet-led musical performing rather well, even in the wake of Aquaman 2’s first weekend grosses, sweet success feels like it’s a firm possibility that’s not just pure imagination. And yet, even amidst this tide of good fortune, some potential fans are still criticizing this movie for being something it’s not. This has led to Wonka co-writer Simon Farnaby to rebut this very incorrect…

After years of silence, the Naruto live-action is back in full gear.  A live adaptation of the iconic anime and manga series has been teased for almost a decade now, but production halted for several years. It’s largely uncertain what triggered the news, but keen anime fans can’t help but point to the success of Netflix’s One Piece adaptation, which is undoubtedly one of the biggest hits of 2023. Nonetheless, it looks like we’ll be catching Naruto and Sasuke in theaters sooner than later after all. As more details…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeOscar-winning screenwriter Bo Goldman, known for writing the script for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died aged 90.He died on Tuesday (25 July) in Helendale, California, his son-in-law, director Todd Field, told the New York Times. A cause of death was not disclosed.Born into a Jewish family in New York in 1932, one of five children, Robert Goldman’s father was a Broadway…

Image: LucasfilmEarlier this week, the Writers Guild of America voted to go on strike after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) fell through. Because the WGA represents TV and film writers in Hollywood, most shows and films have halted production entirely in a move of solidarity with the organization.Despite the strike, two big shows—Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and HBO Max’s House of the Dragon—are moving forward with production, albeit without their…

Hollywood headlines have been all about the writer’s strike happening between the Writers Guild of America, representing film and television writers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing various networks and streaming services—including Amazon’s Prime Video and Warner Bros’ HBO. As picket lines halt productions and raise awareness for the demands that the WGA has put before the AMPTP, some notable shows are moving forward with the scripts they have—but without the writers they…