COMPUTERS could soon write film scripts by analysing popular movie tropes

The next blockbuster to grace cinema screens after lockdown could be written by a computer, according to the authors of a new study examining movie tropes.  They discovered that big movies tend to stick to the same core tropes, with clusters of storytelling devices appearing repeatedly in the biggest films every year. Researchers from the … Read more

Dua Lipa hints at an ‘inevitable’ turn to acting as she reveals she’s reading scripts

Dua Lipa hints at an ‘inevitable’ turn to acting as she reveals she’s reading scripts in a new interview By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 06:36 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 06:36 GMT, 19 March 2021 Dua Lipa is currently one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, but she may soon be … Read more

Jennifer Saunders’ daughter Beattie, 33, reveals she wrote Absolutely Fabulous scripts

Jennifer Saunders’ daughter Beattie, 33, reveals she wrote some of the Absolutely Fabulous scripts in the car on the way to school By Lydia Spencer-elliott For Mailonline Published: 02:24 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 02:24 GMT, 6 March 2021 She’s a celebrated comedy writer who is best known for the hilarious comedy series alongside Joanna … Read more

Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts

Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts for 102 Dalmatians, Beethoven and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a new book has revealed. Sir Tom, 83, best known for acclaimed plays Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia, also worked behind the scenes on scripts for The Bourne Ultimatum, Star … Read more

Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts

Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts for 102 Dalmatians, Beethoven and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a new book has revealed. Sir Tom, 83, best known for acclaimed plays Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia, also worked behind the scenes on scripts for The Bourne Ultimatum, Star … Read more

Andy Whyment shares new Coronation Street scripts and tells fans he is ‘excited’

EastEnders EastEnders are reportedly set to go off air on June 16, having aired all their episodes before production shut down. An insider said talks about when the cast and crew will return are still ‘ongoing’. Charlotte Moore, the broadcaster’s director of content, said last month that EastEnders would be up and running again within … Read more

Coronation Street forced to rewrite scripts as cast self-isolate as star reveals ‘it’s been tough’

Coronation Street has been forced to rewrite scripts as cast members have self-isolated, says Andy Whyment. The actor, 38, who plays Kirk Sutherland on the ITV soap took to Instagram on Friday where he revealed it’s been a ‘tough week’ amid the upheaval amidst the coronovirus pandemic. Alongside a snap of himself and wife Nicola … Read more

Why Roger Moore turned down 99 per cent of scripts he was offered

Roger phoned me in a foul mood. ‘How dare they!’ he said. ‘What a nerve!’ ‘What’s happened?’ I asked, knowing he’d been awaiting a script from the BBC and it was all very hush-hush. ‘They’ve sent the scene. They want me to play an old fart in a club. With one line. One line!’ He … Read more