scripts and such with scarlett johanssen

got your attention, didn't i? no, i didn't get to meet miss johanssen. i had my tour of the weinstein co.'s offices below west hollywood today and got sent home with some homework to do before my first full day: tomorrow.

that is, my boss gave me three screenplays for soon to be released, already produced, or still in production movies. i'll be working in the dvd extras department, and these are the three projects being handled, i'm assuming. the first one i read was interesting, but not very engaging. it was a gritty story of two dead-beat guys competing for a full management position at a grocery store in chicago. the title page was missing, so i don't know what it's called. and i'm not sure how they're gonna market it. it had it's moments of comedy, but overall seemed more of a sad character study of two guys at the end of their ropes. as if joe shmo is gonna want to see that. the second screenplay was called "killshot." i looked it up on imdb. it's already shot and is in post-production. it's about a husband and wife(diane lane) who get mixed up with an indian hit man for the toronto mob(mickey rourke-i guess in indian makeup or something) and a young bank robber(the kid from angels in the outfield). it was a fun read. i think it'll make money, if anything, because of all the gun fights and diane lane and such. i haven't read the third script yet, but it's about a nanny, and imdb says she's played by scarlett johanssen. it's filming right now.

so there's your preview for three up and coming weinstein co. movies. hopefully i'll get to set up interviews with writers, directors, and maybe maybe some of the cast.

met a writer named jon block in starbucks just now. went to usc, went to emory, majored in screenwriting etc.. he's working on his twelfth script. none sold yet. used to have an agent, blah, blah. might get coffee with him later to pick his brain about the industry.