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Blink with Stephen Gaghan | Development Hell
Feb 29, 2024
Stephen Gaghan, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter celebrated for Traffic and Syriana, dives into the whirlwind of Hollywood's development scene. He recalls pitching a vampire love story, highlights the complexities of adapting Blink, and shares the emotional toll of industry pressures. Gaghan offers poignant memories from bidding wars and the heartbreak of lost collaborations, particularly reflecting on Heath Ledger's impact. Through tales of ambition and personal struggles, he captures the bittersweet journey of bringing stories to life in film.
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- Collaborating with Steve Gagan on the Blink movie script led to intense passion and effort but the project ended up stuck in 'Development Hell'.
- Exploring a unique vampire love story concept for a movie script faced initial resistance but delved into themes of love, betrayal, and the supernatural.
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Creating a Movie Script: Blink
A meeting with accomplished screenwriter Steve Gagan leads to the thrilling opportunity of turning the book BLINK into a movie about a human lie detector. Collaborating over years, they craft a brilliant script involving a character with exceptional lie-detecting abilities. However, despite their passion and efforts, the movie never gets made, leaving them in 'Development Hell'.
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