Tag: Hollywood
-
The Greatest Show You’ve Probably Never Seen
As we prepare for the next Indiana Jones spanquel, I want to talk about a lost gem from the 90s. And one of George Lucas’ first forays into television. Long before we had The Mandalorian, there was The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-96). It starred Sean Patrick Flannery and Corey Carrier and ran for two seasons, plus four…
-
Where Do Prequels Come From?
As I continue working on A Respectable Criminal, and having recently watched (very disappointing) The Many Saints of Newark (2021), I’ve pondered the question of movie prequels and how they came to be. The answer (after a non-exhaustive search online) is more complicated than I expected, and largely depends on how you define a prequel. Which means that…
-
What Do You Call a Sequel Made Decades Later?
One of the latest trends in Hollywood is to make sequels to films from many years ago. In several cases, more than two decades. Or even three (this isn’t even counting all of the television revivals). Many of these film sequels also employ the same plot: the main character from the original is missing and…
-
PREVIEW: Dreams Die at Sunset
As we approach the release of One Angel Less (Hollywood Newshawk Book 2), we have one more preview that we want to share. This is an “Extra” (as in “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!”), a brief one-shot that’s closer to a short story. This one tells the story of The City Burns at Night from Trudy’s…
-
PREVIEW: One Angel Less
We’re less than two months from the release of One Angel Less (Hollywood Newshawk Book 2)! We’re excited to offer you this brief preview of the first three chapters. The events take place right on the heels of Book 1, The City Burns at Night. This title is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. Coming March 30,…
-
A Taste of Old Hollywood
Because the Hollywood Newshawk series takes place in an actual city (and in a specific time period), I get to use a lot of real-life locations for settings. The Tick Tock Tea Room and King’s Tropical Inn were real restaurants. I did a lot of research (many thanks to Martin Turnbull and his fantastic website!)…
-
Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part II)
As I mentioned in Part I, this second group of studios isn’t necessarily open to the general public. I’ve listed them in order of difficulty to visit, starting with the easiest. But only relatively speaking. The Walt Disney Companyhttps://d23.com/d23-event/studio-tours-2020/ This is my favorite studio lot, largely for sentimental reasons. It looks like a college campus.…
-
Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part I)
The Metropolitan Pictures lot in The City Burns at Night is loosely based on Paramount Studios. Originally, I’d based it on MGM, but when I was working on City Burns one day and plotting out Miller’s path from Schwab’s to the Studio to Beverly Hills, it just made more sense geographically to not use MGM, which is…