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    Phil Hired To Write Sports Drama in India
    • Apr 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Phil Hired To Write Sports Drama in India

    An Indian Sports Movie Like No Other Producers Ravindra Choudhary, Rob Kaplan and Tanuj Kumar Bansal have hired screenwriter Phil Parker ...
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    Characters That Make Us Care
    • Mar 2, 2018
    • 4 min

    Characters That Make Us Care

    Like most people (whether they’re conscious of it or not) I go to see a film hoping to discover interesting #characters to care about, to...
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    Indigenous Superhero Script Praised
    • Feb 16, 2018
    • 1 min

    Indigenous Superhero Script Praised

    Client’s Indigenous Superhero Project at VFX House Last year, Phil was hired by Josh Bryer at Red Centre Films to rewrite his Indigenous ...
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    Phil Parker On 'Top 25 Screenwriters' List
    • Nov 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Phil Parker On 'Top 25 Screenwriters' List

    ISA Spotlights Top Screenwriters Screenwriter Phil Parker has been honored by the International Screenwriters' Association with his inclu...
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    'The Third Bomb' - Option, Renwed!
    • Nov 2, 2017
    • 2 min

    'The Third Bomb' - Option, Renwed!

    BAFTA-winner Sias Wilson has just announced the renewal of his option on Phil Parker’s multi-award winning WWII script ‘The Third Bomb’. ...
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    Australian Sci-fi Script Advances!
    • Aug 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    Australian Sci-fi Script Advances!

    Client's Australian Sci-fi Script Getting Noticed This year Phil was hired to rewrite the Aussie sci-fi script, KINDRED (story by Josh Br...
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    Popular WWII Script at Cannes Festival
    • Jun 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    Popular WWII Script at Cannes Festival

    BAFTA-WINNER OPENS DOORS FOR WWII SPEC SCRIPT The WWII spec script, The Third Bomb – a ‘secret history’ story about the doomed flight of ...
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    Interest in Animated 'Catsaway' Heats Up
    • Jun 13, 2017
    • 1 min

    Interest in Animated 'Catsaway' Heats Up

    It was thrilling for this screenwriter to see the award-winning team at Tent Pictures Productions hold their first voice auditions in Abu...
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    Catsaway Project WOWS at Abu Dhabi Festival
    • May 13, 2017
    • 2 min

    Catsaway Project WOWS at Abu Dhabi Festival

    Last year director Fadel AlMehiri at Tent Pictures Productions hired me to develop an idea for his animated feature film concept – the CA...
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    Screenwriter At The Movies: Casablanca (1942)
    • Apr 14, 2017
    • 4 min

    Screenwriter At The Movies: Casablanca (1942)

    Casablanca: What I Learned From It This Time. Last week, at my local cinema, I had the privilege of seeing a digital restoration of the c...
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    Rewriting Your Script: 3 Tips Before You Start
    • Mar 20, 2017
    • 3 min

    Rewriting Your Script: 3 Tips Before You Start

    Just writing a screenplay is incredibly hard work for most screenwriters, let alone script rewriting! After many weeks/ months/ years of ...
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    Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi Script Finished. Client Thrilled!
    • Mar 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi Script Finished. Client Thrilled!

    The Challenge of Rewriting Someone Else's Idea They say at least 90% of your career as a screenwriter will be spent rewriting other peopl...
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    Screenwriter At The Movies: 'Gold' (2016)
    • Feb 21, 2017
    • 3 min

    Screenwriter At The Movies: 'Gold' (2016)

    Make your hero earn it. Before I left for the cinema I checked Rotten Tomatoes. They had ‘Gold’ rated at 41% critics/ 51% fans. Normally,...
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    HERO'S JOURNEY: Midnight Run (1988)
    • Dec 20, 2016
    • 10 min

    HERO'S JOURNEY: Midnight Run (1988)

    In this ongoing series I give a breakdown of a film plot, as seen through the eyes of a screenwriter, and its use (conscious, or not) of ...
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    'Third Atomic Bomb' Script Optioned
    • Nov 7, 2016
    • 2 min

    'Third Atomic Bomb' Script Optioned

    Phil Parker’s multi-award winning WWII story The Third Bomb has now been optioned by BAFTA-winning producer Sias Wilson (FLYING MONSTERS,...
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    HERO'S JOURNEY: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)
    • Nov 5, 2016
    • 4 min

    HERO'S JOURNEY: The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)

    In this ongoing series, I give a basic breakdown of a film plot, as seen through the eyes of a screenwriter, and its use (conscious, or n...
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    Screenwriter Phil Parker Hired Again
    • Sep 27, 2016
    • 1 min

    Screenwriter Phil Parker Hired Again

    Job complete. Client thrilled. Hired again! That’s the kind of news I love to hear! Recently, the award-winning filmmakers at Tent Pictur...
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    Black List Praises Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi
    • Jun 9, 2016
    • 1 min

    Black List Praises Indigenous Australian Sci-Fi

    Great feedback continues to roll in for our Indigenous sci-fi feature-length screenplay 'Kindred'! The prestigious (and notoriously hard ...
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    More Praise For Indigenous Sci-Fi Script
    • Jun 3, 2016
    • 1 min

    More Praise For Indigenous Sci-Fi Script

    Off the back of his multi-award winning screenplay, ‘The Third Bomb‘, screenwriter Phil Parker was hired to rewrite ‘Kindred‘ – an action...
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    Writing Assignment Complete. Client Thrilled!
    • Apr 16, 2016
    • 1 min

    Writing Assignment Complete. Client Thrilled!

    After being selected from a short list of screenwriters, I was hired to turn the outline of a great story into a great screenplay. But on...
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