Screen Gems Makes Deal For ‘Easy A’s Emma Stone And Will Gluck To Reunite

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• Shouldn’t Bert V. Royal write the script? He did write Easy A.

  Comment by brian — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 11:55am PST  Reply to this post

  • Good point. I mean, yes Stone is absolutely great, but “Easy A” was obviously a case of Story as Star. It was a great story, it was featured heavily in the marketing; it was a smart and superbly-executed script, matched with the right star.

    Hollywood meanwhile was shocked, SHOCKED, a movie like this could be a hit. This shit ain’t rocket science, Hollywood — pay less attention to brands and more attention to story.

    Stop falling over each other in bidding wars over board games and toys and then acting shocked when smart, original, story-driven material proves to be a big hit with audiences.

    And I know you’re looking for the Instant Hit, Just Add Water and Stir! that you can drop on your boss’s desk who can then tell the shareholders this Instant Hit will be ready to shoot next week, but yes, sometimes it takes a little time and resources to develop material properly.

    Look at the Pixar model — focus on STORY, support writers, stick with them (and pay them) through the rewrite process. No, Pixar films ain’t for everyone — but anyone wanna argue with their b.o. track record?

    But anyway, yeah, Screen Gems removes Royal from the equation at their own risk…

    Comment by HW — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 12:34pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Seriously. I have no idea who this writer is, but Emma Stone gets credit. The director gets credit. This movie made 8x its bugdget because Bert Royal wrote a screenplay. You could have put any director and any actor in this part, and it would have gotten good reviews.

    Comment by dum — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 7:16pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I read the original script. Gluck rewrote almost every scene.

    Comment by Onasst — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 10:36pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Really? Then why wasn’t he credited?

      I read the original script too, and take a different view.

      Comment by Z — Monday November 15, 2010 @ 12:17pm PST  Reply to this post

      • easy to change the words around when the scenario is already set in place. try “writing” without an outline and it’s a bit harder. that’s why treatments get sold for a lot of money and witty lines of banter get quoted on facebook. plot points > zingers.

        Comment by person — Wednesday November 17, 2010 @ 5:08am PST  Reply to this post

• Will Gluck is a national treasure.

  Comment by Keith Debeethem — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 12:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• Um…Emma Stone as “Executive Producer”?

  Comment by Confused — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 2:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• Clint is a ristaker and the best marketers of the movie he does. I know he is rough around the edges but I would want him and Strauss on one of my movies.

  Comment by clint culpepper fan — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 3:23pm PST  Reply to this post

• Why would this young talent hitch her horse to the no talent Gluck? The Easy A was one of the worst films of the year. A myopic self loathing film if there ever was one.

  Comment by jef — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 4:45pm PST  Reply to this post

• Emma Stone = a smarter, sassier, sexier Molly Ringwald.
  Will Gluck = a talentless, wannabe John Hughes.

  Someone make a time machine and bring back Mr. Breakfast Club to match the talent of this gem.

  Comment by BeetotheGee — Friday November 12, 2010 @ 11:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• Ok, story, yeah, yeah, I agree, but this movie was completely wooden (with the 2 saving graces- Tucci + Clarkson).
  I am sorry, but this script just did not ring true either in the farce or the smart division. Even if I think he’s a guy with legitimately good intentions.

  Easy OUT is what I would call the movie. I really resented how all the hating happened from the Christians at the school. The point should have been that, as shown in Mean Girls, the haters come from all camps. Self-righteousness ill-will born of insecure groupthink.

  Story lacked real bite where it needed it, was all telling and no showing. Stone, can you read this new one for tone?

  Comment by feather — Saturday November 13, 2010 @ 1:23am PST  Reply to this post

• Bert’s great. And no one’s writing young people comedies anymore. At least ones that aren’t straight to DVD’s. HIs play Dog Sees God is another example of how well he captures the youth voice. Maybe if he wasn’t with Paradigm this shit wouldn’t happen.

  Comment by chris — Saturday November 13, 2010 @ 4:40am PST  Reply to this post

• I worked with both Emma and Will and they’re both really good peeps. Congrats to both of them. Here’s hoping they make another good movie together.

  Comment by Onset Twoset — Saturday November 13, 2010 @ 10:43pm PST  Reply to this post

• Are really asking why the director isn’t credited as a writer? Do you know anything about the insane rules of your ridiculous WGA? And why any director who completely rewrites a script doesn’t want to waste her/his time and energy with their inane arbitration rules? Todd Phillips and Sorkin said it best: the Whiners Guild of America.

  Comment by really? — Tuesday November 16, 2010 @ 10:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• The WGA official credits could NEVER be inaccurate, right? Come on, people.
  I’m sure Gluck did a substantial pass of the script. The whole movie is in his tone.

  Comment by fascinated — Wednesday November 17, 2010 @ 7:49am PST  Reply to this post