Well, the 17th Golden Moon Awards were tonight. My movies manged to sneak away with a couple of awards: 'The Question' won Most Wanted Sequel and John Turturro won Best Actor for his performance in 'A View From the Bridge.' Not a bad night. Only James Bradley's 'Eye of the Needle' and Steve Connors' 'Heavy Rain' managed to take home more than one award. I was really hoping 'The Question' would spoil Bradley's night and take home Best Picture, and I was pretty sure that Ray Winstone could pull the upset over Ralph Fiennes in the Best Villain category, but alas, it was not meant to be.

I've only got one movie in production right now: The Goonies II. But as I've stated before, I was more of a gun for hire on that project. I think the next project of mine to make its way into production will be 'Tarzan', but that's really just a guess on my part.

Well, the GMA nominations have just been announced. Sadly, I didn't receive a "Best Screenplay" nomination for any of my movies. My movies did receive some nominations though, with 'The Question' getting four nominations on its own. Seven nominations in my first season. Not bad. It's nice to see 'Midnight' get a couple of nominations despite being the biggest box office bomb of the season. I'm really hoping that 'The Question' at least picks up the 'Most Wanted Sequel' award since it is already written and I can guarantee everyone that it won't disappoint. I think that Ray Winstone has created one of the more memorable comic book villains in recent years in 'The Question', but he is up against some steep competition from Colin Farrell in 'Midnight' and Ralph Fiennes in 'Eye of the Needle.' 'The Question' also becomes the first "superhero movie" to ever be nominated for Best Picture.


My films that are nominated:
Midnight - Best Production Design, Best Villain (Colin Farrell)
A View From the Bridge - Best Actor (John Turturro)
The Question - Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Villain (Ray Winstone), Most Wanted Sequel

No real news. The new Goonies have been announced, but I was only responsible for casting one of the youngsters: Callan McAuliffe. Everyone else was handpicked by Joey Stark.

The GMAs are right around the corner. I just submitted my nominations. I would hope that some of my movies are not forgotten during this phase. Just as a refresher as to some of my work, here are the awards I'm "campaigning" for:

For Your Consideration...

Best Picture
"A View From the Bridge"
"The Question"

Best Director
David Slade - "The Question"

Best Actor
John Turturro - "A View From the Bridge"
Ryan Gosling - "The Question"
Johnny Depp - "Short on Time"

Best Supporting Actor
Ray Winstone - "The Question"
Bobby Cannavale - "A View From the Bridge"
John Malkovich - "The Question"

Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei - "A View From the Bridge"
Christina Hendricks - "The Question"

Best Villain
Ray Winstone - "The Question"

Best Screenplay
"The Question"

Best Original Concept
"Short on Time"

Best Adaptation
"A View From the Bridge"
"The Question"

Well, 'The Question' didn't exactly set the box office on fire, I guess people were too busy seeing 'Hunger Games.' But even with the competition it managed to make a profit of $21 million, and thankfully, it also scored some very good reviews. The combination of the good reviews and the minor profit should be enough to convince the studio to give a greenlight to the already-written, still-untitled sequel. If the reviews weren't so overwhelmingly positive I'd be more worried about the sequel's chances. 'The Dark Knight' ended up grossing three times what 'Batman Begins' did, which gives me some hope. 'The Question' is my last movie to be released this season, and I think that it totally warrants some GMA consideration (at the very least for Ray Winstone in the Best Villain and Most Wanted Sequel categories).

'The Question' is here, and I couldn't be more excited. 'The Question' has long been one of my favorite comic characters. I am really hoping it does well, as I have a already written a sequel. I believe that the sequel (which does not yet have a title) is probably the best thing I've written. It escalates everything to a breaking point, much like 'The Dark Knight.'

'The Goonies 2' is coming out soon. I'm not really as invested as the other people involved as I have never been a fan of 'The Goonies.' As a standalone film, I think that '2' should turn out to be a fine film for the family to see together as there's enough action to appeal to both kids, and adults who enjoyed the original will get a kick out of it.

For once Bob Felton didn't publish inaccurate information regarding a movie of mine (aside from a misspelling of Taylor Kitsch's last name).

My 'Tarzan' leading man has been announced. Taylor Kitsch will play Tarzan in my upcoming movie. I've been a fan of him since the first season of 'Friday Night Lights,' and now he's on the verge of super-stardom what with two huge films coming out next summer (Battleship, John Carter of Mars), with him playing the main character in both. Anyways, I felt he was the perfect actor to bring my Tarzan to life. Below is a teaser poster I constructed a while back. I'm not sure when exactly the movie will go into active production.

Bob Felton obviously isn't familiar with the Justice Society, nor has he read my script. The characters are not the same as the ones used by Taylor and Edwards. All of my heroes in the story are from the Golden Age, set decades earlier. The only hero in common is 'The Flash,' but their Flash is Wally West, while my Flash is Jay Garrick. I do not use the very same characters as Felton claims. The Justice League series featured Clark Kent/Superman, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Wally West/The Flash, Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, and Arthur Curry/Aquaman. My lineup for the Justice Society consists of Jay Garrick/Flash, Alan Scott/Sentinel, Carter Hall/Hawkman, Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate, Al Pratt/The Atom, and Ted Grant/Wildcat. So as you can see, no heroes in common.