Ian Kennedy Martin, creator of The Sweeney who drew on John Thaw’s own personality for DI Jack Regan

Ian Kennedy Martin, the writer, who has died aged 90, presented the viewing public of the 1970s with a new breed of ...

Lucky Showrunners Jonathan Tropper & Cassie Pappas Explain Why the Series Refuses to Be Just Another Crime Thriller

In an exclusive interview, showrunners Jonathan Tropper and Cassie Pappas share the intricacies of shaping Apple TV's summer ...
The News-Times

Grieving South Koreans seek comfort in AI videos of deceased loved ones

In recent years, a growing number of bereaved people in digitally-savvy South Korea have been trying out tech startups that ...
The Badger Project

With ATV crashes up in Wisconsin, some legislators want to strengthen OWI laws. The Tavern League stands in the way.

Alcohol is a common factor in the rising number of off-road vehicle crashes and fatalities reported in Wisconsin. Legislators ...

The Absurdly Dark Pandemic Comedy That Hollywood Wouldn't Touch

Some people believe Walter Newman's Harrow's Alley is the best unproduced screenplay of all time. Here's the story of that ...
The New Yorker

Can A.I. Produce Writing That We Actually Want to Read?

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...
IGN

Seth Rogen Tells Filmmakers Using AI to Write Scripts to 'Go Do Something Else'

Seth Rogen has pushed back on the use of AI in movies, telling writers using the technology for their scripts to "go do something else." "I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see ...
Variety

Seth Rogen Says if You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then ‘You Shouldn’t Be a Writer’: ‘Go Do Something Else’

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Seth Rogen Says If “Your Instinct Is to Use AI” to Write Scripts, “You Shouldn’t Be a Writer”

'The Studio' creator said people who are thinking about using the technology to aid their writing skills should try another occupation: "Go do something else." By McKinley Franklin Don’t expect Seth ...
Comicbook.com

5 TV Shows That Get Away With Terrible Writing, Ranked

Not every TV show needs a flawless script to work or be entertaining, but there’s a very clear difference between a simplified story and a sloppy one. Some shows manage to survive on pure charisma, ...
TechSpot

The Oscars just declared that AI actors and AI-written scripts can't win awards

A hot potato: With generative AI becoming more prevalent in society, are we heading toward a future where an AI-created actor or script wins an Oscar? If it does ever happen, it certainly won't be ...
New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...