James Stoteraux

This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:

Same!

YES! And absolutely wild that they allowed for such a beautifully mournful ending.

Liked it as a kid, and honestly was surprised how much more I loved it as an adult. In a decade filled with cinematic wonder, the Stained Glass Knight and the Rame Tep chant remain top tier.

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios Much Ado About Nothing (1993) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios

I think it's been scientifically proven that watching the "Much Ado About Nothing" trailer will improve your mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSN...

I did!

During the table read for my first episode of The Vampire Diaries, one of the lead actors stopped the table read halfway through to lambast me for writing a line of dialog containing a word that they didn't want to say. That word was "vampire."

I lost the TNA Turkey Bowl, now I gotta wear this stupid thing. Thanks @tnawrestling.bsky.social 😡🦃

I find “Testament” more haunting than “The Day After” thanks to how it quietly shows normal life and the family slowly, inexorably disintegrating—especially the consequences for the children and how they understand what’s happening even if they can’t fully articulate it. It’s horrifyingly relatable.

Truly one of the most quietly devastating movies I’ve ever seen. It’s intimate and brutal in its realistic depiction of day to day life following a nuclear war.

You *know* I'm giving John McTiernan $400 million to do a modern take on Crime and Punishment, set in Orban's Hungary

No one should get death threats over something they “did” to a comic book character.

Young man in a red tunic bearing a sword surrounded by armed glassy-eyed monsters

A red robed horseman with a skull face and stag's antlers rides through the forest, the horse rearing back, a shaft of light falling onto the scene

A red haired woman in a red dress and a boy in a blue doublet stand in front of a huge black cauldron. In the foreground, three cackling hags.

A boy in a blue tunic with a dagger tries to get a sword away from a giant orange cat

I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.

This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.

”Is that a REAL lock up?”

This was 4 years ago yesterday.

It was an all-day shoot in an old paper plant as Superman fought Bizarro and it was COLD.

I’d been professional the entire shoot, but today was the day I finally asked Tyler for a picture. My director, Diana Valentine, got one earlier that day, which provoked me

#RIP #AdamGreenberg Adam was a brilliant cinematographer as well as the best possible collaborator and teacher. Working with him on THE TERMINATOR, ALIEN NATION and T2 made me a better producer. His quiet leadership on set as well as his innovative night photography made such a difference.

Five years ago, I had an amazing creative experience with the live-read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS I'm right in the middle of a seven-day period bracketed by unpleasant anniversaries. And yet, right in between those is the oasis that is th...

A rare new post to my blog marks the 5th anniversary of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.

This is about when success is surrounded by grief... and the desire to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...

This a beautiful, heartbreaking, and inspiring read. Sending love and well deserved accolades on creating something that brought so much joy into the world.

Five years ago, I had an amazing creative experience with the live-read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS I'm right in the middle of a seven-day period bracketed by unpleasant anniversaries. And yet, right in between those is the oasis that is th...

Five years ago today was the release of the Zoom live read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS. It might be my favorite creative experience.

I wrote about when success is surrounded by grief and the effort to separate the two. thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2025/10/five...

Relatedly, if you are ever in a test screening for a film/tv show and something confused you, no it didn't.

All these TikToks going after screenwriters for shitty dialogue without any awareness that the on-the-nose dialogue is a directive of studios *because* of viewers on TikTok during their shows.

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As far as the Shandling casting, at the time, Larry Sanders was the peak of smart, sophisticated comedy. Garry even got a Golden Globe nomination for acting. Based on his earlier success with Whoopi, I think Mike thought he could bring out the comic's hidden layers. He was so wrong on all fronts.

As Nichols' on-set assistant for it, I can confirm that any deeper meaning you valiantly tried to wring out of the film was unintended. The truth is after the failure of Primary Colors, Mike foolishly wanted to replicate the success of The Birdcage with another bawdy farce with a heartfelt ending.

A one-time 'conservative superstar' in California just went bankrupt Seth MacFarlane said its criticism was "like getting hate mail from Hitler."

The Parents Television Council has gone bankrupt.

Good riddance to this group of publicity hungry, pear-clutching, self-appointed guardians. Just a group of ultra-conservative censors hiding behind children
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Gossip Girl poster with the quote from the Parents Television Council “Mind-blowingly Inappropriate.”

I loved the CW for quoting the Parents Television Council on the Gossip Girl posters.

Nancylee Myatt, ‘Night Court’ and ‘Living Single’ Writer, Dies at 68 An Emmy-winning producer, she also worked on ‘The 5 Mrs. Buchanans,’ ‘The Powers That Be,’ ‘South of Nowhere’ and more.

Nancylee was the most kind & brilliant soul. “South of Nowhere,” the groundbreaking lesbian teen drama, was a show made with zero money, long hours, but Nancylee’s unbridled passion and hilarious sense of humor made working on it a treasured experience. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...

"At a developmental stage when anxieties about fitting in and identity formation are at their peak, adolescents often feel a necessity to assimilate with their peers by participating in trends — in this case yielding a cohort of retinol-infused 10 year olds."
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CONGRATS! Such a richly deserved win!

I mean, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"