{"id":3718,"date":"2011-02-10T09:47:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T09:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2011-02-10T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T09:47:59","slug":"melissa-rosenbergs-new-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/melissa-rosenbergs-new-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Rosenberg&#8217;s New Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">After taking on vampires in Summit\u2019s Twilight Saga, writer Melissa Rosenberg is tackling a different kind of immortal being: Scottish highlanders.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">The scribe is in negotiations to come on board to work on the studio&#8217;s remake of Highlander. Neal Moritz is producing the project, which offers an update on the 1986 movie starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown. Justin Lin (Fast Five) is attached to direct. Peter Davis is also producing.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;\">The original story centered on a Scottish swordsman, who discovers he is part of a secret race of near-immortal beings and faces off against an unstoppable barbarian who covets the power gained from there being only one of their kind left.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3719 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;margin: 3px;\" title=\"6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi\" data-src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3719\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" title=\"6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi\" src=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"6a00d8341c630a53ef013484270c83970c-250wi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Melissa Rosenberg, one of the most successful female writers in the business, has a new fantasy assignment. \u00a0I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing how she revives a venerable old franchise. \u00a0I am a bigger fan of her work on <em>Dexter<\/em> than on <em>Twilight<\/em>, so I am curious what she does here.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>After taking on vampires in Summit\u2019s <em>Twilight<\/em> Saga, writer Melissa Rosenberg is tackling a different kind of immortal being: Scottish highlanders.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #888888;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>The scribe is in negotiations to come on board to work on the studio&#8217;s remake of <em>Highlander<\/em>. Neal Moritz is producing the project, which offers an update on the 1986 movie starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown. Justin Lin (Fast Five) is attached to direct. Peter Davis is also producing.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #888888;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>The original story centered on a Scottish swordsman, who discovers he is part of a secret race of near-immortal beings and faces off against an unstoppable barbarian who covets the power gained from there being only one of their kind left&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #888888;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>(A)s the sole writer on Summit\u2019s vampire pentalogy, she has proved adept at handling both character and action, as well as <strong>yearning<\/strong>, a key component of <em>Highlander<\/em> as protagonist Connor MacLeod watches his true love age while he does not. Before tackling Twilight, Rosenberg was a writer\/co-executive producer on Dexter, the Showtime series that darkly balances family with bloody carnage.<\/div>\n<div>Read the full story here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/blogs\/heat-vision\/twilight-writer-melissa-rosenberg-takes-97481\">http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/blogs\/heat-vision\/twilight-writer-melissa-rosenberg-takes-97481<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/nine-character-types\/power-of-idealism\/\">Power of Idealism<\/a> characters are those <strong>who yearn<\/strong> for someone who is emotionally or physically unavailable to the them. \u00a0They are always seeking what they cannot have or what is forbidden to them. \u00a0A huge component of this kind of story is loss and the resolution of loss. \u00a0Some story examples are: \u00a0<em>Romeo &amp; Juliet<\/em>, <em>Sophie&#8217;s Choice,<\/em> <em>Bridges of Madison County<\/em> and <em>Casablanca<\/em>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/nine-character-types\/power-of-idealism\/\">Power of Idealism book<\/a> explains what these stories have in common.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Rosenberg, one of the most successful female writers in the business, has a new fantasy assignment.  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