Craig Miller will receive the WGA West’s 2020 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award in recognition of his distinguished career and contributions to the animation field. The award will be presented by his longtime collaborator, comic book writer Marv Wolman, at the Caucus’ virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday.
Miller, who chairs the Caucus, has more than 300 credits to his name, including The Smurfs, Curious George, and Pocket Dragon Adventures.
“In his long distinguished career, Craig has been a tireless advocate for the writers of animation, working diligently to get writers like himself covered under a WGA contract,” the guild said. “The WGA West board of directors is proud and honored to give him this well-deserved award.”
Miller started his career in Hollywood as a publicity executive, working as a consultant to Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Disney and Universal. He worked alongside George Lucas, Jim Henson and numerous others on a long...
Miller, who chairs the Caucus, has more than 300 credits to his name, including The Smurfs, Curious George, and Pocket Dragon Adventures.
“In his long distinguished career, Craig has been a tireless advocate for the writers of animation, working diligently to get writers like himself covered under a WGA contract,” the guild said. “The WGA West board of directors is proud and honored to give him this well-deserved award.”
Miller started his career in Hollywood as a publicity executive, working as a consultant to Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Disney and Universal. He worked alongside George Lucas, Jim Henson and numerous others on a long...
- 11/23/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
“The guy is freaking evil,” Special Operator First Class Craig Miller said of his platoon Chief Edward Gallagher in video recordings obtained by The New York Times.
“You could tell he was perfectly Ok with killing anybody that was moving,” Special Operator First Class Corey Scott told Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents in interviews describing Chief Gallagher.
The video interviews, leaked to the Times, along with a trove of Navy investigative materials including text messages, come on the heels of Gallagher’s case rising to national prominence after President Donald...
“You could tell he was perfectly Ok with killing anybody that was moving,” Special Operator First Class Corey Scott told Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents in interviews describing Chief Gallagher.
The video interviews, leaked to the Times, along with a trove of Navy investigative materials including text messages, come on the heels of Gallagher’s case rising to national prominence after President Donald...
- 12/27/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
David N. Weiss, a past WGA West VP and writer of Shrek 2 and The Smurfs and Rugrats movie and TV franchises, has been chosen to receive the WGA West’s 2019 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award. The honor will be bestowed tonight at the annual Awc awards ceremony and member meeting at the guild’s Los Angeles headquarters.
Weiss’ credits on the film side also include Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and Smurfs 2. To date, the box office cume for Weiss’ combined work exceeds $2.3 billion worldwide.
Working with his writing partner J. David Stem, Weiss served as head writer on Nickelodeon’s Rugrats TV series. The duo’s other credits include Cybill, Mission Hill and The Downtowners, along with the features Daddy Day Care, Are We There Yet? and Clockstoppers.
They are writing a remake of Jimmy Stewart...
Weiss’ credits on the film side also include Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and Smurfs 2. To date, the box office cume for Weiss’ combined work exceeds $2.3 billion worldwide.
Working with his writing partner J. David Stem, Weiss served as head writer on Nickelodeon’s Rugrats TV series. The duo’s other credits include Cybill, Mission Hill and The Downtowners, along with the features Daddy Day Care, Are We There Yet? and Clockstoppers.
They are writing a remake of Jimmy Stewart...
- 11/22/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Debra Baker, Isis Davis, Alfie Field, Ryan Hayes, Jake Phillips Head, James Hyland, Andi Jashy, Jasmine Jobson, Craig Miller, Joshua Osei, Elinah Saleh, Taz Skylar, Johnny Vivash | Written and Directed by Jamie Noel
Starting with a stabbing and quite a bit of artistic flare, Lie Low‘s story immediately join an English family as they flee an awful event to “lie low” (as the title suggests). We travel from the grim night of a terrible crime in urban Gillingham, to the beautiful Morning Countryside of France, where a couple of the family members are already living. The contrast is striking as our fish out of water characters struggle to make the transition. Early on, we can discern that trust within the family is in short supply and there are secrets to slowly unpick. The TV doesn’t work and as our family have fled, they have brought little to...
Starting with a stabbing and quite a bit of artistic flare, Lie Low‘s story immediately join an English family as they flee an awful event to “lie low” (as the title suggests). We travel from the grim night of a terrible crime in urban Gillingham, to the beautiful Morning Countryside of France, where a couple of the family members are already living. The contrast is striking as our fish out of water characters struggle to make the transition. Early on, we can discern that trust within the family is in short supply and there are secrets to slowly unpick. The TV doesn’t work and as our family have fled, they have brought little to...
- 9/18/2019
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
“Star Wars” producer Gary Kurtz and British crime film director Greg Hall are teaming on an untitled feature film about iconic British poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe.
Kurtz and Hall announced the project on Wednesday, the 425th anniversary of the death of Marlowe at the age of 29. Marlowe is best remembered as William Shakespeare’s friend and rival, but the film will explore the aftermath of his role as a spy for the British crown while a student at Cambridge University.
Marlowe wrote “The Jew of Malta,” “Edward the Second” and “Doctor Faustus.” His death has long been assumed to have been as a result of a fight between friends over a bar bill. But, according to the filmmakers, he was assassinated as a matter of state policy because of his involvement in secret affairs.
The script, by Francis Hamit, details Marlowe’s career as a spy as part of the early English Secret Service,...
Kurtz and Hall announced the project on Wednesday, the 425th anniversary of the death of Marlowe at the age of 29. Marlowe is best remembered as William Shakespeare’s friend and rival, but the film will explore the aftermath of his role as a spy for the British crown while a student at Cambridge University.
Marlowe wrote “The Jew of Malta,” “Edward the Second” and “Doctor Faustus.” His death has long been assumed to have been as a result of a fight between friends over a bar bill. But, according to the filmmakers, he was assassinated as a matter of state policy because of his involvement in secret affairs.
The script, by Francis Hamit, details Marlowe’s career as a spy as part of the early English Secret Service,...
- 5/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Story about life of Elizabethan playwright and spy out to casting.
Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back producer Gary Kurtz is lining up a drama based on the life of the Elizabethan playwright and spy Christopher Marlowe.
Los Angeles-based Wolfmill Entertainment and The Kit Marlowe Film Co, registered in England and Wales, plan an autumn shoot, mostly in Wales. Lightyear Entertainment of Los Angeles will distribute in North America and released foreign language Oscar nominee Tanna in 2016.
Greg Hall will direct the project from a screenplay by Francis Hamit that chronicles Marlowe’s life, from his time as a...
Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back producer Gary Kurtz is lining up a drama based on the life of the Elizabethan playwright and spy Christopher Marlowe.
Los Angeles-based Wolfmill Entertainment and The Kit Marlowe Film Co, registered in England and Wales, plan an autumn shoot, mostly in Wales. Lightyear Entertainment of Los Angeles will distribute in North America and released foreign language Oscar nominee Tanna in 2016.
Greg Hall will direct the project from a screenplay by Francis Hamit that chronicles Marlowe’s life, from his time as a...
- 5/30/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wow! What a missed opportunity to do something awesome for one of the most iconic characters in the Star Wars universe. During the early development of Return of the Jedi, there were already plans for three more films that would focus on Luke Skywalker taking on Darth Vader and the Emperor. That was the original story arc for Episodes 7, 8, and 9. That means Return of the Jedi would have been something completely different.
During an interview with Inverse.com, former Lucasfilm fan relations officer Craig Miller revealed that Episode VI would have focused more on Boba Fett as the main villain and Han Solo as the hero. Miller explained:
"Originally Boba Fett was set up in Empire as a character, and the third movie’s plot was going to be more about Boba Fett, rescuing Han Solo and all of that. Boba was gonna be the main villain… That was set up,...
During an interview with Inverse.com, former Lucasfilm fan relations officer Craig Miller revealed that Episode VI would have focused more on Boba Fett as the main villain and Han Solo as the hero. Miller explained:
"Originally Boba Fett was set up in Empire as a character, and the third movie’s plot was going to be more about Boba Fett, rescuing Han Solo and all of that. Boba was gonna be the main villain… That was set up,...
- 5/5/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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Summarily ejected from Return Of The Jedi, fan-fave bounty hunter Boba Fett was originally going to be the main villain, it's revealed...
If you're a longtime Star Wars devotee, you may be familiar with Craig Miller, who for years worked as the official fan relations officer at Lucasfilm. In a thoroughly satisfying interview with Inverse, Miller's been talking about that period where he worked with George Lucas on promoting the Star Wars franchise and, on occasions, sowing seeds of confusion to help keep the saga's plot twists a secret.
Miller's insider status at Lucasfilm meant that he heard first-hand about Lucas's changing plans for the Star Wars franchise - and one of the major things he learned was that the enigmatic bounty hunter Boba Fett was originally supposed to have a much larger role in Return Of The Jedi.
"Boba was gonna be the main villain,...
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Summarily ejected from Return Of The Jedi, fan-fave bounty hunter Boba Fett was originally going to be the main villain, it's revealed...
If you're a longtime Star Wars devotee, you may be familiar with Craig Miller, who for years worked as the official fan relations officer at Lucasfilm. In a thoroughly satisfying interview with Inverse, Miller's been talking about that period where he worked with George Lucas on promoting the Star Wars franchise and, on occasions, sowing seeds of confusion to help keep the saga's plot twists a secret.
Miller's insider status at Lucasfilm meant that he heard first-hand about Lucas's changing plans for the Star Wars franchise - and one of the major things he learned was that the enigmatic bounty hunter Boba Fett was originally supposed to have a much larger role in Return Of The Jedi.
"Boba was gonna be the main villain,...
- 5/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Joseph Baxter Nov 13, 2019
Boba Fett was originally designed to be Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’s big bad! Here's why it didn't happen...
To be a Star Wars fan is to fetishize its most mysterious villain, Boba Fett, a character that's on screen in the Original Trilogy for a little less than 20 minutes - long enough to capture Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back and pay the ultimate price for it in its sequel. (Fett did eventually escape the sarlaac pit in the old continuity.) Fett speaks a total of four lines and appears in only eleven scenes. But did you know that Fett could have occupied a much bigger role in the trilogy?
Such an idea would have probably taken away some of the mystique surrounding the character as a result, something that did eventually happen when he was reintroduced as a child in Attack of the Clones.
Boba Fett was originally designed to be Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’s big bad! Here's why it didn't happen...
To be a Star Wars fan is to fetishize its most mysterious villain, Boba Fett, a character that's on screen in the Original Trilogy for a little less than 20 minutes - long enough to capture Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back and pay the ultimate price for it in its sequel. (Fett did eventually escape the sarlaac pit in the old continuity.) Fett speaks a total of four lines and appears in only eleven scenes. But did you know that Fett could have occupied a much bigger role in the trilogy?
Such an idea would have probably taken away some of the mystique surrounding the character as a result, something that did eventually happen when he was reintroduced as a child in Attack of the Clones.
- 5/4/2016
- Den of Geek
It’s a well-known story that George Lucas’ original treatment for Star Wars was much larger than the single film that was released in 1977. Lucas had created a much larger world very early on, but ended up making significant changes to it at the beginning since he wasn’t sure any other movies would ever be made. Now, a very early employee of Lucasfilm has revealed some of the original plans for Star Wars as a whole. It turns out Boba Fett was going to be a much bigger character in Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi because Lucas was originally going to hold off on the Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker confrontation for an entire additional trilogy, but when he changed his mind, Fett went into the Sarlacc Pit. The revelation comes courtesy of Craig Miller, the first fan relations officer at Lucasfilm. In an interview ...
- 5/4/2016
- cinemablend.com
There was once a rumor, for an upcoming movie titled "The Empire Strikes Back," that Han Solo -- not known for his lightsaber skills -- would find himself in a duel with Darth Vader. During this duel, the two combatants' lightsabers would become fused, with an end result of Han and Vader's "life forces" combining -- creating quite the conundrum for Luke Skywalker. (If Luke kills Vader, then he would also kill his friend Han.)
There was also another rumor about "The Empire Strikes Back": Mick Jagger would compose the score.
Obviously, those outlandish rumors never happened -- but they are the kind of crazy development story that one might find on the Internet today. If you don't believe me, maybe go back and check out some of those "The Dark Knight Rises" rumors. In the late 1970s, however, there was no Internet to accelerate or decelerate unfounded rumors such as the examples above.
There was also another rumor about "The Empire Strikes Back": Mick Jagger would compose the score.
Obviously, those outlandish rumors never happened -- but they are the kind of crazy development story that one might find on the Internet today. If you don't believe me, maybe go back and check out some of those "The Dark Knight Rises" rumors. In the late 1970s, however, there was no Internet to accelerate or decelerate unfounded rumors such as the examples above.
- 10/24/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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