Go Set a Spider-Man

From Harper Lee to Sony to the Wheel of Time, it was a big week for studios trying to hold onto intellectual property. John and Craig discuss why those deals take such strange turns, including 1:30 a.m. airings on cable. In follow-up, we look at why the WGA isn’t directly involved in the Gravity lawsuit, and how Rebel Wilson was lucky she never ran afoul of Australia’s classifiers. A listener writes in with a question about “a film by,” prompting one Craig rant. John returns the umbrage about award season, and how we keep our best filmmakers from actually making their next films. The 200th episode of Scriptnotes is fast approaching, and we want your suggestions for what we should do. A live show? Something else? Tweet or email your thoughts. Links: The Deal with the Gravity Lawsuit The One with Rebel Wilson and Dan Savage Get premium access at scriptnotes.net Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Sequel Sparks Questions Over Film Rights on THR With Marvel Deal, Sony Opts to Lease Rather Than Sell Spider-Man on THR Spider-Man: How Sony, Marvel Will Benefit from Unique Deal on Variety Wheel of Time is the sad lesson of what can happen when you sell the rights to your books on Vox Broad City on Comedy Central and Hulu Fantastic Negrito, Winner of NPR’s 2015 Tiny Desk Concert Contest Outro by Scriptnotes listener Manoel Felciano (send us yours!) You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 2-19-15: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post Go Set a Spider-Man first appeared on John August.