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Drew Goddard - "Lost" Tv Series - He is not anymore in the writing staff

Webmaster — 2008-11-17T14:06:33Z

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Jason Biggs wears Drew Goddard's Pants

Webmaster — 2008-08-16T11:55:06Z

Biggs Bags Ex-boyfriend's Boxers

American Pie star Jason Biggs gets a kick out of wearing boxer shorts his wife's ex used to wear.

The actor, who wed Jenny Mollen in April, admits he found the briefs lying around one day and decided to try them on for size - and now he has claimed them.

He tells Playboy magazine, "She saw me wearing them, and she was like, `You know, those are Drew's.' I don't care. He broke them in, and they fit me perfectly.

"I wore them on our honeymoon."

Drew Goddard is one of 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Variety.com

Webmaster — 2008-06-19T19:09:01Z

Drew Goddard made the trek from his native New Mexico to Los Angeles in 1998. Like so many looking to make it in Hollywood, he did what he had to do — he slept on his uncle's couch and took a P.A. job on a TV show.

He jumped from one canceled show to the next, and, because he was surrounded by writers, took a crack at writing TV specs.

One of Goddard's samples made its way to Marti Noxon, who was showrunning "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with series creator Joss Whedon. That parlayed into a staff writing job on the seminal teen fantasy skein, and later on "Buffy" spinoff "Angel."

"When 'Angel' was done," Goddard says, "I moved over to 'Alias' — I met ('Alias' and 'Lost' co-creator) J.J. Abrams through Joss Whedon. Then I went from 'Alias' to 'Lost.' It's been a good run. I've been very fortunate."

Goddard's focus is now film, having just scored a hit with his feature debut "Cloverfield," which raked in $170 million worldwide earlier this year.

The transition wasn't a huge one, Goddard says. "The shows that I've worked on are run by guys like Joss and J.J., who take a very feature approach to TV. In our minds, there's not a huge difference. It's not two crazy different worlds."

Abrams was the one who came to Goddard with the idea for "Cloverfield."

Remembers Goddard : "One day, J.J. called me : 'Hey, you wanna write a movie for me ? A big-scale monster movie from handheld p.o.v.' As soon as he mentioned that, I said, 'OK.' "

"He's the first person I thought of for the film," Abrams says, "partially because his work on 'Alias' and 'Lost' was so wonderful. He's able to write great romantic, emotional and funny stories in episodes where there were these insane, fantastical things going on. He embraces the humanity and spectacle elements, and those are my favorite kinds of things in a movie any day."

Goddard and Abrams are currently working on another film project, but they're keeping most of the details to themselves.

"I'm so excited, I can't even tell you about it," says Abrams. "The story couldn't be more different than 'Cloverfield.' It's an amalgam of genre and characters, but there are no monsters in it. It could be really scary and really funny and incredibly cool."

Goddard says he simply wants to continue to work with his friends. "I'd like to keep playing in the sandbox as long as they'll let me."

SHORTHAND

Age : 33

Influences : "Los Alamos, where I grew up," says Goddard, "an odd mixture of picket-fence suburbia and nuclear weapons that can annihilate the world." Plus, authors Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury and Far Side creator Gary Larson.

Favorite unproduced script : "I've been very lucky that everything I've written so far has been produced."

Up next : Another feature film with J.J. Abrams

Reps : Agents : Julian Thuan (film), Rob Kim and Dan Erlij (TV) at UTA ; attorney : Jeanne Newman at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman

Drew Goddard - "Cloverfield" Movie DVD - Cover & Details

Webmaster — 2008-03-17T10:04:49Z

Released : 22nd April 2008

Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced Cloverfield which stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, TJ Miller. The Matt Reeves directed monster flick will be available to own from the 22nd April, and should retail at around $27.95. The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include a commentary by Director Matt Reeves, 4 featurettes (The Making of Cloverfield, Cloverfield Visual Effects, I Saw It ! It's Alive ! It's Huge, and Clover Fun), 6 additional scenes (Congrats Rob, When You're in Japan, I Call That a Date, It's Going to Hurt, Alt Ending #1, Alt Ending #2), and multiple eastereggs. We have no word on a Blu-ray release at this time.

Drew Goddard - "Cloverfield" Movie - Creativescreenwritingmagazine.blogspot.com Interview - Listen The Podcast

Webmaster — 2008-03-07T22:50:00Z

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Happy Birthday To Drew Goddard, 33 Today !

Webmaster — 2008-02-26T20:00:26Z

Date of Birth : 26 February 1975

Location : Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Birth Name : Andrew Goddard

Nickname : Ultimate Drew

Height : 6' 5" (1.96 m)

Mini Biography

Drew Goddard was raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He attended the University of Colorado, and worked as a production assistant in L.A. after graduation. A spec script Drew wrote based on Six Feet Under came to the attention of both Marti Noxon at Buffy and David Greenwalt at Angel. Both wanted him, but because Marti found him first Joss Whedon determined Drew would go to Buffy. He became a staff writer for Season 7 (2002-2003), writing five episodes. Once Buffy was over, Drew moved over to Angel and became the executive story editor for Season 5 (2003-2004), writing four episodes. Drew also found time to write the introduction for a book of essays about Buffy, Seven Seasons of Buffy, and to contribute two stories to the Tales of the Vampires comic series. In the summer of 2003, Drew received his first screenwriting award, along with co-writer Jane Espenson, when the Hugos honored "Conversations with Dead People" from Buffy with an award for Best Dramatic Presentation/Short Form. That episode was also honored with a SyFy Portal Genre Award for Best Episode/Television ; another of Drew's Buffy episodes, "Lies My Parents Told Me" (co-written with David Fury), was nominated for the same award. IMDb Mini Biography By : Dachelle

Trivia

Drew Goddard only wrote for cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer for one season (the show's seventh, and final, year) but in that short time he accumulated a truly staggering number of "minions" in the (notoriously fanatical) on-line Buffy fan community. Websites were set up exclusively to promote Drew, t-shirts were printed (in English and Swedish) and Drew himself made semi-frequent visits to Buffy websites and message boards.

Four year relationship with actress Jenny Mollen. They share two dogs.

He is fairly good at games such as Monopoly, Risk, Racko and Uno, but is arguably sub-par at the card game Hearts.

Drew Goddard & Brian K. Vaughan - "Lost" Tv Series - Aintitcool.com Review

Webmaster — 2008-02-08T15:25:07Z

Lost 4.2 FAQ

What's It Called ?

“Confirmed Dead.”

Who's Responsible ?

Teleplay is credited to Drew Goddard (“Cloverfield”) and Brian K. Vaughn (“Y The Last Man”), who coincidentally or not authored story arcs for the blockbuster “Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Season Eight” comic-book series.

What does ABC say ?

“The survivors begin to question the intentions of their supposed rescuers when four strangers arrive on the island. Guest starring are Ken Leung as Miles, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Mira Furlan as Danielle Rousseau, Tania Raymonde as Alex, Blake Bashoff as Karl, Marsha Thomason as Naomi, Lance Reddick as Matthew Abaddon, Jill Kuramoto as female anchor, Necar Zadegan as translator, Azure McCall as Mrs. Gardner and Kanayo Chiemelu as African/Tunisian man.”

Does it utilize flashbacks for flashforwards ?

Flashbacks.

Who gets the flashbacks ?

Five newcomers to Dharma Island : Daniel (the twitchy fellow we met at the end of last episode), Miles, Charlotte, Frank and Naomi. They are all supercool.

Naomi gets a flashback ? Is she not dead ?

She's dead ; she gets a flashback.

What's doing with Team Shephard ?

Coping with Naomi's suspicious friends.

What's doing with Team Locke ?

Headed for a cabin.

Do we learn who's been parachuting Dharma groceries onto the island ?

Not this week.

Do we learn how the newcomers can find the island when nobody else seems to be able to ?

I think we get a pretty good clue.

Does George (the walkie voice played by “Short Circuit” icon Fisher Stevens) show up in person this week ?

He does not. But he is heard from again, and asks if he's on speaker.

Do we learn more about Abbadon this week ?

We do.

Do we see Jacob this week ?

No.

Since Tunisia is in Africa, isn't “African/Tunisian man” a little redundant ?

I don't know.

Was last week's episode the weakest “Lost” season premiere to date ?

Yes. Which is not to say it was terrible.

Is tonight's episode better than last week's ?

Unquestionably.

Does Desmond make any predictions ?

No.

Does Michael and/or Walt turn up ?

No. But Walt is referenced.

What about Pretend Charlie ?

No.

Smokezilla ?

No. But Locke does ask Ben what Smokezilla is !

No Christian Shepard ?

No.

Horace and Olivia Goodspeed ?

No.

Matthew Fox said time travel would be an element of the series. Could Adam and Eve be Jack and Kate ?

I don't know.

What's great ?

“Can't really say it's our primary objective.” “Now take me to her body !” “It doesn't scatter quite right.” “He can't come to the phone right now.” “She was not on the plane !” Jeremy Davies ! Ken Leung ! Rebecca Mader ! Michael Emerson ! Terry O'Quinn ! Evangeline Lilly (how come they're not sticking her in more movies ?) ! The tool. The collar. The photo of Ben and Ben himself. Most of all, the flashbacks, swimming in fresh mystery !

What's not so great ?

I'd like to know why Frank was so sure the ring wouldn't fall off.

How does it end, spoiler-boy ?

With Ben.

Who are said to be featured in future episodes again ?
4.3 “The Economist” : Sayid
4.4 “Eggtown” : Kate
4.5 “The Constant” : Desmond
4.6 “The Other Woman” : Juliet
4.7 “Ji Yeon” : SunJin
4.8 “Meet Kevin Johnson” : Michael

9 p.m. Thursday. ABC.

Drew Goddard - "Cloverfield 2" Movie - Paramount is already in talks

Webmaster — 2008-01-31T21:04:51Z

Paramount sows 'Cloverfield' sequel

Matt Reeves to direct 'Invisible Woman'

Matt Reeves is in early talks with Paramount to direct a "Cloverfield" sequel, and he has also made a deal with GreeneStreet Films to direct "The Invisible Woman."

Timing of the projects will depend on how quickly Paramount can complete discussions with Reeves, producer J.J. Abrams and scribe Drew Goddard to scare up another monster tale for the "Cloverfield" sequel. There's a good chance the sequel will be Reeves' next film, in which case he will direct "The Invisible Woman" afterward.

"Woman" is a Hitchcock-style thriller that probes the mind of a former beauty queen who turns to a life of crime to protect her family.

Reeves wrote the script and will produce with Abrams and GreeneStreet's John Penotti, Fisher Stevens and Tim Williams.

"Matt has created a truly original and compelling character and story," said GreeneStreet's Penotti.

GreeneStreet will finance "The Invisible Woman," and GreeneStreet Intl. will sell overseas territories.

With a $25 million budget, a strong concept and cast of unknowns, "Cloverfield" scored a $46 million opening frame, which was a record for a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Paramount gave away almost no first-dollar gross, making the film a bargain for the studio.

GreeneStreet recently completed two films : the John Polson-directed "Tenderness," starring Russell Crowe, which was just set for distribution at Lionsgate, and "Bill," directed by Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann, whichwill be distributed by First Look Studios.

Drew Goddard - "Cloverfield" Movie - Stills - Medium Quality Photos

Webmaster — 2008-01-28T11:57:06Z

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Drew Goddard - "Cloverfield" Movie - 41 million dollars for his first week end

Webmaster — 2008-01-21T08:51:35Z

'Cloverfield' pulls down monster $41M

LOS ANGELES - The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening for January, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Paramount's tale of a giant reptile causing chaos in New York City surpassed the $35.9 million premiere weekend of the "Star Wars" special edition in 1997, the previous best for January.

Opening in second-place was 20th Century Fox's romantic comedy "27 Dresses," starring Katherine Heigl as a perpetual bridesmaid. It pulled in $22.4 million.

The weekend's other new wide release, Overture Films' crime comedy "Mad Money," with Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes plotting a Federal Reserve Bank heist, opened at No. 7 with $7.7 million.

Overall business surged, with the top-12 movies taking in $135.3 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend last year.

Featuring a cast of unknowns, "Cloverfield" tells its monster story from the perspective of a partygoer's hand-held video camera, which captures the mayhem as the creature tears through the city.

The film benefited from cryptic marketing that sent young moviegoers on a scavenger hunt to decode clues about the movie's plot, images and even its title, which was not confirmed until shortly before its release.

"As we started it, we asked, how do we draw people in and have them say, `Hey, I want to know more about that. That looked cool, that looked intriguing,'" said Rob Moore, Paramount vice chairman. "Then fortunately, they delivered a movie that was as unique and engaging as people had hoped from the marketing campaign."

The big winners at the previous weekend's truncated Golden Globes had mixed results cashing in on their prizes.

Focus Features' gloomy romance "Atonement," the Globe winner for best drama, expanded into wider release and added $4.8 million to its haul, raising its total to $31.9 million. Business was up slightly from the previous weekend.

Yet the Globes' best musical or comedy winner, Paramount's "Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," also added theaters but took in just $2.6 million, down significantly from a weekend earlier. "Sweeney Todd" has taken in $48 million to date.

The televised Globes banquet was canceled because stars planned to boycott the show in support of a strike by the Writers Guild of America, which refused to let its members work on the ceremony. In place of the glitzy Globes show was a hasty news conference rattling off winners' names.

That deprived studios of much of the luster they count on to boost the box office of acclaimed films during awards season. Had the three-hour Globes show aired as usual on NBC, "Atonement," "Sweeney Todd" and other key winners might have done better business this weekend.

"I can only guess, but I think so," said Jack Foley, head of distribution for Focus Features. "I wish it was televised. It's one of the best commercials there is for film."

Following Heigl's success with last summer's hit "Knocked Up," "27 Dresses" solidifies the "Grey's Anatomy" co-star as a big-screen star.

While "Cloverfield" was more a movie for young males, "27 Dresses" sewed up the women's audience, the two films giving Hollywood a huge lift during what is normally a sleepy time for new releases.

"This is almost like a summer weekend," said 20th Century Fox distribution executive Chris Aronson. "It's almost a counter-programming move where you have two pictures aimed squarely, at least initially, at different audiences, and they both succeeded."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Tuesday.

1. "Cloverfield," $41 million.

2. "27 Dresses," $22.4 million.

3. "The Bucket List," $15.2 million.

4. "Juno," $10.3 million.

5. "National Treasure : Book of Secrets," $8.1 million.

6. "First Sunday," $7.8 million.

7. "Mad Money," $7.7 million.

8. "Alvin and the Chipmunks," $7 million.

9. "I Am Legend," $5.1 million.

10. "Atonement," $4.8 million.