Friday, Feb. 26

August on Alice

Screenwriter John August elaborates on his own personal saga with Alice in Wonderland and gives an insight towards the struggles even an established screenwriter can have getting their work on screen.

This adaption of Alice was the closest of any of mine to becoming real. I love what I wrote, so it’s disappointing and frustrating that it won’t end up on screen. But that reality is a big part of any working screenwriter’s life. Much more important than this half-written movie was maintaining relationships with studios and filmmakers I hope to keep working with for the next few decades.