matthew cooper – Page 11 – Script writer for hire and UK script consultant

19th September 2016 @matcoop 0

About four weeks ago I was provisionally hired to write a proposal for turning three published novels into a trilogy of films. When I went […]

4th September 2016 @matcoop 0

Hi regular readers, I’m pressing pause on the weekly blogposts for the next few weeks as I’ve landed my dream script writing job. However, it’s […]

28th August 2016 @matcoop 0

An American Werewolf in London is a classic; it stands up against any other horror movie ever made in any decade or any country. It’s […]

28th August 2016 @matcoop 0

I’m a massive fan of Sam Peckinpah and Ride the High Country from 1962 is his second film. It was just a regular ish western […]

21st August 2016 @matcoop 0

I was a big fan of the TV series The Office (the original British version) and I’m also a big fan of the Alan Partridge […]

13th August 2016 @matcoop 0

I haven’t really touched on or written much about sci-fi on this blog. I was reminded of this when I watched Midnight Special last night. […]

13th August 2016 @matcoop 0

Scorsese’s Bringing out the Dead from 1999 is one to see, its low grade Marty but it’s based on a nice novel by Joe Connelly, […]

31st July 2016 @matcoop 0

Peter Yates was an English filmmaker who died back in 2011. One of his early films featured a chase sequence which was spotted by Steve […]

30th July 2016 @matcoop 0

When Martin Scorsese wrote the screenplay of Mean Streets he was a struggling filmmaker with just a few low budget films and editing jobs to […]

24th July 2016 @matcoop 0

As a horror script writer for hire I loved every second of Stranger Things even down to the font used for the title sequence. And […]