MNINS: Season 01, Episode 6 – The Problem with Prequels

Posted Sonlight Press MNINS

Welcome to the sixth episode of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. This time we talk about the challenges of making a successful prequel. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes My Name Is Not Steve is a bi-weekly-ish podcast where we talk […]

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – An Epic Failure of Adaptation

Posted Pete Bauer Marketing, Review, Screenplay, story telling, Writing

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a perfect storm of predictability. If you decide to adapt a single novel into a movie trilogy, the middle story, the bridge, is the hardest one to pull off successfully. Having the middle story as part of a prequel makes the project a recipe for failure with The […]

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