Screenwriting

The Sundance Institute has selected 11 fellows for its 2026 Screenwriters Lab and 13 for the Screenwriters Intensive from over 3,800 submissions. The lab begins this weekend at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah, honoring founder Robert Redford's legacy. Creative advisors including Barry Jenkins and Lulu Wang will guide the participants.

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Screenwriters Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan, known for the hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters, have been hired to write the screenplay for Tim Burton's reimagining of the 1958 classic Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman. Warner Bros. Pictures is producing the project, with Burton directing and producing alongside others. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.