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Among the ranks of screenwriters, only 20% were women.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The screenwriter touched on something fundamental about how AI content is being voraciously consumed as novelty.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The film has cycled through multiple directors and screenwriters, and does not currently have a director attached.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Billy Wilder, perhaps the greatest classic Hollywood screenwriter, spins a zippy yarn in this sneakily dark yet ultimately affirming story about a lowly employee at a Manhattan insurance company.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
The screenwriter touched on something fundamental about how AI content is being voraciously consumed as novelty.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The film has cycled through multiple directors and screenwriters, and does not currently have a director attached.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Billy Wilder, perhaps the greatest classic Hollywood screenwriter, spins a zippy yarn in this sneakily dark yet ultimately affirming story about a lowly employee at a Manhattan insurance company.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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