Screenwriter Talks Shooter Adds, Trims

This one isn’t mine, but rather from the Writers Guild of America site: Shooter screenwriter Jonathan Lemkin talks to writer Peter Rader (Waterworld) about why he wrote seven different endings for his adaptation of Stephen Hunter’s novel Point of Impact, as well as how Ned Beatty’s character inadvertently turned into Vice President Dick Cheney (without quite blasting an old guy in the face with buckshot). Some interesting stuff, particularly about Paramount excitedly pumping money into the project, but how that begat even more changes. For the audio file of the chat, click here.