Bruce Joel Rubin

"Often I just trust that an idea that comes to you once will come again. That's not always true, but so much of the technique of writing is in the moment. If you watched a particular newscast or read a particular article in the paper, had a fight with your wife or a loving moment with your child, all of this is going to impact on what comes through the computer that day, or the typewriter or the pen. And you can't get away from that. For me, if you trust the moment as you write, it will...Read Full Story

"Often I just trust that an idea that comes to you once will come again. That's not always true, but so much of the technique of writing is in the moment. If you watched a particular newscast or read a particular article in the paper, had a fight with your wife or a loving moment with your child, all of this is going to impact on what comes through the computer that day, or the typewriter or the pen. And you can't get away from that. For me, if you trust the moment as you write, it will...Read Full Story

WinkBall Brings the Theatre World Off Stage and Online at Ghost: The Musical Premiere UK Video Website WinkBall Speaks to Theatre Fans Plus Oscar Winner, Hollywood Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin in Manchester (Vocus/PRWEB) March 30, 2011 The theatre world turned its attention to new stage show, ‘Ghost: The Musical’ this week with the show having its World Premiere on Monday 29th March at the Manchester Opera House. The City of Manchester was delighted to introduce this exciting new musical to...Read Full Story

The Time Traveler's Wife I’m not embarrassed to admit it: I love a good chick flick- Love Actually, The Holiday;  simply brilliant! I imagine that it’s due to my inability to reciprocate normal human emotions and as such, I live vicariously through overly sentimental films. Yes, I know I’m a cynic and no ,I don’t think you can cure me. Anyhow, I’m looking forward to seeing The Time Traveler’s Wife based on the best selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Niffenegger, presents a rather improbable...Read Full Story

H/T to Mystery Man for rustling up this article on screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin:It's a constant in screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin's life, something that happens every day without fail. It's the time he reserves for meditation.Without it, he doubts whether his Oscar-winning script for Ghost would have happened. And now, without meditation's soothing influence, his new challenge of turning that hugely popular 1990 movie into a stage musical might prove too much.Certainly, it helped him...Read Full Story

"Often I just trust that an idea that comes to you once will come again. That's not always true, but so much of the technique of writing is in the moment. If you watched a particular newscast or read a particular article in the paper, had a fight with your wife or a loving moment with your child, all of this is going to impact on what comes through the computer that day, or the typewriter or the pen. And you can't get away from that. For me, if you trust the moment as you write, it will...Read Full Story

"A movie is watched with your heart, not your head, unless you're watching something like Memento, and if your emotions are working and your gut is really engaged, you've got a movie.''-- Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder, The Time Traveler's Wife)Read Full Story

Go here for a 5 part, 80-minute interview at Screenwriter's Utopia with screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin whose credits include Jacob's Ladder (1990), Ghost (1990), My Life (1993), and Deep Impact (1998).Here is the trailer for Jacob's Ladder, which is a terrific movie:Read Full Story

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Remakes: 'Wife' scribe set for 'Yomigaeri' rewrite -- DreamWorks has set Bruce Joel Rubin to script "Rainbow Bridge," the English-language remake of the 2002 Japanese film "Yomigaeri."Read Full Story