Posted 9:07 AM by Gene

MANKIEWICZ ALERT: THE ULTIMATE INSIDER NIKKI shares the angst of the highest-IQ writers in HISTORY who may no longer be able to peddle their masterworks because THE CONSPIRACY is cutting back -- immortal names that may (or may not) include

Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Horse Whisperer, Ali, Munich), John August (Charlie’s Angels, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Casino Royale), David Self (Thirteen Days, Road to Perdition), Bill Broyles (Cast Away, Planet of the Apes, Jarhead, Flags of Our Fathers), Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me if You Can, The Terminal, Rush Hour 2 & 3), David Benioff (Troy), Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Bill Monahan (The Departed), Steve Zaillian (A Civil Action, Hannibal, Gangs of New York, All the King’s Men), and the “two Tees” from Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 & 3, Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio.

Not to mention Akiva Goldsman, who hunt-and-pecked DVC!!!!! and is "hunting-and-pecking" its prequel, "the same scribe whose script for Batman & Robin is considered one of the worst of the comic-books-turned-movies genre" (now THAT'S a COMPLIMENT).

What a load of -- see the URL. Now what could they do if they knew how to WRITE?

(Via MediaBistro)