savehoward t1_is5kg38 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 1:46 PM Reply to TIL that it took several years for writer Bruce Rubin to sell the script to Jacob's Ladder, because it was "too metaphysical" and "Hollywood does not make ghost movies". Rubin would later write the screenplay for Ghost, a box office success that grossed over $500 million. by WouldbeWanderer I think this says more about how a small number if movie execs know less about which scripts are good rather than a writer’s ability to write well. Permalink 0
savehoward t1_is5kg38 wrote
Reply to TIL that it took several years for writer Bruce Rubin to sell the script to Jacob's Ladder, because it was "too metaphysical" and "Hollywood does not make ghost movies". Rubin would later write the screenplay for Ghost, a box office success that grossed over $500 million. by WouldbeWanderer
I think this says more about how a small number if movie execs know less about which scripts are good rather than a writer’s ability to write well.