Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters Share Worst Studio Notes: – So…

You might think a screenwriter who gets an Oscar nomination would be exempt from “notes” – the heavy-handed suggestions given by studio executives, producers and sometimes actors in the process of developing and shooting a film. Fox Searchlight execs asked for less math in three-time nominee “Hidden Figures,” screenwriters Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi said at the annual Writers Guild of America Beyond Words panel on Thursday.