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About Surfing Hollywood

Steve La Rue is an internationally recognized leader in Film & Television with 20+ years experience as a Development Executive championing such series as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Battlestar Galactica, and Farscape. He writes, blogs, and consults on All Things Entertainment from his home at the beach in Santa Monica, CA, where he balances his life by surfing every damn day.

TV Surf Report: Orders for Adaptations Continue Hot Trend This Script Development Season

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

  (Updated 04 April 2016) Santa Monica, CA — Hollywood loves a good book, a hot play, re-boot, re-make, dark comic, hit song, magazine article, standup comedy routine, web series , and music video. It’s not that Tinseltown doesn’t love original stories anymore, it’s … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Infinity Wars & Phase Three Explained!

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

  https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/44OwK74u0Ie.js?version=41#channel=f1329036b2b61bd&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsurfinghollywood.wordpress.com              Santa Monica, CA  — The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) begins and, presumably, ends with the capture and use of those darn Infinity Stones, heretofore, glimpsed in Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor, The Avengers, Thor: … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: Hollywood Loves A Good Bio Pic…

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

    Santa Monica, CA — Hollywood loves a good Bio Pic, so be prepared for the onslaught heading your way over the next year as there are lots on tap:  Anita Hill! The Pope! Teddy Roosevelt! Glo Steinem! Not surprisingly, … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: Great Minds Think Alike As Networks Order Competing Scripts for Fashion Houses, Pot Shops, Atlanta, Billie Jean Vs. Bobby, The Madoffs, Bourbon, Fantasy Islands, Powerless Superheroes, and Women With Cancer

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

    (Updated 02 February 2016) Santa Monica, CA — Good ideas are often shared by more than one person at the same time, so it’s not surprising when Buyers (i.e., Networks) purchase very similar or exactly the same concepts from … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: Fair To Good Conditions With Lots of Trends To Watch Like Adaptations And Super Heroes

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — (Updated 15 January 2015) The Fall Television Season has just premiered, but networks and digital platforms are already buying new shows and ordering scripts to keep the production machine going. Two Major Trends are emerging thus … Continue reading →

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TV Surf Report: The Curious Case of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS & Whether To Re-Boot, Re-Cast, Re-Write

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

   (Updated 02 January 2016; Originally Published 05 August 2015) Santa Monica, CA — Lucy Lawless has made headlines speaking to rumors of a possible re-boot of her iconic role, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, at struggling NBC. Lawless originated the role … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Franchise Fatigue? Get Over It, Audiences! Hollywood’s Got More On The Way

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

   Santa Monica, CA — Whether audiences are tired of all these Sequels, Super Heroes or Continuations of Franchises, Hollywood’s got more on the way.  Think of it as:  Sequels Or Bust! For the rest of 2015,  we’ve still got … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Summer Sequel & Super Hero Fatigue Sets In…Amy Schumer & Ian McKellen To The Rescue!

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

   Santa Monica, CA — While I’ve enjoyed Fast & Furious 7, Mad Max: Fury Road and Pitch Perfect 2, and Avengers: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World, Terminator: Genesys and those darn Minions, a generalized cinematic fatigue is setting in, and … Continue reading →

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Film Surf Report: Jurassic World Unleashes Hollywood’s Sequel Monster As Sequels & Super Heroes On Tap For Next Five Years

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

   Santa Monica, CA — The record haul for the worldwide opening for Jurassic World sent ripples through Hollywood this week:  Sequels. Sequels. Sequels. The big studios are in the Event Movie business, and those Jurassic-type films are exactly what … Continue reading →

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Surf Report: Costa Rica Draws Storytellers From Around The World For Forward/Story Writers Lab

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Surfing Hollywood

           Nosara, Costa Rica — The producers of Forward/Story, which is in part underwritten by Columbia University, invited me to join them and 19 other Storytellers for a 4-day curated residential writer’s lab to explore the future(s) of Storytelling. Presentations … Continue reading →

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