John August

08/03/09 Writer-director John August has optioned Steve Hely's novel "How I Became a Famous Novelist."  |  Variety

02/05/09 The search for the Greatest Movie Badass of All Time is on!  |  MTV Movies Blog

01/24/09 The Oscar nominations obviously dominated the news this week, but there's also a few new animated movies to report, lots of casting and the word on what the director of 1998's Godzilla might be doing next. #1 OSCAR'S MAGIC TRICK: MAKING THE DARK KNIGHT 'S BEST PICTURE NOMINATION DISAPPEAR The Academy announced this year's Oscar nominations yesterday morning, and several excellent movies were honored, but this year, I felt like there were more missing nominees than the last few years, which this Variety piece does a nice job of summarizing.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

01/21/09 Moviefone John August, who just two weeks ago lamented on his screenwriting blog that his long-gestating "Shazam!" project at Warners hit a roadblock, suddenly has plenty of irons in the fire.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

01/21/09 John August, who just two weeks ago lamented on his screenwriting blog that his long-gestating "Shazam!" project at Warners hit a roadblock, suddenly has plenty of irons in the fire.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

01/13/09 DC's Captain Marvel has the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules and various other attributes that provide an acronym for "SHAZAM!" (the word that transforms Billy Batson into Captain Marvel) — but what about his ability to make a move to the big screen?  |  Rotten Tomatoes

01/06/09 This site is run by screenwriter John August.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

01/06/09 Moviefone However, over on his blog , August says the project is now dead in the water after several re-writes, most of which came about after the studio wanted him to take the film from a lighter action-comedy to something much darker (a la The Dark Knight ).  |  Cinematical.com