Patrick Pittis

@patrickpittis.bsky.social

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Screenwriter. Repped at Navigation Media Group. WGAW. 2019 Young & Hungry List. 2025 Black List. Multi-Time Recipient of Captcha “I Am Not a Robot” Certification. He/him.

Anthony Head passed away
Nicholas Brendon, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Star, Dies at 54
Gellar says it was one person who killed the project. "We had an executive on our show who was not only not a fan of the original, but was proud to constantly remind us that he had never seen the entirety of the series and how it wasn't for him." "That's very hard when you're taking a property that is as beloved as Buffy, not just to the world, but to me and Chloé. So that tells you the uphill battle that we had been fighting since day one, when your executive is literally proud to tell you that he didn't watch it," says Gellar.
Martin Scorsese edited to be wearing a “Supreme” cap
Skeet from @kibblesmith.com “Writing is like 80% walking around coming up with it and 20% feeling like Sisyphus in front of my computer and the 20% feels like 80%”
Picture of the IMDb page for Neverending Stoy The Animated Adventure
NICK OF TIME by Patrick Pittis While defending an unscrupulous billionaire in a landmark antitrust lawsuit, a tenacious young attorney begins to question his sanity as he unravels a time-bending secret - something from the past that could threaten his future. MANAGEMENT: Navigation Media Group (Matt Rosen)
Multi-colored index cards arrayed in a grid pattern over a bulletin board.
Rian Johnson’s scrawled outline for the film KNIVES OUT. Major plot points are hastily written along a simple line that has been broken into three arcing segments - indicating the rise and fall of the three acts of the film.
A poster for the 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y., directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
A post from Reddit user NativityCrimeScene: Maybe he’s hoping for retaliatory tariffs on American films which would crush woke Hollywood. This might be a low key brilliant move. Responding to the original post, Reddit user Dazzling_Pink9751 responds: That would be so funny. I can see the Hollywood protests already. (With two crying laughing emojis)
A still image from the movie DUNE (2021). Paul Atreides (Chalamet) and his mother Lady Jessica (Ferguson) stand on a sand dune on the desert planet of Arrakis, eyes searching the horizon.
An image from the 1984 TV adaptation of THE TRIPODS. In the image, a giant alien vehicle looms on tripod legs over a small village in far future UK
A message from the account Unsolicited Manuscripts: “Well, that was quick. I’m now a former literary agent. Thank you all.”
MIKO Look - we need to talk. JULIE Uh - I'm sorry. Can it wait? Kinda jonesing for bed. MIKO Jules, I - I mean - I kinda (need to say it now) NARRATOR (V.O.) Julie was growing impatient. The Narrator interrupts Miko, talking over him - making it impossible for Julie to follow what Miko is saying. JULIE (to the voice) Just shut up. MIKO What? JULIE No - sorry. Not you - MIKO Look, this is hard, okay? But I need to get it out. Right, so… the other night I was in the park with Vinessa. And that's when Julie realized - JULIE Wait - are you breaking up with me? MIKO Jules... yeah. I think so.
An image of an airfield from Stephen King’s The Langoliers. A man stands in the foreground of the shot, cowering under two CGI monsters, with a large plane in the background
An image from the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, where a marine mammal called a thala-siren suns herself on a rocky coastline somewhere on the planet Ahch-To
A handwritten scribble arcing out the plot of the film Knives Out
A stuffed animal Remy the rat from Pixar’s Ratatouille sits on a kitchen shelf.
A picture of a plate of food: four meatball sliders and some curly fries.
A shot from the film GLADIATOR (2000) where the dictator Commodus confronts the captive gladiator Maximus.
Cover art for the 1987 album “Hall of the Mountain King” by Savatage.
A hand holding one of those multi-color pens from BIC
A movie poster featuring an image of Tom Cruise for the 2001 film VANILLA SKY
Three teenagers stand and pretend to surf while driving an open-top convertible in the “Moto-Surf!” scene from SURF NINJAS (1993)
Poster for the 1995 movie MAN OF THE HOUSE.
A poster for the 1997 movie MASTERMINDS
A Direct Message from a spammer that reads “I’m so grateful you decided to follow me! Your support means a lot. I hope you love my debut novel and feel free to message me if you have any questions or feedback.”
A list of references from a Wikipedia page
Text in the image reads “ ‘Things may be tough now, but there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.’ The light at the end of the tunnel:” Below the text is an image of a hazy corridor, at the end of which stands Darth Vader with his red light saber.
Screenshot of a headline that reads “Donald Trump’s America Will Not Become a Tech Oligarchy: Reasons not to panic about the tech-industrial complex”
A post from Twitter that reads: “Even though Tr*mp was the one who instituted the ban, the framing of him as the savior of TikTok has already begun.” Attached to the tweet is a screenshot of the Tik Tok app with a blank screen and the error message: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”
A DVD release of SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE with Korean text
An array of Blu-rays and DVDs displayed on a staircase. The titles shown are: “Looney Tunes Complete Platinum Collection”; the “Rush Hour” trilogy; “Inside Llewyn Davis”; “Bound”; and “Black Dynamite”
A photo of a front yard blanketed in fresh snowfall
A still image from the TV series FREAKS & GEEKS of the characters Sam Weir, Bill Haverchuck, and Neil Schweiber looking uncomfortable and awkward in their gym clothes.
A picture of a hand holding a copy of the 2019 “For Your Consideration” screenplay for the film DARK WATERS
A screenshot from Spotify’s year-end “Wrapped” review with an image of the cover to the ALIEN motion picture soundtrack with the words “Your top song was ‘Main Title’ by Jerry Goldsmith. You were in the top 0.005% of listeners globally.”
Water leaking out of a ceiling light
Poster for the 1987 film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin and John Candy
Poster for the 2003 movie “Down With Love” starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.
Banoffee pie
Poster for the film Scream 2
A poster for the 2006 film Rocky Balboa
A muffin tray holding eleven mini Yorkshire puddings.
A large serving dish of freshly cooked ratatouille
Two plates, each with a chicken Parmesan sandwich on a pretzel bun and a side of French fries
Beef Wellington fresh out of the oven
Spam musubi
French toast with berries and powdered sugar
Steak au poivre with a sherry shallot cream sauce
An image of chilaquiles with cheese and green onions
The cover of the book “Gun, With Occasional Music”
FLYING LOW OVER A DARK SUBURBAN STREET - Modern stucco houses with red tile roofs sit alongside sixties-era bungalows - One of those central coast California towns that can't decide if it's a beach city or upscale wine country. It's full night, the darkness penetrated by small pockets of light from the still-awake homes lining the road. Colorful autumn leaves blow across cracked concrete - they fetch up against a grinning JACK-O-LANTERN. Warm candle light flickers deep in its maw as it stands sentry here in front of 32 MACHER LANE. NARRATOR (V.O.) Exterior. Flying low over a dark suburban street. A chilly October night in Hallowell, California. Words appear onscreen, as if they're being typed: HALLOWELL, CALIFORNIA. OCTOBER. A CHILLY NIGHT. A gust of wind blows - The flame inside the jack-o-lantern roars brighter. NARRATOR (V.O.) (cont'd) Stand here long enough, you'll feel it. Something... rotten, festering beneath the surface of this town. Ready to burst. But for nine more minutes, the routine will hold. The night will remain calm. Peaceful. People will turn off their lights as they always have... The lights flick out in one of the neighboring houses - NARRATOR (V.O.) (cont'd) ...Get ready for bed as they always have. Not knowing that in nine more minutes, everything will change. Because in nine more minutes, there will be bodies. And blood. In nine more minutes, the killings begin. Our focus shifts off the jack-o-lantern, onto the window of 32 Macher Lane - where a DARK SILHOUETTE steps into view. It looms there for a long moment, stock still. We float forward, as if to join this dim figure - But at the last minute we SOAR UP to a second story window, its light still on to keep the night out. We push through the window, past the lace curtain, into -