Times Are Changing for J. Michael Straczynski

By Andrew Gnerre
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/screenwriting/article/j_michael_straczynski_changeling_clint_eastwood_angelina_jolie_20081023/
With the release of Changeling, J. Michael Straczynski's first feature screenwriting credit and the latest directorial effort for Clint Eastwood, starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, Straczynski has turned into a wanted man in Hollywood. His list of upcoming collaborators reads like the guest list at a Steven Spielberg dinner party: Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Paul Greengrass, Tom Cruise, the Wachowski brothers. In between working on numerous scripts for these (now-fellow) A-listers, Straczynski took a break to speak with MM about his transformation into an in-demand Hollywood scribe and the challenges of trying to make the truly unbelievable real-life story of Christine Collins and her lost son seem believable.