Welcome back to The Write Stuff! I'm thrilled that there is such a strong interest in screenwriting out there. Thank you all so much for your comments last week, both here and on my site. All of your questions and comments will be addressed in the coming weeks, so stay tuned and keep them coming!

The first interview for the column is with red-hot screenwriter Adam F. Goldberg. Adam is living the dream. He writes for both television and film, and his upcoming movie projects include Fanboys, the live-action Jetsons movie, and They Came from Upstairs. Cinematical spoke with the incredibly busy Goldberg about his scripts, his process, and Goonies: The Musical.

Cinematical: You said you were being "enslaved by a director," what are you working on? And should I call the authorities?

Adam F. Goldberg: Perhaps call them for my hacky writing! It's called They Came From Upstairs for Fox. It's a family movie, kinda like Gremlins -- but with aliens. The spec was written by Mark Burton and was sold for like $1.7 mil. I believe I am making about .0001212 of that. It's been a really cool project. The movie was in pre-production and the studio realized the script wasn't ready and shut it down pretty late in the game. I came aboard to get the train back on the tracks which is always high pressure and very difficult to do. I handed in 40 pages and they re-greenlit the movie and we're casting and location scouting now. I'm on draft two currently, working next to the director and bringing his vision into it.

Cinematical: Is that an awkward process at all -- being brought in to re-write a fellow writer? Do you ever run into hurt feelings or bruised egos? I guess the $1.7 million makes the pill easier to swallow.

AFG: Well, I come from the TV world, writing on sitcoms and that's very collaborative. You have to sit in the room and watch 10 other writers tear apart your script right in front of you. That bruises your ego. As for movies, more often than not a writer can only go so far and it's your job to bat clean up. It's never a great feeling to have your screenplay rewritten, but hopefully you've moved onto your next project, so it doesn't sting so much. And believe me, that $1.7 payday is like winning the lottery. I hope I can sell a spec one day. I've had little luck in that department.

What's the equivalent of a gold medal in box office dollars? Well, whatever it is, writing partners John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky scored a top spot on the podium with their hit comedy Blades of Glory this past spring. Now, Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment have snagged the duo to pen Brothers of Invention, so says Variety. The two are also showrunners on Fox's King of the Hill, and were hired to rewrite The Jetsons for Warner Bros. and director Robert Rodriguez (is this the first time a trade paper has confirmed Rodriguez's involvement in the cartoon adaptation?). The most annoying part of this article is that it doesn't say whether Brothers of Invention is a comedy, a drama, a horror -- I mean, when I tell you the description, you'll see that it could go in so many different directions.

Apparently, the plot will revolve around a TV psychologist who "discovers that his recurring dreams are repressed memories, which leads him to discover a twisted family he never knew about." Doesn't sound like a comedy, right? But all these guys do are comedies, so therefore I assume it's supposed to be funny. Is there anyone involved in this deal who can clear this up for us real fast? And who is this "twisted family?" I mean, my family is pretty twisted, but they're nowhere near the Hewitt family, or the Addams family, or the Simpsons family. Thus, "twisted" can mean a lot of different things. The title doesn't make much sense either when you read the plot description, so who knows where the hell this one is going. Altschuler and Krinsky have proven they can deliver a hit, so I'm sure this film will just add to their wacky repertoire. No cast, no director and no production schedule yet. We'll keep an eye on it and let you know when more info is available.

Meet George Jetson! His boy, Elroy! Daughter, Judy! Jane ... His wife! OK, I'm kind of hoping that this latest rumor has a good basis in fact. First, go here and check out the old Jetson's intro to refresh your memory. Now, imagine it shnazzed up and done by Robert Rodriguez. Can you see it? Even if Grindhouse flopped (crazy, lazy moviegoers!), the man has proven that he can make a good homage, so watching the intro I could definitely see a modernized version of the modern, Jetson's future.

Now this all depends on the accuracy of El Mayimbe over at Latino Review. According to the site, movie and cooking dynamo Rodriguez is shmoozing Warner Brothers for the chance to take on The Jetsons as a live-action feature. Frankly, I can't think of anyone better for the job. This is one of those projects that could be truly terrible and result in a massive outbreak of bleeding eyes, if done by the wrong people. You've got to be able to respect the original work (check), make it fresh and eye-boggling (check) and have the know-how to make it come to life in a live-action way (check). The only concern: this won't stop Sin City 2, right? Mayimbe says he won't be surprised if it is done before the dark sequel. But hopefully not. Since this wouldn't be animated, who do you see playing the futuristic family? William H. Macy as George, Elizabeth Perkins as Jane, and then some cute kids?

For many of my generation, Hanna-Barbera animation is more associated with television than film (see TVSquad's post). After all, the studio produced some of the most famous TV cartoons from the '60s on, including The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Yogi Bear Show, The Powerpuff Girls, and many, many more. Plus, the Cartoon Network would hardly be anything if not for the team-up of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

But Hanna-Barbera had a lot to do with cinema, and not just for movie versions of their series, like The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo. In the beginning, before cartoons were a Saturday morning TV staple, they were a Saturday afternoon cinema staple, and animated shorts were shown on the big screen. Hanna and Barbera got their start making shorts for MGM, which led to multiple Oscars for their Tom and Jerry titles (none of which were actually won by the pair by name) plus an uncredited bit for Anchors Aweigh, before the studio closed its animation studio in 1957. It was then that the duo formed their own company and dove into television, but other features did come now and then, such as The Man Called Flintstone, Jetsons: The Movie and Charlotte's Web.

William Hanna died in 2001 and now Joseph Barbera has joined him in Hollywood Heaven. He died Monday of natural causes at the age of 95.

Sometimes (almost daily, lately) don't you semi-seriously start to wonder if all of Hollywood is inhaling dangerous fumes, or something? I mean, where do they come up with these things? If it's not a remake of something that no one wants to see redone, or a prequel about characters of no interest to 95% of the viewing public, it's another damn live-action version of a cartoon that has no chance whatsoever of working in that format.

Following in the brilliant footsteps of such masterpieces as Scooby-Doo and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, the brilliant minds at Warner Brothers have announced their intentions to bring The Jetsons to the big screen -- and in living color (emphasis on the "living"). Woop-de-do. Seriously, can you think of a single person who would want to see this? Fans of the show are surely horrified, and people who don't like the show probably won't even notice that it exists. See what I mean about the Hollywood-wide gas leak? It's really the only possible explanation.