I found out about Ted Chiang first through another story called “Understand” that was just on some online magazine. How did Ted Chiang’s short story come to you, and what about it resonated with you? How 'Arrival' And 'Stranger Things' Could Help Bring Shawn Levy's 21 Laps Racing Toward The Oscars And Emmys Speaking with Deadline, Heisserer breaks down his writing process, his experiences in the Science and Entertainment Exchange, and the reasons the short story format translates so well to the big screen. government to enter a first contact scenario with an alien race. Seeing the final product on screen, it’s evident that adapting Chiang’s short story was no easy feat-the film, occurring on multiple timelines, on scales grand and intimate, follows a master linguist tasked by the U.S. With the acclaimed, intellectual sci-fi film, eventually re-titled Arrival, Heisserer has seemingly broken out of a box, demonstrating further his ability to handle dense and complicated material, and to turn any genre on its head. A screenwriter with an interest in genre storytelling, previously known for various outings in the horror genre, Eric Heisserer fought a lengthy uphill battle in pitching a film based on Ted Chiang’s short story, “Story of Your Life”, before director Denis Villeneuve came to the helm.
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