J. Michael Straczynski did not improve, and the show ended after 2 seasons. Straczynski wrote "Changeling", a psychological drama film based partly on the "Wineville Chicken Coop" kidnapping and murder case in Los Angeles, California. Directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Ron Howard, and starring Angelina Jolie, the film premiered in 2008, and subsequently received eight nominations for the BAFTA Award, including a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The first draft script was written in eleven days, after Straczynski figured out "how to tell" the story, which ended up being the shooting draft, after Eastwood declined to make any changes. It was optioned
Clint Eastwood in the 1990s life. Eastwood first received the script in the spring of 1992 and remarked that "Its almost as if it's written for me". As of 2012, it is the last time he acted in a film he did not direct himself. The film was among the top 10 box office performers in that year, earning $102 million in North American ticket sales. In 1997, Eastwood directed "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" Eastwood's daughter, Alison Eastwood played John Cusack's love interest. In 1999, Eastwood directed "True Crime". He portrayed journalist and alcoholic Steve Everett who is covering the convicted