Cinco Paul
@cincopaul.bsky.social
Creator and showrunner of SCHMIGADOON!, coming to Broadway April 2026! Also wrote DESPICABLE ME & DM 2 & DM3, HORTON HEARS A WHO, THE LORAX, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, and this.
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Cinco Paul
@cincopaul.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Schmigadoon! The Musical | Broadway’s Golden Age Comedy Show | Official Site
Schmigadoon! is the hilarious Broadway musical comedy inspired by Golden Age musicals. Coming to Broadway April 2026 - sign up today for ticket updates.
schmigadoonbroadway.com
Schmigadoon! on Broadway ticket presale starts tomorrow 10am ET!
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WHAT'S COMING CAREER-WISE IN 2026
1. Schmigadoon! on Broadway
2. Ladies First, Netflix movie w/ Sacha Baron Cohen & Rosamund Pike (co-wrote w/ Katie Silberman)
3. Trying to get another TV show going (tough out there, wish me luck)
4. 5 or 6 more things, hoping something will pop...the writer's life!
1. Schmigadoon! on Broadway
2. Ladies First, Netflix movie w/ Sacha Baron Cohen & Rosamund Pike (co-wrote w/ Katie Silberman)
3. Trying to get another TV show going (tough out there, wish me luck)
4. 5 or 6 more things, hoping something will pop...the writer's life!
January 1, 2026 at 10:09 PM
WHAT'S COMING CAREER-WISE IN 2026
1. Schmigadoon! on Broadway
2. Ladies First, Netflix movie w/ Sacha Baron Cohen & Rosamund Pike (co-wrote w/ Katie Silberman)
3. Trying to get another TV show going (tough out there, wish me luck)
4. 5 or 6 more things, hoping something will pop...the writer's life!
1. Schmigadoon! on Broadway
2. Ladies First, Netflix movie w/ Sacha Baron Cohen & Rosamund Pike (co-wrote w/ Katie Silberman)
3. Trying to get another TV show going (tough out there, wish me luck)
4. 5 or 6 more things, hoping something will pop...the writer's life!
Schmigadoon! makes the list!
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
16 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See in 2026
A theatrical menagerie: Animal Wisdom, a reimagined Seagull, voguing cats, and Moth Days.
www.vulture.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Schmigadoon! makes the list!
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
Want to show them you're a great screenwriter? Write a great script. Want to show them you're a lazy wannabe not interested in compensating people for their work or collaborating with actual humans? Use AI in your pitches.
it is fucking DEPRESSING the amount of screenwriters using AI for pitch decks, posters, and their own creative work, too
defend your use of it all you like but it makes you look cheap, it makes you look like a hack, and you're using work that's been stolen from your fellow artists to generate slop
defend your use of it all you like but it makes you look cheap, it makes you look like a hack, and you're using work that's been stolen from your fellow artists to generate slop
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Want to show them you're a great screenwriter? Write a great script. Want to show them you're a lazy wannabe not interested in compensating people for their work or collaborating with actual humans? Use AI in your pitches.
Top 3 Favorite Movies of the Year
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Top 3 Favorite Movies of the Year
RIP Brigitte Bardot, whose pigtails here were the inspiration for Betsy's in S1 of Schmigadoon.
December 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
RIP Brigitte Bardot, whose pigtails here were the inspiration for Betsy's in S1 of Schmigadoon.
Christmas Board Game Bonanza!!
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Christmas Board Game Bonanza!!
Fun ELF tidbit--we had a meeting at New Line the day they'd just had their first internal screening of the movie, and the mood was DIRE. I remember getting the impression they thought they had a bomb on their hands. But this could potentially be an unreliable memory!
The production of ELF met with a nearly crippling obstacle… and then, a Christmas MIRACLE made it all possible!
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fun ELF tidbit--we had a meeting at New Line the day they'd just had their first internal screening of the movie, and the mood was DIRE. I remember getting the impression they thought they had a bomb on their hands. But this could potentially be an unreliable memory!
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Why does IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE continue to resonate with audiences around the world nearly 80 years after it was released? Screenwriter @cincopaul.bsky.social - the first three 'Despicable Me' films, 'The Secret Life of Pets', and creator of 'Schmigadoon!' - answers!
The Enduring Power of 'It's a Wonderful Life' - 'Despicable Me' screenwriter Cinco Paul
YouTube video by 5AM StoryTalk with Cole Haddon
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Why does IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE continue to resonate with audiences around the world nearly 80 years after it was released? Screenwriter @cincopaul.bsky.social - the first three 'Despicable Me' films, 'The Secret Life of Pets', and creator of 'Schmigadoon!' - answers!
This title card was attached to the end of a ROCKFORD FILES episode from 1978 about a bad guy setting up a massive computer network to spy on people. We should've listened, Jim.
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This title card was attached to the end of a ROCKFORD FILES episode from 1978 about a bad guy setting up a massive computer network to spy on people. We should've listened, Jim.
Oh my gosh THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND was absolutely fantastic. I loved it so much. Please find it and watch it and share in the joy!
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Oh my gosh THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND was absolutely fantastic. I loved it so much. Please find it and watch it and share in the joy!
What could be more Christmas-y than a photo of me as Beverly Carlton in my high school production of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER?
December 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
What could be more Christmas-y than a photo of me as Beverly Carlton in my high school production of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER?
Note: this is merely the set-up for the explanation, which followed. You'll have to check out the full conversation!
Screenwriter @cincopaul.bsky.social (first three 'Despicable Me' films, creator of 'Schmigadoon!' & more) explains why he wanted to discuss 'IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE' with 5AM StoryTalk - specifically, his favorite scene from it. He insists screenwriters can learn a lot from it - and I agree with him!
The Most Important Scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life' Explained - 'Schmigadoon!' Creator Cinco Paul
YouTube video by 5AM StoryTalk with Cole Haddon
youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Note: this is merely the set-up for the explanation, which followed. You'll have to check out the full conversation!
Why I feel like IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is the movie that's most influenced my career. In conversation w/ @colehaddon.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZR74v...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZR74v...
"It All Starts with 'It's a Wonderful Life for Me" - 'Schmigadoon!' Creator Cinco Paul
YouTube video by 5AM StoryTalk with Cole Haddon
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Why I feel like IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is the movie that's most influenced my career. In conversation w/ @colehaddon.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZR74v...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ZR74v...
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My wife gave me the best birthday present a Schmiganerd could ever get (other than tickets to see #Schmigadoon in NYC next year😆) : The Schmigalphabet Book by @cincopaul.bsky.social and Ray Kampf. Thanks honey!!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My wife gave me the best birthday present a Schmiganerd could ever get (other than tickets to see #Schmigadoon in NYC next year😆) : The Schmigalphabet Book by @cincopaul.bsky.social and Ray Kampf. Thanks honey!!
This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery--all perfect movies directed by one man, Rob Reiner. Loved his work so much Schmigadoon! season 3 was going to be a Princess Bride tribute even though it wasn't a musical. RIP, Mr. Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery--all perfect movies directed by one man, Rob Reiner. Loved his work so much Schmigadoon! season 3 was going to be a Princess Bride tribute even though it wasn't a musical. RIP, Mr. Reiner.
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I'm a big Bryan Fuller fan, and I just saw his new movie DUST BUNNY, which is just as great as I'd hoped it would be. More movies like this, please!
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I'm a big Bryan Fuller fan, and I just saw his new movie DUST BUNNY, which is just as great as I'd hoped it would be. More movies like this, please!
I'm a big Bryan Fuller fan, and I just saw his new movie DUST BUNNY, which is just as great as I'd hoped it would be. More movies like this, please!
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I'm a big Bryan Fuller fan, and I just saw his new movie DUST BUNNY, which is just as great as I'd hoped it would be. More movies like this, please!
My agent left a message beginning with "Hey Cinco it's Frank" and my apparently super-religious iPhone translated it as this. Is this the first scene in a Black Mirror episode?
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My agent left a message beginning with "Hey Cinco it's Frank" and my apparently super-religious iPhone translated it as this. Is this the first scene in a Black Mirror episode?
Yay to both!!
BREAKING: Good news for theatre criticism at two of the nation’s most important outlets! Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the New York Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.
Theatre Critics Named at New York Times, New Yorker
Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.
www.americantheatre.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yay to both!!
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
You know what's a delightful movie? NOUVELLE VAGUE. See it but make sure you've seen BREATHLESS first!!
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You know what's a delightful movie? NOUVELLE VAGUE. See it but make sure you've seen BREATHLESS first!!
I'm sorry, but naming films I've seen more than 6X and excluding Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel & LOTR is supposed to be "hard mode"?? 🤔
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm sorry, but naming films I've seen more than 6X and excluding Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel & LOTR is supposed to be "hard mode"?? 🤔
Hot take: the actual best movie of the year is WEAPONS.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hot take: the actual best movie of the year is WEAPONS.