Genre: Horror Premise: A prequel to The Shining, The Overlook Hotel chronicles the 1918 construction of the infamous hotel. About: Things seem to be really coming together for Glen Mazzara. The longtime TV writer became headline news in the trades when he took over as showrunner for Frank Darabont on The Walking Dead, follwing Darabont’s […]

At 29, Adi Shankar is one of the hottest young producers in town and one of the few guys who isn’t afraid to produce risky R-rated material. His credits include The Grey, Dredd, Lone Survivor, and A Walk Among The Tombstones. He’s also releasing one of my favorite scripts, The Voices, next year. Shankar’s counter-culture […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: (from Blood List) When a young journalist suspects that an abducted girl is being held somewhere in her own neighborhood, she decides to delve into the secret lives of her neighbors to determine which one is capable of the horrific crime. About: Writers Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman are an up-and-coming writing-directing […]

Alicia Florrick “You know the show’s demographic is 57 year old women, right?” That’s what Miss Scriptshadow said to me when she found me watching my third episode of The Good Wife in a row. I tried to explain to her that I’d merely been tired of hearing how good the writing was on The […]

Genre: Action Premise: When a Russian gang kills a former hitman’s dog, he decides to take all of them down in an act of revenge. About: John Wick just came out this weekend, finishing in second place at the box office with 15 million dollars. It could not overcome a major horror release (Ouija) a […]