An excerpt from my upcoming book, “The Greatest Dialogue Book Ever Written” There was a time when I didn’t think I was ever going to finish this book. There were too many technical obstacles (mainly regarding how ebooks interpret screenplay-formatted text) that required endless troubleshooting. But I’m SOOO excited that I’m finally about to release […]

How to immediately gain 50% more interest in your script Genre: Crime/FBI Premise: Two FBI agents are pitted against a crew of bank robbers–and each other–as they grapple with order and chaos inside their department and home lives. About: This script finished with 11 votes on last year’s Black List. Screenwriter Will Hettinger wrote on […]

Genre: Action Premise: When a Florida Keys bar starts attracting the wrong crowd, they hire a reclusive ex-UFC fighter who had a traumatic exit from the sport, to get things back in order. About: Based on the original film from 1989. This is the movie that director Doug Liman fought the evil Jeff Bezos over. […]

Tis here! Movie Crossover Showdown, baby! We learned that just this weekend, the seemingly impossible-to-please Lucasfilm head, Kathleen Kennedy, greenlit The Acolyte based almost entirely on this movie-crossover pitch: “Frozen meets Kill Bill.” It goes to show just how powerful movie crossover pitches can be in this business. Something about the right one CLICKS with […]

A reminder that you have until 10pm Pacific Time tonight to get your entries in for March Logline Showdown, aka “Movie Crossover Showdown.” If you need to know how to enter, here is the post that gives you the instructions! Week 11 of the “2 Scripts in 2024” Challenge As a reminder, we are writing […]