For a franchise that was DOA when its first trailer arrived, it’s amazing that Sonic has become such a dominant franchise that it’s now beating Hollywood juggernaut, Disney, at the box office. And not just beating it. Destroying it. Sonic 3 took in 62 million dollars this weekend whereas The Liong King prequel, Mufasa, took […]

I like the Black List. It’s one of the best ways for writers to get recognition for writing a good feature script. But the Black List has been led astray in recent years. It used to be purely about finding the best scripts in town. Now, there are two major factors impeding that mission. The […]

Nicholl-winning script! Genre: Supernatural/Love Story/Drama Premise: (from Black List) Aden was born with a rare condition where he becomes invisible to those who love him. He struggles when he falls in love with his childhood best friend. About: This script finished in the middle of this year’s Black List, which was released last week. You […]

Genre: Comedy/Holiday Premise: After finding his dream girl, a young man heads to her small hometown for Christmas, only to realize that the town has an annual “Purge”-like game where, in order to keep the peace 364 days of the year, anyone who has beef with anyone else takes them on in a fight. About: […]

When you first look at the failure of Kraven over the weekend, you come to a rather obvious conclusion. Yet another dumb-looking comic book movie crashes at the box office. Duh! But if you look closer, there’s a bigger lesson to be learned here and it boils down to character. You see, one of the […]