Will Taxi Driver 2 be written by AI? What: 5 Loglines Showdown When: Friday, January 30 Deadline: Thursday, January 31, 11pm Pacific Time Submit: 5 loglines, each with a title and a genre Where: carsonreeves3@gmail.com So, the other day, I heard that Paul Schraeder was in the news for saying outlandish things. For those of […]

Motherboy goes for the shockiest ending of the 2024 Black List. Does it succeed? Genre: Thriller Premise: A pregnant wife dreads spending the Thanksgiving holiday with her husband’s parents due to his odd mother, who continues to baby her son well into adulthood. About: I got sold on this script due to its one line […]

Million dollar sale for first-time screenwriter! Genre: Thriller/Drama/Supernatural Premise: A couple struggling to save their failing marriage take a risky step in their sex lives, igniting a chain of events that threatens to destroy everything they’ve built together. About: Script sold for a million bucks once Robert Pattinson attached himself. It’s a great sign for […]

The Brutalist reminds us what cinema is capable of Did you see Oppenheimer? If you did, chances are you thought, “Wow, Christopher Nolan is the best director in the world and it’s not even close.” That movie was so proficiently made and displayed so much skill, you wondered if anybody could ever make something that […]

How to come up with better movie ideas We’re about two weeks away from our first showdown of the year, the 5 Loglines Showdown. You come up with 5 loglines, submit them to me. If any of them are awesome, they will be featured during Showdown weekend, where your writing peers will vote for the […]