Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: A rag-tag group of space pirates come together to travel to a mysterious planet to retrieve a technology that will help them defeat the alien presence that has annihilated earth. About: Tab Murphy was rolling in 1996. He had just come out with the huge Disney hit, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. […]

Don’t you go sleeping on this movie. Don’t you dare! Genre: Drama Premise: A single mom eeking out a living in Dublin starts taking online guitar lessons on a whim, unexpectedly falling in love with music in the process. About: An immediate hit at Sundance, Flora and Son is “Once” director, John Carney’s, newest musical […]

Plus RIGHT HERE I announce the new Logline Showdown I’ve got a car-raaaaaaaaa-zay newsletter for you guys. Check this out. I GO BACK IN TIME! This is what I do for you guys. I secured myself a time machine and went back in time to do a script review. I was told there was a […]

Last week over 250 writers sent me the first page of their screenplay. Only 6 of those made it to the First Page Showdown. Here are 10 that didn’t make it. I explain why. ***SUPER DEAL*** I’ve decided to give out four SUPER-DEALS this weekend. If you’ve got a feature script or a pilot, I […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: Two teenage feminists struggle to create the perfect boyfriend, only to watch their experiment deteriorate as he succumbs to the ultimate perpetrator of casual high school misogyny: the football team. About: Screenwriter Julie Mandel Folly is building a nice resume. She wrote on the underrated half-hour comedy, “Welcome to Flatch,” which I […]