Are screenwriters even trying anymore? Genre: Sci-Fi/Action Premise: An evil corporation charged with protecting dinosaurs uses their research to create a worldwide food collapse and it’s up to some old Jurassic Park friends to stop it! About: The final film in the Jurassic World trilogy pulled in 143 million dollars. For some reference, Jurassic World, […]

The longer I do this, the more convinced I become that the “in the moment” story is more important than the overall story. What do I mean by that? As long as the story going on in the current scene is entertaining, you’re going to keep the reader hooked. Because if I’m entertained by the […]

Genre: Action/Comedy Premise: The adoptive daughter of a legendary assassin returns home for his funeral… and finds herself in the crosshairs of her four highly trained, highly dangerous siblings. About: This script has one of the flashier loglines on the Black List. The writer, Ryan Hooper, is just starting his career. The project is set […]

Is this JJ Abram’s big return to prominence? Or is it a five car pile-up waiting to happen? Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: After losing his older brother in a fatal racing wreck, a just out of high school Speed Racer attempts to pick up where his bro left off. About: As Mr. Crawford informed me, this […]

I was going to review Stranger Things Season 4 today but there’s only one problem. I’m still on episode 6 of season 3. I had a brief flurry of motivation to binge the rest of the episodes up to and including season 4, but binging is so 2011. We’ve evolved past that, have we not? […]