The deadline for High Concept Showdown is fast approaching. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a post where I explain. Basically, it’s a screenplay contest where I pick the five best-sounding concepts from your e-mail submissions and those five scripts compete against each other. Readers of the site vote for the […]

Genre: TV – 1 Hour Drama Premise: The elite special agents of the Investigative Services Branch who are tasked with solving the most complex and heinous crimes committed within the diverse and majestic National Parks of the ISB’s Pacific West region. About: Kevin Costner is expanding his Yellowstone empire. Not content with his hit show, […]

Genre: Comedy/Satire Premise: (from Black List) When Tabitha, a struggling foster kid, wins a contest to become part of the BIRDIES, a popular daily YouTube channel featuring the radiant and enigmatic Mama Bird and her diverse brood of adopted children, she soon learns that things get dark when the cameras turn off. About: This one […]

Genre: TV – Period Drama (Pilot Episode) Premise: Set in the competitive world of London’s mating season, when debutantes are presented at court. About: This is Shonda Rhimes’s first big play on Netflix, and she didn’t come lightly. This looks like it cost a billion dollars to produce. Netflix opened up that pocketbook and didn’t […]

I review a big high concept sale. I come up with a great twist ending for the movie that’s better than anything they’ll come up with. I tell you all about who Chris Dennis and I are targeting for his contest-winning script, “Kinetic” and how we plan to do it. I, of course, rant about […]