“It’s purpose, Neo.” As you guys know since I constantly talk about it on the site, one of my screenwriting obsessions is scene-writing. The reason for that is, I have a theory that everything in screenwriting comes down to writing good scenes. If a scene is entertaining, we’re going to want to read til the […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: After a 30-something female thief is framed for stealing a 2 million dollar piece of jewelry, she dresses up in an old woman suit and hides out in an assisted living facility. About: This script finished low on last year’s Black List and sold for NEARLY 1 MILLION DOLLARS to Paramount. Writer […]

The creator of HBO’s hit, “The Night Of,” sets his sights on a famous serial killer in an attempt to finally give the best selling series of “Ripley” novels the adaptation they deserve. Genre: TV Pilot – Drama Premise: A young frustrated con artist barely making ends meet in New York City is given the […]

A seven figure movie deal with Edgar Wright directing! Genre: Thriller Premise: A suburban mother’s life is upended when her daughter is kidnapped. But it’s the demand of the kidnapper that’s the real head-scratcher — to get her daughter back she must kidnap someone else’s child. About: Today we’ve got a review of a high-profile […]

Your nights have been lonely. Your days? A pastiche of whimsical memories fading into each other like snowflakes drifting down to their sad thawed demise. Am I talking about your life since Covid? Nope. I’m talking about your life since Amateur Showdown. But that changes today because AMATEUR SHOWDOWN IS BACK! Like an old friend […]