I’m currently consulting for a writer-director on his latest script. He’s made several movies, but this time, he’s determined to get the script right before he starts shooting early next year. He wants it as sharp as it can possibly be. It’s led to some fascinating discussions between us. After each consultation, we hop on […]

Genre: Drama/Crime-Thriller Premise: In 1980 Los Angeles, the intersecting lives of a group of eccentrics spiral toward chaos when a shocking kidnapping forces them down a dark path with only one way out. About: Writer-director Elijah Bynum technically broke onto the scene with the A24 dud, Hot Summer Nights. But he followed that up with […]

Is this Tony Gilroy’s Megalopolis? Genre: Drama Premise: A womanizing cellist lands a job scoring a new film, prompting reflections on the journey that brought him to this moment. About: To some, he wrote the best Star Wars material since the original trilogy. To others, he sucked every ounce of fun out of Star Wars […]

Is this a glorified X-Files episode (the show that gave Vince Gilligan his start)? Or is this the next game-changing watercolor sci-fi TV series? Genre: Science Fiction (TV Pilot) Premise: (spoiler) A bizarre signal from space creates a virus on earth that spreads to every single person, connecting them into a unified mind. Except for […]

I had an insane amount of stuff to do this week so I’m going to include the newsletter here on the site, as well as send it out to everyone. Hope you enjoy! HALF-OFF SCRIPT NOTES DEAL (ONLY 3 AVAILABLE!!!) I’m currently working with several produced writer-directors on their screenplays at the moment. Every time […]