Just when we were ready to label the 2019 Black List a joke, today’s script not only earns an “impressive,” but should’ve been the number 1 script on the list. Genre: (will reveal later) Premise: A pair of out-of-work immigrant brothers catch a break when they are hired as day laborers to work at a […]

Matt Damon plays our futurist? Just like you’re not a real comedian unless you’re looking for jokes in every situation you encounter, you’re not a real screenwriter unless you’re always looking for that next movie idea. That skill becomes even more important in times like these, when you know Hollywood is going to be hot […]

Last month, we had Sci-Fi Showdown. The voting was too close to call so last week I reviewed one of the top vote getters. That script didn’t quite hit the mark for me and, as it happens, I’d read Nowhere Girl a long time ago and liked it. Since I wanted a script that celebrated […]

If you asked 100 of Hollywood’s top producers, directors, actors, and writers, who the hottest screenwriter in the world was at the moment, the majority of them would say Phoebe Waller Bridge. Bridge is killing it all areas of screenwriting but the thing she’s best known for is her dialogue. It’s been a long time […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: When a handsome stranger leaves a struggling single mother a $10,000 tip and welcomes himself into her life, she is left to wonder if this is the man of her dreams or her nightmares. About: This script finished in the top 25% of last year’s Hit List. The spec sold to Tristar […]