It’s the movie-nerd team-up of the year. JJ Abrams and Jordan Peele unite for a brand new show on HBO! Genre: TV Pilot/Horror Sci-Fi Premise: A young African-American man travels across the U.S. in the 1950s to a mysterious town to learn about where his deceased mother came from. About: HBO Max is slowly working […]

The big announcement for the next Amateur Showdown is here. And it comes with a twist!! A true GAME-CHANGER!!! This is a quick reminder that NEXT THURSDAY by 8pm Pacific Time, your Character Piece Showdown entry needs to be in! If you’re going to enter, send me your title, logline, genre, why we should read […]

We’re going to have some fun today. I want you to rank, in order of importance, these three screenwriting categories. Plot Character Concept Tell me which of them you believe is most important to a screenplay’s success. Then rank the other two in order of importance. There ARE right and wrong answers here so don’t […]

Genre: Horror Premise: (from Black List) A woman with a troubled past invites her teen niece to live with her in the family’s farm house, but the two become tormented by a creature that can take away their pain for a price. About: This script found some traction last year, allowing it to sneak onto […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: In a dystopian society, a government worker recovering from a traumatic accident is rescued by a group of rebels who insist that he’s the leader of their movement. About: I have to give it to Mattson Tomlin. He’s been scrapping away for a while, occasionally getting scripts on the Black List. I’ve […]