And I feel fine The movie we were promised Alex Garland’s “Civil War” pulled in 25 million dollars this weekend. On the surface, that seems like an average number. But when you look deeper, it’s staggeringly high. This is independent studio A24’s biggest opening ever. The whole reason it’s an A24 film is that it’s […]

Week 14 of the “2 Scripts in 2024” Challenge Week 1 – Concept Week 2 – Solidifying Your Concept Week 3 – Building Your Characters Week 4 – Outlining Week 5 – The First 10 Pages Week 6 – Inciting Incident Week 7 – Turn Into 2nd Act Week 8 – Fun and Games Week […]

More dialogue tips in today’s review! Genre: True StoryPremise: The true story of the most insane Broadway production of the modern era, where visionary director Julie Taymor attempted to make a Spider-Man musical and had everything go wrong in the process.About: This script finished on last year’s Black List. It’s written by Hunter Toro, who […]

Today’s script would’ve easily won Tagline Showdown! Genre: HorrorPremise: A group of friends find their lives disrupted after experimenting with a new drug that first makes them hear something, then see something, then become hunted by something.About: This script finished pretty high on last year’s Black List and comes from new screenwriter, Sean Harrigan.Writer: Sean […]

I believe in fighting for the little guy. I believe in giving non-traditional movies platforms to do well at the box office. So I admire Jordan Peele using his muscle over at Universal to get them to give Monkey Man a 3000 theater release. But the one thing I believe in more than anything when […]