Should be there in less than an hour. This was one of my favorite newsletters to work on. I document finding the Ember Knight script, the writers signing with Kaplane/Perrone and how you can be the next screenwriter to make that leap. I interview the writers and push them on why they decided to write […]

Yesterday, I took on Hollywood. Today, I take on Indie-land Genre: Drama Premise: A happily engaged couple are thrown a curveball a week before their wedding when one of them admits to something shocking about their past. About: The Drama got a lot of pushback when it first came out as it was marketed as […]

Jon Favreau swung for the fences with his first Star Wars movie and not a single person who’s watched the movie realizes it. Genre: Sci-Fi Adventure Premise: The Mandalorian and Grogu team up with Jabba the Hutt’s son to take down a local mob boss in the dangerous Outer Rim, then must battle a couple […]

An amateur screenplay achieves the impossible and BLUDGEONS its way into my Top 25! Genre: Period/Adventure Premise: Amid the devastation of 14th century France’s war with England, a mysterious man on the run is forced to team up with a ragtag group of misfits who could be the key to restoring France to greatness. About: […]

The summer movie slate begins this weekend with The Mandalorian and Grogu. Over the course of two prime summer months, we’ll hit the finale of the summer season with The Odyssey. Both of these movies are getting online pushback for different reasons. With The Mandalorian and Grogu, the pushback is, “Is this story worth telling?” […]