Genre: Period/War Premise: In the 1st century, a woman defends the country of Briton against a Roman empire determined to conquer the world. About: While I don’t like to designate anybody by who they’re dating, today’s script is unique in that it’s written as a female Braveheart, and the writer, Rosalind Ross, is dating Mel […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: (from IMDB) Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. About: Writer-director Leigh Whannel had been working with the Blumhouse team for awhile, even […]

Sorry for the late post. I spent all last night watching a triple feature of Meg + Crazy Rich Asians + Slender Man. In the process, I was taken to a higher plane of existence where I was told by a man in a purple elephant onesie the meaning of life. I asked the man […]

I was thinking about major screenwriting mistakes the other day and it got me thinking: “What’s the single most common screenwriting criticism given?” I didn’t even have to blink before I had my answer. Or maybe I should say, I didn’t even have to sniffle. ON-THE-NOSE DIALOGUE. Every writer, from beginner to advanced, has heard […]

Genre: Action/Adventure Premise: A Robin Hood tale that focuses on his arrow-slinging romantic interest, Marian. About: Pete Barry played the long game with this script, first placing in the Top 25 of the 2016 Launch Pad Competition, and then, in 2017, selling his script to Sony. This is one of those “right place, right time” […]