JJ sold his first screenplay at 23. If he’d read this article, he would’ve done it at 22. So you want to write a screenplay? First, you gotta find a great concept. Something that’s got some pop to it. Imagine pitching your idea to someone you’ve never met. Would the idea excite them? Be honest […]

Genre: Crime Premise: When a dirty Los Angeles cop’s partner is killed by a Korean gangster, he follows the gangster to Seoul to get revenge, teaming up with a Korean bodyguard-for-hire who has his own reasons to kill the target. About: In what would have been a game-changing experiment, this 2007 project was set to […]

Genre: TBD Premise: After being falsely accused of murdering his business partner, a tech titan creates a humanoid version of himself to serve out his sentence to disastrous results. About: This script finished with 7 votes on last year’s Black List. Writer: Matt Fisch Details: 99 pages Hugh for Van? Today I felt like laughing. […]

Genre: Action Premise: John Wick is being hunted by every single assassin in the world. And John Wick on a horse. About: John Wick didn’t just kill the 200 characters who came at him in Parabellum. He killed Avengers Endgame, dethroning the box office behemoth with a 57 million dollar opening, almost twice that of […]

Genre: Drama/Period Premise: In Prohibition-era Kentucky, a moonshiner’s plan to save the family farm goes awry when his brother steals a prized dog from a local mobster. Why You Should Read: Heck is an inventive retelling of Homer’s Trojan War epic. Instead of Trojans vs. the Greeks, my story takes place in 1920s Kentucky, pitting […]