One of the more fascinating scripts I’ve read all year! Genre: Thriller Premise: A CIA agent must impersonate himself in order to fend off the most daring Russian double-agent plan in espionage history. About: This was a big 7 figure spec sale that went to Ryan Coogler’s team and Skydance. Writer Aneesh Chaganty is one […]

Genre: Horror Premise: Two sisters come back to their hometown after their mentally ill mother dies, and are dragged back into the mystery of what happened to their third sister, who drowned when they were children. About: Universal preemptively purchased this short story. Janelle Monáe will star and produce. Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant) will adapt […]

I have a new favorite movie. It’s called For The Win. Okay, it’s not a movie. It’s a burger joint. And it has supplanted In and Out as the greatest burger in the world. For those of you in LA, it’s on the corner of Vine and Franklin. It’s a smash burger joint. And it […]

I’m giving out 1 more – JUST ONE! – half-off set of notes on a screenplay. The first writer who e-mails me gets it. So e-mail “FIRST” to carsonreeves1@gmail.com now! So, yesterday, I was bumbling around my movie streaming options and saw a thumbnail for the film, “Up In The Air.” I remember that that […]

Genre: Comedy Horror Premise: When a group of new hires gets invited to their company’s corporate retreat, things quickly take a turn as they discover the only way to land the job is to survive the weekend. Literally. About: I believe today’s writer, Jackson Kellard, has a couple of scripts in development. But this is […]