Wow, I can’t believe it. We’re only three weeks away from finishing a first draft! As a reminder, you should’ve completed somewhere between 70-80 pages of your screenplay by this point, or, if you break your script into 8 sequences (each sequence lasting 10–15 pages), you should’ve just completed sequence number 5. That means we […]

Hey guys. Doing a lot of running around today so, sadly, no time for a review. Feel free to use this post to discuss your Scriptshadow 13-Week Scripts. Questions about the second act should probably be the focus, but feel free to bring up anything. Just remember that you want your characters pursuing a goal, […]

Genre: Horror Premise: When a young black man visits the rich parents of his white girlfriend, he begins to suspect that he was brought here for another reason entirely. About: Key and Peele are two of the more active actors in Hollywood at the moment. After their hit Comedy Central show ended, they hit the […]

Genre: Crime Drama/Thriller Premise: When a pair of criminal brothers kill four cops during a robbery, the city orders all 17 bridges in Manhattan shut down until the men are caught. About: This spec just sold last week to new studio STX, becoming well known for their good relationship with China. It’s being produced by […]

The announcement in The Hollywood Reporter! I know I’ve stated this already, but thank you to everyone who participated in the contest, thank you to everyone who followed the contest, and thank you to everyone for their patience, especially my contest sponsor, Grey Matter (whose film “Lights Out” comes out in late July – go […]