Genre: Biopic/Action/Period Premise: A young George Washington fights to gain the respect of the British Army during the French-Indian War. About: This is a juicy mid-six figure sale from a couple of weeks ago. The script is from Aaron Sorkin protégé Michael Russell Gunn, the son of a Christmas tree farmer (hey, what’s more American […]

Genre: Dark Comedy Premise: In this “The Burbs” meets “Horrible Bosses” meets “Homeland” mash-up, three middle-aged men suspect their new neighbor of being a terrorist. About: We’re looking at a sure-fire 2015 Black List entry here. Jeff Lock made his first Black List last year with his meaty absurdist comedy, Beef. Since then he’s obviously […]

Genre: Thriller/Serial-Killer Premise: A killer exploits society’s over-reliance on mobile technology to pick off his victims one by one. About: Today’s writing duo is one of the hottest in Hollywood. They shot onto the scene with their heavily hyped debut spec, “Die in a Gunfight” (straight out of college, no less). Unlike a lot of […]

Hope everyone’s enjoying their weekend. Just one week away from the 250! Writers who made it into the coveted top quarter-thousand will be notified by the end of next Saturday. In order to distract you from that looming announcement, here are some amateur script entries to get your bloody analytical hooks into. As always, let’s […]

Genre: Comedy/Sci-fi Premise: A pregnant woman’s world is turned upside-down when a group of hungry aliens invade her suburb. About: “The Shower” finished with 10 votes on last year’s Black List and just recently got everyone’s favorite thespian, Anne Hathaway, to sign onto the flick. While screenwriter Jac Schaffer may not be a well-known commodity […]