Genre: ActionPremise: An undercover DEA agent and an undercover Naval officer, both unaware of each other’s status, decide to rob a bank, each for their own reasons, only to simultaneously double-cross each other afterwards, which ironically results in them having to work together to clean up the mess they created . About: The writer, Blake […]

Genre: Comedy?Premise: Based on a true story, The Trade documents a pair of pitchers on the 1970 Yankees who traded their wives. About: This script landed high on the 2009 Black List, was purchased by Warner Brothers, and quickly got mega baseball fans Matt Damon and Ben Affleck interested. It’s written by Dave Mandel, who’s […]

Genre: Contained Thriller/Found FootagePremise: A group of detectives try to piece together a mass murder on a Vegas shuttle van via the video taken from the passengers.About: Evidence sold as a naked spec (no attachments – hardest type of spec to sell) earlier this year for low six figures I believe. John Swetnam, the writer, […]

Genre: Thriller/HorrorPremise: At their ten-year reunion, a formerly bullied outcast decides to enact revenge on the cool kids who made his life miserable.About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, […]

“You think you can write dialogue like me?  YOU think you can write dialogue like ME??”  I hope you don’t think you’re going to learn a lot about dialogue in this article. Dialogue is a constant battle for me. It’s something I don’t totally understand. The reason for this is that dialogue is the one […]