Heat meets The Town meets… Secretariat? Genre: Crime Premise: A horse veterinarian who uses his practice as a cover to treat injured criminals finds himself targeted by a corrupt cop, who needs him to help rob the Thoroughbred Cup. About: This script just sold for a million dollars to Amazon, which beat out Netflix in […]

Did we get duped? All along, were the Russos, actually, bad filmmakers? This is a bold, maybe even triggering, accusation. But the question needs to be asked because I watched Citadel this weekend, the gigantically budgeted new Amazon show that uses the words “highly enriched uranium” in its very first scene — WHAT YEAR IS […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: Over the course of one day, a resilient young woman is terrorized by a self-proclaimed “nice guy” who refuses to take no for an answer after asking her out. About: This is our April Logline Showdown WINNER!  What you see above was the logline used in the competition. If you want to […]

“First of all, this script is way too long. 180 pages is 80 pages more than anyone in Hollywood is willing to read. Next, you’ve got this overwhelming theme of saving the planet that’s obviously a political message. Nobody wants political messages in their movies. They just want to be entertained. Your main character, Jake, […]

One of the more controversial new screenwriters on the scene comes at us with yet another one of his high concept ideas Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: (from Black List) When her domineering director makes her film the same scene 148 times on the final night of an exhausting shoot, actress Annie Long must fight to keep […]