HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY! Just as Jesus was resurrected on this day, so is my Star Wars frustration! One of the more toxic trends I’ve seen lately is this act of making money off of complaining about franchises, Star Wars being one of the biggest examples. These complaining videos started out genuine. They were people who […]

Today, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine, David Aaron Cohen. David’s been working as a writer in this business for 30 years. The two of us have bonded over our Chicago deep-dish roots and mutual love of tennis, specifically our fascination with the sport’s newest superstar, Carlos Alcaraz. David was able […]

Genre: Dark Comedy Premise: A dark comedy about the Hindenburg Disaster; or, the mostly true story about one of the biggest f—kups in history, the a—holes who tried to cover it up, and the female gossip reporter who made some Nazis very angry. About: This is a Black List script from last year. The writer, […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: Set fifty years in the future, an optimistic young man brings his A.I. fiancée home to meet his technophobic family. About: This script finished in second place in the March Logline Showdown, behind the awesome Blood Moon Trail, which I reviewed on Friday. Integrating Anna received 19 votes, which was 22% of […]

I’m always looking for that screenwriting angle to an industry story. So when I see that Dungeons and Dragons couldn’t quite manage 40 million dollars on its opening weekend in an industry where big-budget films need to make 60 million dollars *AT LEAST* to be considered a success, I ask, “What can we learn from […]