Motherboy goes for the shockiest ending of the 2024 Black List. Does it succeed? Genre: Thriller Premise: A pregnant wife dreads spending the Thanksgiving holiday with her husband’s parents due to his odd mother, who continues to baby her son well into adulthood. About: I got sold on this script due to its one line […]

Million dollar sale for first-time screenwriter! Genre: Thriller/Drama/Supernatural Premise: A couple struggling to save their failing marriage take a risky step in their sex lives, igniting a chain of events that threatens to destroy everything they’ve built together. About: Script sold for a million bucks once Robert Pattinson attached himself. It’s a great sign for […]

The Brutalist reminds us what cinema is capable of Did you see Oppenheimer? If you did, chances are you thought, “Wow, Christopher Nolan is the best director in the world and it’s not even close.” That movie was so proficiently made and displayed so much skill, you wondered if anybody could ever make something that […]

How to come up with better movie ideas We’re about two weeks away from our first showdown of the year, the 5 Loglines Showdown. You come up with 5 loglines, submit them to me. If any of them are awesome, they will be featured during Showdown weekend, where your writing peers will vote for the […]

Things get crazy with the #2 script on the 2024 Black List! Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: When taking her daughter to a playdate at a new friend’s house, Alice suddenly comes face to face with her childhood bully, Katrine. An evening of seemingly polite dinner conversation and catching up turns into a night of psychological warfare […]