Taika Waititi’s flight stick is shaking. The onboard computer is repeating, “Stall imminent! Stall imminent!” Will this next project save his career from spiraling into the ocean? Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi Premise: A young female robot becomes a companion for a sick rich girl who is trying to navigate her increasingly difficult life. About: Taika Waititi just […]

A dissection of a doomed movie concept Guess what? MAY LOGLINE SHOWDOWN IS THIS WEEK! If you have a script written and you want to battle your peers, get some feedback from the community, and get that all important exposure for your screenplay, this is a great opportunity. Send me your title, genre, and logline […]

A secret about screenwriting that only the tippy-top screenwriters know One of the weirder things I’ve learned about screenwriting over the years is that there are things that work in a script that don’t work in a movie and there are things that work in a movie that don’t work in a script. Understanding why […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: On a private island off San Francisco, a nanny goes to work for a mother who is one of America’s most powerful tech entrepreneurs. Things slowly begin to devolve as the mother’s hyper-monitoring and surveillance become suffocating. About: Another script that made last year’s Black List. Laura Kosann has won the Nicholl […]

Today’s script is something Spielberg would’ve directed in 1988.  And that’s a good thing! Genre: Action/Adventure Premise: When aspiring magician, Harry Houdini, discovers a mysterious puzzle-box, he must use his talent for illusion and escape to unlock the box’s powerful secrets and keep it out of the hands of a vengeful sorcerer. About: This script […]