Originally, I was going to do a “Mank” script-to-screen review but after spending an hour with the film and realizing Fincher hadn’t changed a word from the disastrous screenplay, that the review would’ve been a bloodletting and sent everyone into the week feeling miserable. Conversely, my weekly Friday night whipping boy, The Mandalorian, had one […]

22 screenplays on The Last Great Screenplay Contest bubble are duking it for a slot in the finals. Congratulations to Colin O’Brien, whose script, “Our Hero,” won the first Contest Showdown. And then last week, Kevin Revie won his showdown with the ultra-buzzy “Bad Influence.” That makes this showdown our third week, and it is […]

Many years ago I went to one of those Screenwriting Expos. I think that’s what it was called, actually – “The Screenwriting Expo.” This was back in the day when the word “e-mail” was as buzzy as saying “TikTok.” “You’ve got mail” was as addictive a sound as the “ding” you hear when you get […]

The next project from the 10 Cloverfield Lane writers! Genre: Sci-Fi (Short Story) Premise: Set in the future, a former serial killer is “rightminded,” the process of digitally altering the brain to take away its psychopathic tendencies. About: This short story from 2014 sold earlier this year for the 10 Cloverfield Lane writing team, Josh […]

Today, I do something that I’ve never done before in all my history of reading scripts. And it’s because this might be one of the best action scripts ever written. Genre: Action Premise: After a bank robbery gone wrong, two brothers attempt to use a stolen ambulance as a getaway car. About: This project came […]