Genre: Horror Premise: (from Blood List) A rebellious teenage girl is sent to stay with her strict grandmother in the sleepy town of Cedar Falls, a place with many strange traditions, including a curfew banning anyone from going out at night. About: This script finished #6 on last year’s Blood List, which is an unofficial […]
Man, we’ve got a good line-up this week. A lot of times I’ll put a group of scripts together and think, “I don’t see a single winner in the bunch.” But today, we’ve got a few. I can’t share which ones I feel that way about, of course, because I don’t want to poison the […]
One of the most important factors in getting noticed as a screenwriter is writing a screenplay that Hollywood actually wants to make. This is one of the BIGGEST pitfalls I see writers fall into. I receive an endless number of scripts – scripts I even put in Amateur Offerings – that I know Hollywood will […]
Genre: Murder-Mystery Premise: When a sex-obsessed single woman visits her estranged married twin in Italy, she’s asked to impersonate her, leading to a string of unfortunate events. About: This script finished with 10 votes on last year’s Black List. It’s based on a book by first-time author and Londoner Chloe Esposito, who received her BA […]
Genre: Drama/Supernatural (TV Pilot) Premise: Working on a top secret project to eliminate sickness and aging, the US Defense Department inadvertently creates vampires. About: Today’s novel, “The Passage,” was adapted into a pilot by Liz Heldens, whose paid her writing dues by working as a staff writer for over a decade. She’s also created a […]
