So as you know, last week was kind of a disaster.  Actually, I wouldn’t say “disaster.”  But when I put together the Twit-Pitch competition, I had these grand illusions of finding the next great undiscovered talent.  And hey, it might still happen.  I’ve only reviewed the “maybes” so far, not the “definites,” and the definites […]

Genre: Cop/Found FootagePremise: Two cops (and best friends) begin taping their daily exploits, which include numerous busts and adventures.  But when they’re marked for death by a local gang, they’ll need to count on their friendship like never before to survive. About: David Ayers (Training Day, The Fast And The Furious, S.W.A.T.) wrote and directed […]

Genre: Crime/Period Premise: A gang lord in 1949 Los Angeles becomes so big that the only way the cops can handle him is to go off-book and wage a war against his empire. About: I think Gangster Squad is based on a bunch of real articles from 1940s Los Angeles newspapers.  But it may also be […]

Genre: FantasyPremise:  Before Dorothy, the great Oz himself had to get to Oz.  This is his story.About: Directed by Spiderman director Sam Raimi and starring his villain in that film, James Franco, as Oz, this film debuted its trailer a few weeks back.  This draft made it on the 2010 Black List, although I think […]