”The Continental” draws heavy inspiration from The Godfather. Does it work? You gotta give it to the John Wick people. They optimistically charged into a seemingly impossible task. They took a franchise built on top of thin characterization, thinner mythology, and overly-impressive production value and migrated it to a medium that’s all about characterization, needs […]

Come on in and vote for your favorite first page! I’m going to be a little shameless here but I feel like I have to be. 90% of the submitted entries for First Page Showdown were uninspired. To the point where I was getting upset. I will do a First Page Consultation — 1 page […]

Today (Thursday) is the deadline for First Page Showdown. You submit the first page of your screenplay. I pick the five best first pages and post them tomorrow. The site votes on their favorite. Whoever wins gets a script review next Friday. What: First Page Showdown Send in: Title, Genre, Logline, and a PDF of […]

The First Page Showdown deadline is this Thursday at 10pm! Here’s how to enter! Genre: Comedy Premise: A 13 year-old boy blackmails his favorite pop star into being his best friend. About: This script received 8 votes on last year’s Black List. Writer James Morosini got some nice buzz a few years back for his […]

Today’s article taught me a tremendous lesson about creating memorable main characters. Genre: Article – Drama/Crime Premise: Covers the unique job of Gary Johnson, a Houston cop who specializes in going undercover as a hit man to entrap murders-for-hire. About: This article, which was written all the way back in 2001, was snatched up by […]