Yesterday, Joshua James hit us with The Jones Party, which sparked some pretty intense reactions (you can download the script here)!  Although it was his first script, it’s been optioned twice and gotten him a ton of assignment work.  I thought it was a really solid piece of writing,  Some of you thought it was […]

 Affleck’s decided on another project and it looks like it’s going to be “Tell No One,” one of my Top 10 scripts.  Except he’s NOT using the Orci Kurtzman draft.  Why?  No idea.  It’s ready to shoot this instant.  There’s nothing you can really do to make it better, except maybe take out all the […]

Genre: Dark ComedyPremise: Two royally screwed up roommates secretly in love with each other throw a massive Jim Jones party on the eve of their suicide. About: This was Joshua James’ first screenplay, which has been optioned on two occasions and has gotten him numerous writing jobs around town, including an adaptation of the book, […]

Genre: ComedyPremise: A socially unaware blissfully inept moron named Doug Himelfarb falls in love with a woman on their first date and surprises her by showing up at her parent’s home for Thanksgiving. About: Himelfarb sold as a spec script to Warner Brothers back in 2006 and was the first sale for writers Paul and […]

I knew nothing about Super 8 going in.  I heard Spielberg was involved, J.J. Abrams was involved, and that they were making a movie called Super 8.  That’s all I needed.  I can’t remember the last time I walked into a summer Blockbuster knowing absolutely nothing about the plot or what I was about to […]