Genre: Comedy Premise: A stoner comedy about one family trying to save Christmas from itself after Santa eats the wrong batch of cookies. About: This script finished with 9 votes on the 2019 Black List. Writer Dreux Moreland is new to the game. Co-writer Hannah Mescon was a producer on the Adam Driver movie, The […]

GALE by Taylor Hamilton! Congratulations to Taylor. I’ll be reviewing his script on Friday. You can read the script yourself here. I noticed frustration in the comments from some of you about the concepts that were picked. I understand where you’re coming from. But something you have to keep in mind is that everyone submitting […]

One of my favorite things while going through the entries of these showdowns is writers who try to hide multiple entries by sending them in under different e-mail addresses, but they use THE EXACT SAME FORMATTING as their other e-mail, making it obvious it’s the same person. I love that. Especially because there’s no limit […]

******** THURSDAY – DEC 1 – IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE HIGH CONCEPT SHOWDOWN! SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE! ******** We are just about 24 hours away from the deadline to the High Concept Showdown. This has got me thinking about ‘concept’ and what kind of concepts get people to read scripts. Because, as I like to […]

******** THURSDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE HIGH CONCEPT SHOWDOWN! SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE! ******** Genre: Period Piece/Biopic Premise: An inside look at the unique relationship between John Wayne and John Ford, who collaborated on one of the greatest movies of all time, THE SEARCHERS. About: This script made it on the 2019 Black List. Screenwriter […]