So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal and a filmmaker deal, all of them splashy. Now comes the splashy spec script deal. Paramount has aggressively picked ...

The production company and banner have preemptively picked up 'Alignment,' a spec script by Natan Dotan, a man who until a week ago had no representation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer An unknown ...

Less than a month after launch, a film adaptation of Split Fiction was already in the works. For Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the process began before it even came out. For decades, video game ...

Let's not bury the lede: eight spec scripts have sold so far in August of 2025. That's a massive number that should make every writer in the world excited. It comes off the tails of original movies ...

An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Lionsgate has landed Renegotiate, a high-concept action-thriller spec by Mark Townend, sources tell us. The film centers on a troubled FBI crisis negotiator who ...

Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired a spec script based on the dramatic true story of NBA legend Kobe Bryant joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Variety has confirmed. The project comes from screenwriters ...

Teton Ridge Entertainment has acquired “Riding Hurt,” a spec script by Buck Bloomingdale, a new breakout writer bursting onto the scene. The project is described as a high-octane heist film set in the ...

Danielle Pinnock Rose McIver Shiela Carrasco Brandon Scott Jones and Rebecca Wisocky in Ghosts Season 4 Episode 15. Image via CBS Ghosts recently received an outstanding renewal with two new seasons ...

Following a highly competitive, multi-studio bidding war, Paramount Pictures has purchased “Guys with No Friends,” a spec script from Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, in a seven-figure deal. Tory ...