Script Consultant Philip Shelley explains why spec scripts are fundamental to the industry and shares some great advice. As the dates for our next annual Open Call will be announced very soon, we ...

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 ...

Woody Allen Wrote a Script About Being a Porn Director in Love With Young WomanAn unearthed Woody Allen script from the late ‘60s or early ‘70s is about a porn director — named Woody Allen — in love ...

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.

Lionsgate has won Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby’s horror spec script “Mother Land,” after a competitive auction, the company announced on Thursday. Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen will produce the project ...

Another comedy spec by an up-and-coming writer has found a buyer. ABC has bought for development Grandma Dearest by Todd Linden (TV Land’s Jennifer Falls), which has comedy veteran Moses Port attached ...

Brandon Cohen wrote the script that was picked up preemptively by the studio. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal and a ...

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has acquired an untitled spec script by Katie Wech for an untitled but hard R-rated comedy spec script that is best described was referred to me as Sausage Party meets Toy Story, ...

As writers hit the picket lines during the 146-day WGA strike, they were absolutely barred from writing anything for the Hollywood studios and streamers. But there was no reason they couldn’t write ...

Walt Disney Pictures has bought an untitled adult treasure hunt spec script by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen. Chris Bender and JC Spink's Benderspink, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot's Offspring as well ...

As the dates for our next annual Open Call will be announced very soon, we turned to Script Consultant Philip Shelley to outline some of the key things you should be thinking about if you are ...