Script Consultant Philip Shelley explains why spec scripts are fundamental to the industry and shares some great advice.

The Death of the Spec Script: What Are the Ten Highest Screenplay Sales Ever?The beleaguered Hollywood screenwriter has rarely reached the upper pay echelons achieved by other studio talent ...

The once-mighty movie “spec” script, long a source of some of Hollywood’s most-beloved films, was pronounced dead after a lengthy illness. As befits many screen legends, the spec script died ...

Exclusive: A new study tries to answer what Hollywood's anonymous gatekeepers think makes a great screenplay. Studios, producers and agencies receive countless spec scripts – original feature ...

After three years of reboots, sequels and prequels, the market for original scripts is finally sizzling again in Hollywood. No fewer than 18 spec scripts – screenplays written without a contract ...

Star Trek Spec Scripts That Never Saw the Light of DayStar Trek had a famous open-submission policy, meaning any writer, anywhere, could submit a script.

The studios are in a spec script kind of mood this week, with two different genre screenplays getting picked up: The End and Grim Night.

Million-dollar screenplay sales in recent months by independent producer Lawrence Grey for 'Section 6' and 'Winter's Knight' show the market is improving after several years in decline.

You’ve finished your screenplay. What to do now? “Write another script and another,” says Greg Beal, director of the prestigious Nicholl Fellowships for screenwriters. “Watch movies and ...