I just finished a new spec script, and one of the things I really tried to do this time was to make sure each scene ...

The very idea of a spec script — an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air — is one of the television industry’s great paradoxes. A good spec will ...

A little under two years ago, Vanity Fair ran a surprisingly eye opening piece about the state of Hollywood’s spec script market as it pertains to the feature film industry. In the write-up, author ...

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 alone and ...

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 – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring ...

The 'Stranger Things' phenomenon sparks a deluge of material and backlash from execs and agents expected to read an average of 20 original scripts all weekend long. By Bryn Sandberg William Morris ...

A24 secured an original erotic thriller spec script set in the world of moviemaking with Nicole Kidman in talks for a main part.

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema has won an auction for Shut In, a spec script by first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Producing are Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier. The ...

The horror thriller spec script is from Cory Goodman. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Paramount has moved aggressively to pick up The Oberlin Incident, a horror thriller spec script by Cory Goodman.