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.

Searchlight Pictures has successfully acquired the rights to the spec script Clean Break from rising writer Ryan Brennan. The studio won the project in a bidding competition against other studios.

Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik had a busy 2023. The pair got married, and in May, a film they had plotted together, and which Burch had scripted, premiered at Cannes Film Festival. May December, ...

With our Open Call submission window approaching, BBC Writersroom Development Producer, Usman Mullan has some valuable advice on what makes a great spec script. Usman Mullan is a Development Producer ...

James Cary explains how you can find your way into the process of writing that script. Writing a sitcom script is really hard. There's so much to think about. Situation. Characters. Plot. Pace. Oh, ...