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 – ...

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 length ...

Ah, the ’90s. Headlines of huge spec sales and bidding wars filled the trades. The spec screenplay replaced the Great American Novel as the pastime everyone and his uncle was working on. If you could ...

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

October was a very good month indeed to be a screenwriter. On Monday, TheWrap reported 18 screenplays were purchased in the month, the highest amount in five years. Well, the final number is even ...

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

A biopic of code cracking British mathematician Alan Turing. A comedy about a social media addict who uses Twitter and Facebook to help her friends screen dates. A small town murder mystery. Sign up ...