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Scripts are written to be heard aloud, but in reality, only a select few ever are. Writer/director Hannah Lehmann is looking ...

The next supernatural thriller from Jason Reitman, the filmmaker behind 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, is in development at Sony. The company acquired the rights to the original spec script from Ian ...

Shorr's spec script scared up a frenzy among producers. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Coming out on top in a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has staked claim on 71 Minutes to Sunrise, an ...

Late in my Hollywood writing career, I almost got the Big Break. I’d written a “spec” script (industry lingo for a “speculative” or non-commissioned screenplay) for Homicide: Life on the Streets.

Less than a decade after the blockbuster horror/action movie Cloverfield hit theaters in 2008, a very surprising sequel followed in its path. Shot like a traditional film instead of its handheld ...

“Scream 7” is shrieking into theaters surrounded by a fair amount of controversy. The film, co-written and directed by Kevin Williamson, whose original spec script (then titled “Scary Movie”) kicked ...

A24 has won a fierce bidding war for an erotic thriller spec script written by Dylan Brady. The studio plans to launch the series later this year. Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman is in talks to ...

Testing is an important part of writing specifications. It helps verifying the validity of specified features. But tests can also be used as examples for developers and serve implementers as ...

EXCLUSIVE: In one of those “This is Hollywood, land of dreams” stories the aspirational epilogue in Pretty Woman is about, a spec script by a twentysomething British actor with one produced episodic ...