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  1. StringerBell

    Hypothetical: If you just completed a high concept, rated R comedy, would you take it out wide now or wait until January?

  2. StringerBell

    Hypothetical: If you just completed a high concept, rated R comedy, would you take it out wide now or wait until January?

  3. storymaps99

    Does anyone know if more Black List scripts come out later in the year, rather than earlier? A la most Oscar nominees.

  4. tbblue

    Young and Hungry 2012 list up, wooooo!

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Some reason my Firefox was having issue, but worked fine with IE... Hmmm.

       

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  5. mebishop2001

    My spec SAM DINKLE: SECRET AGENT went out today - fingers crossed! :)

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      More Good Luck wishes never hurt, right? Go get some!

       

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  6. twofingeredtypist

    Seems F Scott Frazier does have a new spec out ECHOES. Anyone read it?

  7. admin

    Just added "White House Down" spec that sold for $3 million today.

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      I always have to pause whenever I see James Vanderbilt's name cuz I think, "Holy shit Dawson sold a script" Then I remember, oh yeah, different guy, similar name. And this guy's a solid writer. Good on him!

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  8. tonka

    Reading all these casting updates/rumors for "Out of the Furnace" and all I can think is, 'Is that really a better title than "Low Dweller"?

  9. tonka

    Reading all these casting updates/rumors for "Out of the Furnace" and all I can think is, 'Is that really a better title than "Low Dweller"?

  10. Roark

    Maybe late to the party but really enjoyed Blood Mountain. Stokes is such an elegant writer.

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Yeah he does the Texas/ border feel really well. And yet, according to his bio -- MOFO is from NEW YORK CITY!... NEW YORK CITY? Bonus points to any old fart who gets that.

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  11. sangun

    A guy bumped my chair in a restaurant today and lifted my laptop case without me noticing. It ended up in lost and found when all he found were scripts inside.

  12. Nic.Lishko

    MUST...READ....Picture Book...

  13. specwriter

    Was Graham Moore actually a new writer when he sold Imitation Game or is that just media spin? Does anyone know his backstory?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      I meant "unsold" as in never sold a feature spec -- but had written for TV as well as the novel.

       

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  14. specwriter

    Was Graham Moore actually a new writer when he sold Imitation Game or is that just media spin? Does anyone know his backstory?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      He was a published novelist, but previously unsold as a screenwriter. His mom is or was (not sure status) Michelle Obama's Chief of Staff. Apparently, he worked in TV with a writing partner and this was his breakout solo effort.

       

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  15. sbbn

    When does the Black List come out? I thought it was supposed the be out the second Friday of this month (which was this last Fri).

  16. admin

    3 hours... 40 minutes I'm told.

  17. AliM

    Anyone read 'Holy Fuckin' Matrimony'? Worth a look?

  18. Cyber Hater

    Read "Grim Night"... Had me until about 80 pages in, then i just wanted it to end already. I hope they didn't pay american dollars for this thing... Even though the $ is worth nothing nowadays... No but seriously, this could make a semi-decent film... ergh...i guess.

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      I thought they were gonna at least tie the girl in -- she's 15 -- this started 15 years ago. the mark, etc... but no... Nothing intelligent or thoughtfully planned. Just pure randomness for the last 30 pages.

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  19. Cyber Hater

    Read "Grim Night"... Had me until about 80 pages in, then i just wanted it to end already. I hope they didn't pay american dollars for this thing... Even though the $ is worth nothing nowadays... No but seriously, this could make a semi-decent film... ergh...i guess.

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      just finished it... Right there with you. All good setup/ action etc... (except the dialogue with family was pretty wretched - but easily fixed) then last act... Ummmmm felt like a bad Nightmare on Elm Street sequel with all the sudden and random bending of reality. And the end? Okay... Whatev

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  20. mikeyP_73

    Best Pilot for 2012 you've read so far? Tell me? I read Graceland and it was okay... felt like a dated 90's TNT show. Wexler's Pilot for TBS was funny and Forty by Doug Elin was just okay... but nothing has popped yet for me... read up to 10 pages of others and they seemed flat. Anybody got one or more they love?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      @Mikey P -- agree re: Graceland. Very 90s. But don't knock it to TNT... This is like USA net's original identity. Remember Silk Stalkings, Pacific Blue? And Eastin writes a lot of annoying little asides that make me want to slap him.

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  21. Nic.Lishko

    Can anyone recommend paying for imdbpro?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Meant to add -- and no follow up b.s. emails or pestering or anything like some "free trial" sites.

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  22. Nic.Lishko

    Can anyone recommend paying for imdbpro?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      The two week free trial really is free. Yes you have to give credit card info -- but I did it. Scoped it out, then cancelled no problem. So you can check it to see if it works for you.

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  23. Cyber Hater

    what's the shortest feature script u've ever read or heard about???

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Sofia Coppola writes way short -- Read a draft of "Somewhere" that was 40 something pages... "Lost in Translation" was maybe 70ish. Cronenberg's "Crash" was in the 60s or 70s.

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  24. Cdrzewie

    So my friend at work is a good buddy of a producer of one of the animation domination toons. He asked him if I could submit a spec for the show, the reply was that they dont read specs of their shows, only original pilots...

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Exceptions to the above? Very very few... However -- In the 90s, the various Star Trek shows did actually accept specs of their own. That's how Bryan Fuller started his career.

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  25. Cdrzewie

    So my friend at work is a good buddy of a producer of one of the animation domination toons. He asked him if I could submit a spec for the show, the reply was that they dont read specs of their shows, only original pilots...

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Reason 2: Legal... You submit a spec to a show. Now whatever's in your script, they can never do an episode or character beat like that for fear of being sued for theft. And let's face it, there's only so many stories. You send a spec about a dead hooker at the MGM... And they've already got one about a dead hooker at Mandalay ready to shoot -- oops. Now they have to dump the ep they already wrote. It's easier just to have a blanket policy of not reading their own.

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