This list differs from The Hit List, which instead focuses on
the best spec scripts of the year, with an emphasis on new talent and fresh voices.
With 2017 about to slip into our rearview, it's time once again to present
the best spec scripts of the year
Not exact matches
The
spec script Elizabeth Hannah wrote for «The Post» was the
best one «Spotlight» screenwriter Josh Singer had ever read.
Nick Yarborough's
spec script ended up on the Black List of
well - regarded unproduced screenplays and has now been snapped up by production company Anonymous Content.
The
best way to describe just how things play out would be to imagine a situation where four different writers made 35 minute
spec scripts on the downsizing concept, and then Payne came along and placed them one after another and called it a movie.
The story behind this film is almost as
good as the picture itself: it was written as a «
spec script» by 31 - year - old newcomer Liz Hannah and came to the attention of producer Amy Pascal, who gave it to Spielberg in February of this year.