Emmerich has just sold
a spec script for a new space misadventure, Moonfall, to Universal.
Spanish filmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall) may have lost out on the chance to helm the upcoming reboot / remake / whatever of The Crow, but he's since lined up a deal to helm The Greys - now that Dimension Films has gone ahead and purchased Adam Cohen's
spec script for the mysterious sci - fi thriller.
Can you talk about the lineage of the film's development, from the initial
spec script for «The Cellar» to «Valencia» to the final version?
Coming off like a hodgepodge of rejected
spec scripts for «The Walking Dead,» Anger of the Dead reveals particularly misogynistic and misanthropic filmmaking.
Not exact matches
Hala Alsaman, an Iraqi - Canadian who applied
for the workshop with a «
spec»
script on «Mad Men,» said she appreciated the writing tips, but the chance to network with ABC executives was even more valuable.
Exhibit A in Kazan's case: The
script for «The Post,» an Oscar contender about the Washington Post that was based on a
spec by Liz Hannah.
The
spec script Elizabeth Hannah wrote
for «The Post» was the best one «Spotlight» screenwriter Josh Singer had ever read.
And it might be nice to see Whedon return to the action genre — he famously co-wrote (without receiving screen credit) Jan de Bont «s masterful «Speed» and sold a $ 1 million
spec script called «Suspension» about a terrorist attack on a bridge (it was never actualized and was, at one point, considered
for a sequel to the Sylvester Stallone disaster movie «Daylight «-RRB-.
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media has made a preemptive deal
for Timeless, a
spec script by Enchanted scribe Bill Kelly which Phillip Noyce is negotiating to direct.
20th Century Fox closes deal
for A Shot in the Eye
spec script from Dan Futterman (Deadline).
Despite (or perhaps because of) the mania around Holmes at the moment, the film rights are still available, but Moore had already moved on, penning the
spec script «The Imitation Game,» about the life of Alan Turing, the genius computer pioneer who helped crack the Enigma code, only to be persecuted after the war
for his homosexuality; he ended up killing himself with a poisoned apple.
He wrote the
script about ten years ago on
spec, meaning he didn't have a deal beforehand
for the film.
Students can also create a
spec script episode
for an existing TV show, using the characters and situations from a game.
Since selling his
spec script K - 9 in 1987, Scott has written 30 projects
for every major Hollywood studio and broadcast network.