Script Consultant Philip Shelley explains why spec scripts are fundamental to the industry and shares some great advice.

Searchlight Pictures has successfully acquired the rights to the spec script Clean Break from rising writer Ryan Brennan. The studio won the project in a bidding competition against other studios ...

Hollywood's spec script market hits an 8-year high with 8 deals in August 2025 alone. Why studios are finally buying original ...

With the sixth film—Bloodlines—coming soon, now is the perfect time to revisit Final Destination's origins as a spec script for an X-Files episode.

Netflix has acquired “I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore,” a spec script penned by writer Matt Lawton. Plot details for the project remain under wraps, but it’s described as “Palm Springs ...

In 1997, Saladin K. Patterson was writing for King of the Hill. Well, technically speaking, it was only a spec script as part of a writing fellowship program. But Patterson had immediately fallen ...

Elden Ring movie director Alex Garland reportedly wrote the film's 160-page script in an effort to win over video game ...

'Starlight Stage' was a spec script, written during a creative writing exercise, in a trauma recovery center. The piece has been constantly evolving, finding the realness and humor associated with ...