Coming on top of a competitive bidding war, Netflix has picked up Somewhere Out There, a sci-fi spec script written by Max ...

After three years of reboots, sequels and prequels, the market for original scripts is finally sizzling again in Hollywood. No fewer than 18 spec scripts – screenplays written without a contract – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring ...

A little under two years ago, Vanity Fair ran a surprisingly eye opening piece about the state of Hollywood’s spec script market as it pertains to the feature film industry. In the write-up, author ...

After three years of reboots, sequels and prequels, the market for original scripts is finally sizzling again in Hollywood. No fewer than 18 spec scripts -- screenplays written without a contract -- ...

The very idea of a spec script — an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air — is one of the television industry’s great paradoxes. A good spec will ...