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pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on the strength of a spec script about Nikola Tesla. His first film as writer/director was a self-financed

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Reilly, the network President who had ordered the series from Weithorn's spec script in 2013, was fired a few months later leaving the series without a champion

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writing at the age of thirty-two. He joined EastEnders after sending a spec script to the BBC about market traders, with a covering letter saying he had

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company called Bad Neighbor and performed solo comedy in Manhattan. His spec script for Déjà Vu, written with Terry Rossio, sold for $3 million against $5

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treasure. Sony picked up up-and-coming screenwriter Johnny Rosenthal's spec script for $1.25 million against $2 million, beating offers made from CBS Films

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short film Ruin, which Ball would also direct. In October 2012, Nowlin's spec script Our Name Is Adam was bought by producer Mary Parent with attaching Tom

Eyes of Laura Mars (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

screenplay was adapted (in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman) from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter; it was Carpenter's first major

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2018. Press, Joy (December 20, 2017). "The Post's Liz Hannah On How Her Spec Script Launched an Oscar Campaign". Vulture. Retrieved January 25, 2018. Nicholson

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video game character Mega Man for Netflix. In May 2020, Tomlin sold a spec script, titled 2084, to Paramount Pictures. By September 2020, Tomlin wrote

List of unmade episodes of The X-Files (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

television budget. "Flight 180" Screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick wrote a spec script for The X-files in order to get an agent in 1994. He said, "I was actually

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Lethal Weapon 3, Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver tried buying a new spec script titled Simon Says in hopes of rewriting it into a script for Lethal Weapon

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Write 'Solara' For Oakhurst & Motus". "'Salt' Writer Kurt Wimmer Sells Spec Script 'Matthew 21′ to Thunder Road". yahoo.com. "Filmmakers from Campus, The

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distance, while Haas lived and worked in Atlanta. They optioned their first spec script, The Courier, in 1999 while Brandt was working as an assistant editor

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(October 16, 2017). "Netflix Wins Bidding War for 'Power,' White Hot Spec Script (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 11, 2018. D'Alessandro, Anthony

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for the next decade's "spec-script boom," as documented by Thom Taylor in The Big Deal: Hollywood's Million-Dollar Spec Script Market (HarperCollins,

Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer) (669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Florida State University, he took a class in screenwriting, penning a spec script for Star Trek: The Next Generation that obtained him a Writers Guild

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slated to produce the film based on Ronin. Ryan Condal, writer of the spec script Galahad, has been approached by Warner Brothers to produce a screenplay

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Uziel said that his script had been a spec script he wrote about one year before finishing up a similar spec script for God Particle (2018). The film serves

Brad Ingelsby (508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

school team as well as his personal life. The Way Back was based on a spec script by Ingelsby entitled "The Has-Been." Ingelsby wrote and produced the

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for The Amazing Maurice. In 2021, Rossio and Bill Marsilii sold their spec script Time Zone to Amazon Studios. The film will be a joint venture between

Jose Molina (writer) (347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

internship with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences by submitting a spec script for Star Trek: The Next Generation. Following Firefly, Molina worked

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Evolution and the television film Minutemen. The duo sold their first spec script, The Whiz Kid, to 20th Century Fox in 1994. Their first produced project

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Barrack Hebrew Academy). They graduated in 1983. The duo sold their first spec script, The Whiz Kid, to 20th Century Fox in 1994. Their first produced project

Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (1,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

scripts including Slayer and Demon Knight. The latter became a popular spec script that saw considerable positive coverage in Hollywood for a number of

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Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans. Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script The Children's Crusade, which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford

Roy Lee (1,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

every group, he had the best information. Lee's project changed the spec script market forever. While spec scripts and pitches continued to sell, weaker

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working on his PhD dissertation at UCLA in 1997, Nolfi sold his first spec script, Pathfinder, in a three-studio bidding war. It would ultimately convince

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the screenplay was then used for the film. The elder Bohem wrote his spec script soon after the release of If I Had a Million. In one of the production

Kevin Jarre (1,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the time and I, you know, I needed a gig and I wanted to finish a spec script I was writing. And you know, they called, Stallone called me in and they

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Health Education Council. De Roche wanted to be a writer and wrote a spec script for Division Four. Nine months later he received a telegram inviting

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decided to try their luck in the entertainment business. They wrote a spec script called Big Ant Movie or BAM. This script found its way to director/producer

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with Krasinski also co-writing and directing. In 2013, Krasinski sold a spec script to produce an action-adventure movie he wrote with Oren Uziel for Warner

All About Steve (1,312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

announced that Fox 2000 Pictures had acquired the Kim Barker penned spec script All About Steve to be developed as a starring vehicle for Sandra Bullock

Dino Stamatopoulos (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hired on The Ben Stiller Show after Andy Dick convinced him to submit a spec script for a Simpsons episode. There, he met and worked with Bob Odenkirk. After

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In October 2013, Paramount Pictures bought Gorak's science fiction spec script Attach and began to develop a film, which Gorak is attached to direct

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which she received her MBA. She broke into television by submitting a spec script to Remington Steele, which starred Stephanie Zimbalist, her friend since

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(October 16, 2017). "Netflix Wins Bidding War for 'Power,' White Hot Spec Script (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved October 11, 2018. D'Alessandro, Anthony

Ashley Miller (screenwriter) (672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

co-writing a total of four episodes. In 2006, Disney purchased an original spec script written by Miller & Stentz entitled The Feynman Chronicles. Miller has

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working on Veronica Guerin in 2002, Garelick sold The Golden Tux, a spec script he co-wrote with Todd Phillips, to Dimension Films. The script caught

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begun development at Warner Bros. in 2002 when the company acquired the spec script by April Blair. Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous is set at Fort

Allan Loeb (819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retitled The Space Between Us, the film was released in 2017. He sold his spec script, Collateral Beauty (2016), to Palm Star Media, with Will Smith cast in

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Dimension Films preemptively acquired a dark and edgy horror/thriller spec script from Melton and Dunstan titled The Neighbor for a six-figures. Additionally

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as himself In April 1994, it was announced Universal had purchased a spec script titled Mad City written by Tom Matthews from a story co-authored by Matthews

Bad Teacher (1,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gene Stupnitsky. Columbia Pictures purchased Eisenberg and Stupnitsky's spec script in August 2008. In May 2009, Kasdan was hired to direct Bad Teacher.

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Labine as Stevie In June 1993, it was the Mark Steven Johnson penned spec script Big Bully had been acquired by Warner Bros. for Lee Rich Productions

Malik Yoba (1,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the original series. Law & Order writer Courtney Parker penned a spec script for networks to bid on. From 2011 to 2012, Yoba appeared as former FBI

Man-Made Monster (1,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

new title, according to writer-producer Alex Gordon, was taken from a spec script he submitted to Realart which had the same name. He sent his attorney

Shane Black (2,256 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

via LA Times. "Taylor, Thom". The Big Deal: Hollywood's Million-Dollar Spec Script Market. Harper Perennial. 1999. "HOLLYWOOD HABITS : Following the Script

My Boss's Daughter (1,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2000, it was announced Dimension Films had acquired David S. Dorfman's spec script The Guest two years after it was originally acquired by New Line Cinema

The Sixth Sense (3,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

then-president of production of Walt Disney Studios, read Shyamalan's spec script and loved it. Without obtaining corporate approval, Vogel bought the

Mitch Brian (729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until being hired to write a pair of low-budget films. He later sold the spec script Cold Sweat to Universal/Imagine and then worked as a co-creator on Warner

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characterization and adding new concepts. Densham and Watson sold their spec script for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and produced the film for Morgan Creek

Seth Grahame-Smith (1,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

produced the film adaptation of the Mark Bianculli and Jeff Richard spec script The Waiting. Smith polished the script for Fantastic Four. In 2013, Smith

Armored (2009 film) (990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Hackett In October 2006, it was announced Screen Gems had acquired a spec script titled Armored. In October 2007, it was announced Matt Dillon and Columbus

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Friday. Hindes, Andrew (November 18, 1997). "Sabler goes 'Inbred' with spec script pact". Variety. Retrieved December 29, 2017. "CD Baby Music Store". https://www

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went on to air as a 90-minute special on E!. In 2013, she also sold her spec script Agatha to Paramount Pictures with Will Gluck attached to direct; Disruption

This Means War (film) (2,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

it was announced that 20th Century Fox had acquired Marcus Gautesen's spec script This Means War with Martin Lawrence attached to the star. The initial

Turbulence (1997 film) (1,210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Michael Harney as Marshall Douglas Grand L. Bush as Marshall Arquette The spec script was purchased by Rysher Entertainment for $1 million. The film was announced

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Catholic. He was a gymnast who first pursued acting while at USC. His spec script, The Bloody Benders, garnered the attention of Guillermo Del Toro, and

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screenwriters. In September 2000, Jankiewicz scored his biggest sale with the spec script, "Kung Fu Theater," to Mandalay Pictures. The potential film, which Jankiewicz

Nell Scovell (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Spy editor, who recommended she write for television. Scovell wrote a spec script for It's Garry Shandling's Show, which was bought. After serving as story

License to Wed (1,169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

it was announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the Kim Barker-penned spec script. In March 2006, it was announced that Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and

Rush Hour (franchise) (2,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Chan's film Mr. Nice Guy (1997).[citation needed] Rush Hour began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter/novelist Ross LaManna. The screenplay

Getting Even with Dad (1,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gleason Dann Florek as Wayne Scott Beach as Wino MGM bought the film as a spec script in a bidding war with Hollywood Pictures, Columbia, TriStar, and Paramount

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10 Screenwriters To Watch. That same year, Le sold his action feature spec script Desert Eagle to Universal Pictures. In 2017, ABC Signature hired Le to

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and running 5k races. Osborne's earliest attempt to sell fiction was a spec script for Star Trek: Voyager, written as a teen with a friend. She framed the

R. Lance Hill (615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

King of White Lady to go into production at Paramount, Hill wrote a spec script about Harry Tracy, which would go on to become his first produced screenplay

Hellraiser: Hellseeker (1,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

McDonald as Angular Nurse Writer Michael Lent gained attention for a spec script he had written and was invited by the Weinstein brothers to pitch on

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

preparation for a watch party for "The Runaway Bride", he found an old spec script that he submitted to the BBC in 1985–86, titled "Mind of the Hodiac"

Julie Talen (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

needed] Her studio screenwriting assignments began in 1991, through a spec script – A Simple Wedding – which was eventually sold to Douglas Wick at Columbia

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the novel off the market. In 2001 20th Century Fox bought Monahan's spec script Tripoli, about William Eaton's epic march on Tripoli during the Barbary

The Princess (2022 action film) (1,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Century Studios acquired the rights to Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton's spec script The Princess, with Hulu set to distribute. It was conceived as a streaming

William Monahan (2,573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the novel off the market. In 2001 20th Century Fox bought Monahan's spec script Tripoli, about William Eaton's epic march on Tripoli during the Barbary

Scott Sanders (director) (993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Talent Agency. When he was fired from that job, he started writing a spec script for a television show which led to him getting signed and becoming a

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Mernit's book, Writing for the Romantic Comedy. Morris finished the spec script in three months then submitted it to Big Talk Productions who optioned

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early episode tapings of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She gave Brooks a spec script, and was mentored by Brooks, who hired her as a freelance writer. Brown

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Plague.[failed verification] After receiving several rejections on early spec-script submissions to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space

The Fly (1958 film) (2,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Clavell to adapt Langelaan's story on the strength of a previous sci-fi spec script at RKO, which had never been produced. It became Clavell's first filmed

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View from the Top. First time screenwriter Eric Wald was written as a spec script which was developed by Brad Grey before being sold to Miramax. Rewrites

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Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Miller, Daniel. "Hollywood 'Spec Script' Is Making a Comeback". latimes.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014. Murray,

Terminal Velocity (film) (1,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Sofia Shinas as Maxine 'Broken Legs Max' Based on David Twohy’s original spec script which sold to Hollywood Pictures for over $500,000 Kevin Reynolds and

Judgment Night (film) (2,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

for several years when screenwriter Kevin Jarre had written the first spec script for the movie (under its original title, "Escape") sometime around 1989

George of the Jungle (film) (2,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tilden Robert Tygner as Ape (facial puppetry) Dana Olsen had written a spec script titled Gorilla Boy, a Tarzan parody that was told from Jane's point of

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Theater, Film and Television. Early in her career, Kalogridis wrote a spec script about Joan of Arc titled In Nomine Dei. She sold the script to Warner

Wide Awake (1998 film) (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

given a very limited release after Shyamalan's high profile sale of the spec script for The Sixth Sense. Wide Awake received mixed reviews from critics.

Bruce Almighty (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was announced that Universal Pictures had paid over $1 million for a spec script titled Bruce Almighty with the intention of positioning the script as

The Christmas Chronicles (2,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

announced Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures had acquired a Found Footage spec script titled 12/24 written by Matt Lieberman and based on a story by Lieberman

Die Bad (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ingelsby made a name for himself in March 2008 by selling his debut spec script The Low Dweller to Relativity Media for $650,000 against $1.1 million

Action Comics 1 (3,474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the comic book and would be titled Action No. 1. The screenplay was a spec script written by Reno 911! creators Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon and

The Wedding Ringer (2,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Attendant Lindsay Pearce as Alexandra Plylow The film evolved from a spec script titled "The Golden Tux" that was purchased by Dimension Films as early

The Rock (film) (3,644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

became the subject of a dispute with the Writers Guild of America. The spec script (by David Weisberg and Douglas Cook) was reworked by several writers

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Grey playing the game. In 2017, Manganiello and John Cassel wrote a spec-script for a film adaptation of the first Dragonlance novel for Warner Brothers

Rush Hour (1998 film) (3,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Man-ching and Andy Cheng appear as Juntao's henchmen. Rush Hour began as a spec script written in 1995 by screenwriter Ross LaManna. The screenplay was sold

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Strickling Jeffrey DeMunn as Art Weissman Focus Features acquired a spec script written by Paul Bernbaum in December 2001 titled Truth, Justice, and

Overnight Delivery (1,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with Paul Rudd In November 1993, Joe Roth's Caravan Pictures bought the spec script by Marc Sedaka for $125,000 against $300,000 beating out a bid by 20th

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Singer Duo In March 2010, it was revealed that Sony had picked up the spec-script 'Road To Nardo' written by Andrew Waller and Mike Gagerman, with Scot

Myrna Culbreath (1,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Culbreath made a number of attempts at writing a Star Trek episode spec script with Roddenberry's encouragement. Her preferred title for the script

Escape Plan (film) (2,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

operative who hires Breslin. Lydia Hull as Jules, a receptionist The spec script was initially called The Tomb. When Summit first purchased the script

Noel Langley (1,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(1956) Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) Pete's Dragon (1957–58 spec script; realized 1975 by Malcolm Marmorstein) Cage Me a Peacock, Arthur Barker

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in Savion Einstein Comedy, mxdwn #SAVION EINSTEIN, womenandhollywood Spec Script Deal: “The Longest Birthday”, medium "ידעתי שמאיר ירים ידיים כשלא יוכל

Bad Company (2002 film) (1,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

hired to re-write Black Sheep after executives were impressed with his spec script Revolver with Richman's re-writes credited with getting the film greenlit

Gnomeo & Juliet (3,477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The film was the original idea of Sprackling and Smith, who sold the spec script to Disney through Rocket Pictures. Disney studio chairman Dick Cook greenlit

Kristy (film) (1,396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Scott Matthew St. Patrick as Wayne Al Vicente as Dave In April 2009, the spec script, written by Tony Jaswinski, was purchased by Dimension Films, In February

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film) (2,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

announced Summit Entertainment had purchased screenwriter Simon Kinberg's spec script Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Weed Road Pictures slated to produce. Kinberg

Soul Survivors (film) (1,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Nurse Scott Benjaminson as Second Campus Cop Artisan nabbed Carpenter’s spec script, at the time known as Soul Survivor for a mid-six-figure after a small

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2,549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first film, New Line Cinema and Walden Media purchased Richard Outten's spec script, Mysterious Travels, in March 2009 to serve as the basis for the film

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WWE Studios then secured the rights to Bermuda, a found footage horror spec script by Bobby Lee Darby and Nathan Brookes, set in the Bermuda Triangle. WWE

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Casanova Stroker as Pico the Dog In April 2016, 20th Century Fox bought the spec script Stuber from Tripper Clancy for a mid-six figure deal, with Jonathan Goldstein

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involved a terrorist attack on the White House by a paramilitary group. The spec script was written by James Vanderbilt and was purchased by Sony Pictures for

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television. Rashid's writing professor at NYU, Cindy Chupack, shared a spec script with her agent, which led to a writing job on the final season of Will

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at the time and I, you know, I needed a gig and I wanted to finish a spec script I was writing. And you know, they called, Stallone called me in and they

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Kroll, Justin (January 13, 2021). "Searchlight Acquires The Rights To Spec Script 'Hound' Starring Zoey Deutch". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2021.

Lorene Scafaria (2,349 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

docudrama Sweet Relief for Paramount Pictures and The Mighty Flynn, a spec script which she set up at Warner Brothers. She also wrote the film Man and

Father Figures (2,591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

announced that Paramount Pictures had acquired the rights to the comedy spec script Bastards, written by Justin Malen. The story is about two brothers who

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Retrieved February 1, 2014. Kit, Borys (March 25, 2011). "Columbia Picks Up Spec Script By S. Craig Zahler". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 1, 2014

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BALBOA at BNAT!!!". Aint It Cool. Retrieved 24 May 2017. "The Definitive Spec Script Sales List (1991–2012): 1998". 10 April 2018. "Eye of the Tiger". 22

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the Texas State Lottery four times. Adam R. Perlman and Graham Sack's spec script was purchased by OddLot Entertainment, who intended to produce and finance

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announced Peter Safran and Gold Circle Films would produce ATM from a spec script by Chris Sparling with David Brooks set to make his feature debut. Safran

The New Daughter (1,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Amworth In January 2007, it was announced Gold Circle Films had acquired a spec script titled The New Daughter by John Travis adapted from the short story of

The Simpsons season 26 (2,442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

featured an episode written by filmmaker Judd Apatow that he submitted as a spec script to the show in 1990. This season featured a crossover episode featuring

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Russo's first break came in 2010, when he optioned the contained thriller spec script "Down" to Relativity Media. He followed up "Down" in October 2010 with

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was announced Columbia Pictures had picked up Warrior, a W.D. Richter spec script set up at Phoenix Pictures about a high- tech air force fighter drone

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Sivak, Mykl G. (October 4, 2013). "filler 2: Tight Bros unproduced spec script". Retrieved December 23, 2018. "Sperm Boat (TV Movie 2013)". IMDb. Retrieved

Ridley Scott (11,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 2013, Indiewire reported that "Before McCarthy sold his first spec script for Scott's (The Counselor) film, the director was heavily involved in

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Retrieved 2017-10-12. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2017-12-05). "Netflix Wins Sci-Fi Spec Script 'Mimi From Rio'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-02-16. Kit, Borys (May 15

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September 10, 2014. Finke, Nikki (October 11, 2011). "Warner Bros Buys Spec Script About Math Genius Alan Turing For Leonardo DiCaprio". Deadline. Retrieved

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Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974). She sold Detroit Boogie (1974), a spec script, to Dino De Laurentiis, and did the prison film The Tin Walls (1975)

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from the original on January 16, 2019. "Cormac McCarthy Sells First Spec Script". TheWrap. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved February

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James Cameron to introduce a concept he had initially conceived for a spec script called Mother, a massive mother Alien queen which laid eggs and formed

Hunter Killer (film) (2,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

as Navigator Park, USS Arkansas Relativity Media first purchased the spec script, written by Arne Schmidt and adapted from the novel Firing Point, in

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Mike Jr. (October 31, 2016). "Amy Pascal Buys Pentagon Papers Movie Spec Script 'The Post' By Liz Hannah". Deadline Hollywood. Los Angeles, California:

Demolition Man (film) (6,873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

different scripts, desperately hoping to break into Hollywood. Selling the spec script of Demolition Man to Warner Bros. was his first big break. Lenkov had

Cutthroat Island (3,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

explained they had a development deal with Disney, after their Western spec script Texas Lead and Gold had created buzz in the early 1990s. Any material

How I Met Your Mother (15,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

co-showrunners on This Is Us alongside Dan Fogelman, their completed spec script for How I Met Your Father would be placed on the back burner in light

Final Destination 2 (6,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

writers Jeffrey Reddick, James Wong, and Glen Morgan from Flight 180, a spec script intended for use in The X-Files. The film premiered across the United

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instinct to wake up every morning and help others." In 2015, Jenks sold a spec script to ABC Studios, titled "Sam". He said after covering the 2012 election

Wes Craven's unrealized projects (1,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

produce and direct Juliet Snowden and Stiles White's suspense thriller spec script The Waiting, which is about a mother haunted by her dead child, but on

Arch Oboler (3,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that the medium was being wasted on soap operas. In 1933, he wrote a spec script called Futuristics, which satirized the world of the present in light

Louis C.K. (12,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The New York Times said the series "may best be described as a Cheers spec script by Eugene O'Neill: a snapshot of a family—and a country—suffering a hangover

Justin Kuritzkes (1,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

state. He released the novel Famous People in 2019. In 2021, Kuritzkes's spec script Challengers was featured on the annual edition of The Black List, which

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States with his band, Stellastarr in 2004, Shawn Christensen wrote a spec script called Sidney Hall with his best friend and roommate Jason Dolan, which

Lawrence Kasdan (8,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

million internationally. Mumford (1999) After French Kiss, Kasdan wrote a spec script for Disney called Sojourner—a large-scale fantasy film set in the 1930s

The X-Files season 10 (6,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

credit for her contributions to the finale. A seventh episode, based on a spec script, was written. It was not produced due to scheduling conflicts. According

The Aeronauts (film) (3,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

December 2016, Amazon Studios purchased the film rights to Jack Thorne's spec script. In mid-2018, Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne were confirmed to star

Party Down (2,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

just to rub his success in Roman's face. Roman finds out he sold his spec script for an adaption of a science fiction novel written by AF Gordon Theodore

Veritas Entertainment (278 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Variety. Retrieved 2024-10-02. Heidenry, Margaret (2013-02-08). "Will the Spec Script Rise Again in Hollywood?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2024-10-03. "Alan Gasmer"

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black comedy slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies, based on a story and spec script by writer Kristen Roupenian. In March 2022, it was announced the DeLappe

List of horror films of 2023 (3,595 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

December 22, 2023. Kroll, Justin (April 19, 2021). "20th Century Lands Spec Script No One Will Save You With Kaitlyn Dever Attached to Star". Deadline Hollywood

Scrubs season 3 (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as a consultant for this season. In addition, Justin Spitzer wrote a spec script that was made into an episode. "My Dirty Secret" was originally scheduled

Chris Columbus's unrealized projects (3,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1997, Columbus' 1492 Pictures was set to produce Julie Talen's comedy spec script Boys 'R Us for 20th Century Fox. On April 14, 1998, Gillian Armstrong

List of unproduced films based on DC Comics imprints (6,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slated to produce the film based on Ronin. Ryan Condal, writer of the spec script Galahad, had been approached by Warner Brothers to produce a screenplay

Godzilla (2014 film) (16,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

In October 2010, Latino Review reported that Legendary had merged the spec script for Pacific Rim with their Godzilla reboot and offered Guillermo del

Godzilla (2014 film) (16,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

In October 2010, Latino Review reported that Legendary had merged the spec script for Pacific Rim with their Godzilla reboot and offered Guillermo del

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (14,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in federal court arguing that the film was based on a 1983 Star Trek spec script he had submitted to Paramount about a Federation-Klingon war. The court

Alex Mechanik (562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

December' screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot with their first produced spec script". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 March 2024. n.a. "Alex Mechanik - Awards"

Cloverfield (franchise) (5,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

written by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung. It is based on Uziel's original spec script God Particle which, like 10 Cloverfield Lane, was initially unconnected

Mark Staufer (1,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

number of projects with Russell Crowe, including Dolce's Inferno, a spec script by Staufer. In 2002 Staufer began gathering evidence and researching

Servant (TV series) (3,724 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

March 20, 2021. Kroll, Justin (February 23, 2021). "Netflix Acquires Spec Script 'Uncoupled' From Escape Artists And 'Man From Toronto' Scribe". Deadline

Michael Cimino (18,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

make it a contemporary story. Taking both their advice, Cimino took the spec script to Clint Eastwood, who loved it and wanted to direct it himself. Cimino

Fear Below (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Paul Whitemore Sam Parsonson as Frank Sturgess Fear Below began as a spec script written by Matthew Holmes and Gregory Moss, who were passionate about

List of Universal Pictures films (2020–2029) (6,752 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

March 2, 2021. Kit, Borys (April 5, 2022). "Universal Picks Up Timely Spec Script 'Batsh**' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 11,

Miller's Girl (1,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christine Adams as Joyce Manor In December 2016, Jade Halley Bartlett's spec script for Miller's Girl was acquired by Seth Rogen's company Point Grey Pictures

List of Amazon MGM Studios films (7,054 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 13, 2024). "Amazon MGM Studios Picks Up Spec Script Burn Night By Chris Sparling From Safehouse Pictures". Deadline Hollywood

Troubled Souls (comics) (1,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

contacted Ennis about his outline – and after the writer turned in a spec script for the opening episode in two days, and seeking feedback from Mills

The Orville season 1 (1,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Von Dohlen as Valondis The Orville was written by Seth MacFarlane as a spec script. Fox ordered thirteen episodes for the first season, but only twelve

List of A24 films (12,002 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lincoln, Ross A. (March 30, 2016). "Jonah Hill to Helm Mid 90s from His Spec Script in Feature Directorial Debut". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the

Ricky Stanicky (1,710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis, and James L. Freeman, based on an original spec script by Bushell and Oedekerk. In February 2023, it was reported that Amazon

Rick Hill (actor) (1,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

career, Hill expressed an interest in writing, and was working on a spec script based on his college recruiting experience. A baseball fan, he wrote

Ben Affleck's unrealized projects (1,859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Damon's directorial debut Father Daughter Time and potentially star from a spec script from Matthew Aldrich, Chris Moore and Drew Vinton producing and Warner

And That's Why We Drink (957 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

September 2020 190. An After-Life Reality Show and a Hypnosis Session Spec Script Nelly Butler, America's First Ghost Keddie Cabin Murders 27 September

Silent Night (2023 film) (2,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

features no dialogue, explaining "It really has no dialogue. It was another spec script that I was given and read, and I was like, 'This is either going to be