The 'Stranger Things' phenomenon sparks a deluge of material and backlash from execs and agents expected to read an average of 20 original scripts all weekend long. By Bryn Sandberg William Morris ...

After a competitive bidding war, Fifth Season, the financing and production banner formerly known as Endeavor Content, and Brad Weston’s Makeready banner have acquired the spec script “Alignment” from ...

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 ...

David Boxerbaum, who at Paradigm established himself as the most prolific seller of spec scripts around, has left that agency and joined Verve as a partner and lit agent. Boxerbaum brings with him a ...

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 ...

Here are some talking points for this weekend’s holiday parties. Jason Scoggins, a partner at the literary management and production company Protocol, has compiled what he readily admits is a ...

A24 has won the auction for an untitled erotic thriller spec by Dylan Brady. Nicole Kidman is among stars in talks to star.

Hollywood has long been inhospitable to women, and it is only getting worse for those who are also aspiring screenwriters. According to Suzana Orozco’s analysis of recent sales of spec scripts — ...