An unknown writer, a fast-rising feeding frenzy, and a true multimillion-dollar deal. It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s.

We all have that script. The one we poured our blood, sweat, and a dangerous amount of coffee into—it's the spec we're sure will sell if it just gets ready the right people. But how does that actually ...

Before “Final Destination,” cheating death never seemed so fun. Directed by James Wong from a screenplay he wrote with Glen Morgan, based on a story by Jeffrey Reddick, the film came out of nowhere on ...

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 ...

So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal and a filmmaker deal, all of them splashy. Now comes the splashy spec script deal. Paramount has aggressively picked ...