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.

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 — ...

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios just won a battle for Love of Your Life, a spec by Nyad scribe Julia Cox, Deadline hears. Love of Your Life has been the talk of town this Halloween, and sources said the ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures are quietly in the process of buying a "Wonder Woman" spec script from newcomers Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, ...

THE BUSINESS: Original material is hot again as money flows after a long strike hangover. By Jay A. Fernandez, Borys Kit It’s a sign of just how far the spec market has fallen that even a glimmer of ...

In his first deal since landing a record setting $4 million in 1994 for “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” Black will make his directing debut at Warner Bros. on his noir drama script “You’ll Never Die in ...

Walt Disney Pictures has bought an untitled adult treasure hunt spec script by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen. Chris Bender and JC Spink's Benderspink, Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot's Offspring as well ...

In 2007, I Am Legend, which starred Will Smith ("Six Degrees of Separation") as 'Dr. Robert Neville', earned Warner Bros. $586 million at the worldwide box office. Then in 2012, Warner Bros. decided ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stampede Ventures has acquired the rights to Brandon Constantine’s spec script, Lady Krylon, in a competitive situation, tapping Grant Torre and Reed Simmons to shepherd its development for ...