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.

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 '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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: In its first spec deal, Amazon Studios has acquired The Wall, a script by Dwain Worrell about a deadly cat-and-mouse contest waged by an American sharpshooter and the Iraqi sniper who has ...

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment emerged from a competitive auction with a deal for the spec Life Itself, a script that Dan Fogelman wrote and will direct. FilmNation will fully finance, produce ...

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, ...

He probably couldn't be worse than Charles Barkley. Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Chadwick Boseman, upcoming fourth-timer Paul Rudd — seems like nearly every major “Avengers” star ...

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 ...

Independent producer Lawrence Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios. Six months later, in March, he sold the screenplay for ...