Catherine McGrotty gives an update from the Open Call reading and shares a few pointers about which scripts are cutting through, from her point of view.

Here at BBC Writersroom, we are frequently asked about our reading team – who they are, what they do and how they assess the many thousands of scripts that come into the BBC every year. Here at BBC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Morris Chapdelaine always has a daunting stack of scripts on his desk. As an indie producer, he reads about three a week and farms ...

Andrew Zinnes is a screenwriter, author, and consultant with experience in film and TV, including roles as a development executive for Norman Lear (the one and only). Zinnes has been involved in ...

Maddaus’ report, available in Variety’s Oct. 15 print edition and at Variety.com, reveals that the Editors Guild recently arranged a human vs. computer test of professional script readers against ...

Exclusive: A new study tries to answer what Hollywood's anonymous gatekeepers think makes a great screenplay. Studios, producers and agencies receive countless spec scripts – original feature length ...

Morris Chapdelaine always has a daunting stack of scripts on his desk. As an indie producer, he reads about three a week and farms out the rest to interns and film students, who send back detailed ...

In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing. Giving helpful notes with observations on the merits of the ...