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Script written without prior request
A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned and unsolicited screenplay. It is usually written by a screenwriter who hopes
Spec_script
Person who writes for films, TV shows, comics, and games
on spec"), practicing their screenwriting with no guaranteed financial compensation. If one of these scripts is sold, it is called a spec script. Amateur
Screenwriter
Art and craft of writing screenplays
most common forms of screenwriting jobs include: Spec scripts are feature film or television show scripts written without the commission of, but is on speculation
Screenwriting
Screenplay used during film production
what footage to shoot to help tell the story. Shooting scripts are distinct from spec scripts in that they make use of scene numbers (along with certain
Shooting_script
2025 American film by Zach Cregger
commercial success of his film Barbarian (2022), Cregger began working on the spec script for Weapons. It prompted a bidding war between several studios, with
Weapons_(2025_film)
Written action and dialogue for visual media
reference is The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats. A speculative screenplay or "spec script" is a script written to be sold on the open market with
Screenplay
American filmmaker
(2017), Love and Monsters, and Underwater (both 2020). He has had several spec scripts featured on The Black List, an industry log of highly regarded but unproduced
Brian_Duffield
2005 horror film
Bota, the original script was written by Neal Marshall Stevens. As with Hellraiser: Hellseeker it began as an unrelated spec script, which was subsequently
Hellraiser:_Deader
1984 film by Joe Dante
spec script. However Gizmo— originally called Lefty, as well as the snowplow scene were conceived by writer John Sayles. Who assisted with the script
Gremlins
2018 film by Julius Onah
Particle, a spec script from Oren Uziel, which had the main plot of the space-station crew but was unconnected to Cloverfield. The script was acquired
The_Cloverfield_Paradox
American screenwriter (born 1971)
Definitive Spec Script Sales List (1991–2012): 2000". Medium. Retrieved 2022-09-15. "Crackerjack". Myers, Scott (2018-04-10). "The Definitive Spec Script Sales
Jeff_Gutheim
Film by Len Wiseman
Hatten, who also contributed to the third and fourth films, wrote a spec script intended for a spin-off. Wiseman was appointed director in October 2019
Ballerina_(2025_film)
American screenwriter
Netflix picked up the script and Matt gave the Santa character a bigger part in the story for Kurt Russell. Lieberman's spec script, Free Guy, was bought
Matt_Lieberman
American actor (born 1979)
Dyke released a spec script titled Don't Worry Darling; the screenplay appeared on the 2019 Black List. A film based on the spec script was announced in
Shane_Van_Dyke
2005 American film by Terry Gilliam
February 2001, Ehren Kruger sold his spec script to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). With Gilliam's hiring as director, the script was rewritten by Gilliam and Tony
The_Brothers_Grimm_(film)
2000 American supernatural horror film
lives of those who were meant to die on the plane. The film began as a spec script written by Reddick for an episode of The X-Files in order for Reddick
Final_Destination_(film)
2024 film by Mouly Surya
Tone Bell, Jake Weary, Gabriel Basso, and Anthony Michael Hall. The spec script for Trigger Warning was first acquired by Thunder Road Films in June
Trigger_Warning_(film)
1981 American slasher film by Tom DeSimone
written by Randy Feldman, then a recent college graduate who shopped the spec script to several film studios, among them Irwin Yablans's Compass International
Hell_Night
American film director and screenwriter
2002, Garelick sold The Golden Tux, a spec script he co-wrote with Todd Phillips, to Dimension Films. The script caught the attention of Vince Vaughn,
Jeremy_Garelick
Topics referred to by the same term
Specs (disambiguation) Spec racing Spec script Spec's Music, a defunct South Florida-based retail music and video rental chain Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer
Spec
2026 film by Rachel Morrison
Kroll, Justin (October 31, 2024). "Amazon MGM Wins Battle For Julia Cox Spec Script 'Love Of Your Life' For Around $2 Million". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved
Love_of_Your_Life_(film)
American actor (1957–2020)
July 1986 photo spread in Playgirl magazine. The pair wrote a comedic spec script about their lives called Better Than One and shopped it to Cannon Films'
David_Paul_(actor)
2022 film by Olivia Wilde
directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Katie Silberman, based on a spec script by brothers Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke. Starring Florence Pugh
Don't_Worry_Darling
2023 film by Brian Duffield
was written as a spec script by Brian Duffield in 2019. In April 2021, it was reported that 20th Century Studios had acquired the script, with Duffield
No_One_Will_Save_You
American actor, producer, television personality and bodybuilder
July 1986 photo spread in Playgirl magazine. The pair wrote a comedic spec script about their lives called Better Than One and shopped it to Cannon Films'
Peter_Paul_(actor)
American screenwriter and producer (born 1990)
In May 2020, Tomlin sold a spec script, titled 2084, to Paramount Pictures. In September 2020, Tomlin wrote the script for Mother/Android, with the
Mattson_Tomlin
Phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place
Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising
Principal_photography
2015 film by Guillermo del Toro
mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home. In 2006, a spec script written by Del Toro and Robbins was sold to Universal Pictures, with
Crimson_Peak
American screenwriter, director, producer and author
several other sitcoms before writing the pilot episode of Mad Men as a spec script and joining the writing staff of The Sopranos prior to its fifth season
Matthew_Weiner
2000 film by M. Night Shyamalan
the two leading characters, Shyamalan began to write Unbreakable as a spec script during post-production on The Sixth Sense. Jackson recalled meeting Willis
Unbreakable_(film)
2nd episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
an idea by Michael Piller. It featured additional work taken from a spec script by Susanne Lambdin. "Family" was directed by Les Landau. Set in the 24th
Family (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Family_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
2011 American film directed by Dominic Sena
Gone in 60 Seconds. Development on the film began in 2000 when Schut's spec script was purchased by MGM. The project moved from MGM to Columbia Pictures
Season of the Witch (2011 film)
Season_of_the_Witch_(2011_film)
American buddy cop action comedy film
daughter. Development on Rush Hour began in 1995, after LaManna wrote a spec script, which was first initially sold to Hollywood Pictures with Ratner and
Rush_Hour_(1998_film)
Novel by Michael Blake
American Civil War novel by Michael Blake. Originally written as an unsold spec script, it was converted into a novel at the behest of Kevin Costner; it was
Dances_With_Wolves_(novel)
1995 film by Roger Donaldson
The Message failed to attract the studios, Feldman re-wrote it as a spec script, which ultimately led to the making of the film. The extraterrestrial
Species_(film)
Upcoming dark fantasy action film
him to support pursuing an adaptation. After Garland wrote a 160-page spec script, accompanied by forty pages of imagery, Sacco flew him to Japan to sign
Elden_Ring_(film)
American film producer
had the best information. Lee's project changed the spec script market forever. While spec scripts and pitches continued to sell, weaker material was dismissed
Roy_Lee
1998 comedy film by Peter Weir
original spec script was more of a science-fiction thriller, with the story set in New York City. Producer Scott Rudin purchased the script and set up
The_Truman_Show
2024 film by Thomas Vincent
StudioCanal and The Picture Company had acquired Role Play, a thriller spec script written by Seth Owen, based on an original idea by George Heller, to
Role_Play
2018 American film by Drew Goddard
spec script for the film in November 2016, and compiled a list of songs into his screenplay. After telling major studios to avoid buying the script if
Bad_Times_at_the_El_Royale
American horror franchise
six films, nine novels, and two comic books. It is based on an unused spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, originally written for the television series The
Final_Destination
American actor (born 1976)
Grey playing the game. In 2017, Manganiello and John Cassel wrote a spec-script for a film adaptation of the first Dragonlance novel for Warner Brothers
Joe_Manganiello
Welsh screenwriter and television producer (born 1963)
career also began with a Doctor Who submission, a spec script which he claimed was rejected by script editor Andrew Cartmel (1987–89), who suggested that
Russell_T_Davies
2009 film by Ruben Fleischer
began in 2005, when Reese and Wernick originally wrote the film as a spec script for a television pilot. Fleischer helped develop the teleplay into a
Zombieland
Release of a film or media through exclusive locations
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Limited_theatrical_release
1999 film by M. Night Shyamalan
then-president of production of Walt Disney Studios, read M. Night Shyamalan's spec script and loved it. Without obtaining corporate approval, Vogel bought the
The_Sixth_Sense
American filmmaker (born 1975)
collection of short films dealing with issues faced by young gays, and a spec script about the relationship between a straight man and a gay man. More recently
Christopher Landon (filmmaker)
Christopher_Landon_(filmmaker)
Aspect of creating a performance
script breakdown is an intermediate step in the production of a play, film, comic book, or any other work that is originally planned using a script.
Script_breakdown
American television writer and producer
unemployed for a long period. Weinstein and Oakley eventually penned a spec script for Seinfeld, after which they wrote "Marge Gets a Job", an episode of
Josh_Weinstein
1989 film by Michael Lehmann
students and staging their deaths as suicides. Waters wrote Heathers as a spec script and originally wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct the film, out of admiration
Heathers
2025 film by Justin Tipping
a free agent GiGi Erneta as Ayn Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie wrote a spec script initially titled Goat—in reference to the sports term "greatest of all
Him_(2025_film)
American actor (born 1988)
2026, it was announced that Lionsgate acquired a crocodile feature film spec script entitled, The Death Roll, for Barnstorm to produce. Powell is a licensed
Glen_Powell
Prose summary of a planned screenplay or script
of a planned screenplay for a motion picture or television program, or a script for a radio play. It is typically written during the development stage,
Film_treatment
Upcoming American action thriller film
Callan Colley as Brendan In May 2025, Miramax acquired rights to the spec script for Supermax, a high-concept action thriller written by David Weil and
Supermax_(film)
2023 film by André Øvredal
adaptation of "The Captain's Log" began when Schut wrote the initial spec script when he befriended a colleague who worked on Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Demeter
Guild of America can submit scripts to producers directly. Agents try to create buzz in the script market using spec script. With everyone in the entertainment
Script_market
Screenplay-style narrative outline for a film or television project
scriptment that was shopped around Hollywood and then subsequently turned into a book manuscript. Film treatment Step outline Screenplay Spec script "King
Scriptment
Historical action film by Ridley Scott
on the project in January 2007 with Universal Pictures' purchase of a spec script by Reiff and Voris, which would see the film focus on a more prominent
Robin_Hood_(2010_film)
2025 film by Danny Boyle
to the franchise in their creative roles. Garland originally wrote a spec script for a 28 Months Later, in which the rage virus had been weaponised by
28_Years_Later
2025 film by Scott Derrickson
Houston as Erikas Ruta Gedmintas as WWII Scientist Zach Dean wrote a spec script for The Gorge that was later voted onto the Black List of the most-liked
The_Gorge_(film)
2015 American mockumentary horror film
filmmaking, maybe there is something we can do instead of going the spec script route and hoping that the studio would take something on. We said ‘Why
Savageland
American screenwriter and producer
spec script titled Maximum King!, which focuses on Stephen King during production on his only directorial feature film, Maximum Overdrive. The script
Shay_Hatten
Use of graphics to plan a film or story
necessary. In creating a motion picture with any degree of fidelity to a script, a storyboard provides a visual layout of events as they are to be seen
Storyboard
American screenwriter
the script of feature live-action adaptation of Ball's animated short film Ruin, which Ball would also direct. In October 2012, Nowlin's spec script Our
T._S._Nowlin
2013 film by Ridley Scott
2012, it was reported that novelist Cormac McCarthy had sold his first spec script, The Counselor, to Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz
The_Counselor
1990 film by Tim Burton
then a young novelist, to write the Edward Scissorhands screenplay as a spec script. Burton was impressed with her short novel, First Born, which was "about
Edward_Scissorhands
Film production phase
original on April 11, 2022. Kit, Borys (April 12, 2016). "Max Landis' Spec Script 'Deeper' Landing at MGM". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September
Turnaround_(filmmaking)
2014 film by Doug Liman
Entertainment purchased the rights to All You Need Is Kill and sold the spec script to Warner Bros. Pictures. The studio produced Edge of Tomorrow with the
Edge_of_Tomorrow
2013 film by Denis Villeneuve
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". After Guzikowski wrote the spec script, many actors and directors entered and exited the project, including
Prisoners_(2013_film)
American film
Bull Saurabh Sachdeva Anasuya Sengupta Vipin Sharma Will Dunn wrote the spec script for The Peasant in 2023, and it was voted onto The Black List of the
The_Peasant
1993 American comedy film by Harold Ramis
Rubin conceived Groundhog Day in the early 1990s. He wrote it as a spec script to gain meetings with producers for other work. It eventually came to
Groundhog_Day_(film)
6th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files
birth and key dates on the witchcraft calendar. The episode started as a spec script written by two fans of the series. It features several references to
Sanguinarium
Capturing moving images on electronic media
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Videography
1958 film by Kurt Neumann
sci-fi spec script at RKO, which had never been produced. It became Clavell's first filmed screenplay. As Harry Spalding recalled, the script was "the
The_Fly_(1958_film)
American television writer and producer (1955–2015)
graduating became a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. Simon submitted a spec script for the sitcom Taxi, which was produced, and he later became the series'
Sam_Simon
before committing to full script pages.[citation needed] It can also be an extremely useful tool for a writer working on a spec script, and it may be shared
Step_outline
American film by Alexandre Aja
alligators during a Category 5 hurricane in Florida. Aja rewrote the spec script from the Rasmussen brothers to expand upon the story's length and characters
Crawl_(2019_film)
2002 film by Steve Beck
Ghost Ship first emerged in January 1996 as Chimera, a spec script by Mark Hanlon. This script was a relatively bloodless psychological thriller rather
Ghost_Ship_(2002_film)
1998 American film directed by Richard Donner
producer Joel Silver tried buying a new spec script titled Simon Says in hopes of rewriting it into a script for Lethal Weapon 4. Written by Jonathan
Lethal_Weapon_4
American filmmaker (born 1966)
Idaho would produce Spring Offensive, a female-led political thriller spec script by Matthew McInerny-Lacombe, acquired by 20th Century Fox, with 6th &
Matt_Reeves
2019 American fantasy television series
René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, based on Beacham's unproduced film spec script, A Killing on Carnival Row. Starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne
Carnival_Row
American screenwriter and film director
spec script Hensleigh had originally conceived as a Brandon Lee action film before the actor's death, with the working title Simon Says. The script was
Jonathan_Hensleigh
Various processes by which imagery is created
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Visual_effects
2022 film by Halina Reijn
acquired Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, a spec script written by Kristen Roupenian. In the early drafts of the original script there was a killer included, but
Bodies_Bodies_Bodies
1978 film by Irvin Kershner
screenplay was adapted (in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman) from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter; it was Carpenter's first major
Eyes_of_Laura_Mars
2011 film by Rupert Wyatt
Apes first entered development in 2006 when Jaffa and Silver wrote a spec script and sold it to 20th Century Fox, the producers and distributors of the
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes
Recorded sound accompanying a production such as a film
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Soundtrack
American screenwriter and director (born 1975)
for Best Adapted Screenplay. In November 2016, Goddard began writing a spec script for the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale, which he sold
Drew_Goddard
2014 American film directed by Chad Stahelski
Kolstad wrote a spec script titled Scorn, the inspiration for which came from two "terrible revenge movies" he had watched. The script's story centered
John_Wick_(film)
2002 horror film
McDonald as Angular Nurse Writer Michael Lent gained attention for a spec script he had written and was invited by Bob and Harvey Weinstein to pitch on
Hellraiser:_Hellseeker
American filmmaker (born 1959)
Darabont's writing after reading his spec script written for the television series M*A*S*H. The two began working on a script for a remake of the film The Blob
Frank_Darabont
1999 film by Tim Burton
unproduced spec script for Seven. Rudin optioned the project to Paramount Pictures in a deal that had Yagher set to direct, with Walker scripting; the pair
Sleepy_Hollow_(film)
2008 film by M. Night Shyamalan
Lady in the Water (2006), M. Night Shyamalan struggled to sell his next spec script entitled The Green Effect. By January 2007, it was reported several studios
The_Happening_(2008_film)
1st episode of the 1st season of Suits
her boss sexually harassed her. The series was originally written as a spec script for a half-hour drama set on Wall Street. Korsh later decided to change
Pilot_(Suits)
2009 American film
Hackett In October 2006, it was announced Screen Gems had acquired a spec script titled Armored. In October 2007, it was announced Matt Dillon and Columbus
Armored_(film)
11th episode of the 26th season of The Simpsons
Bridesmaids and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The episode originated as a spec script Apatow had written when he was 22-years-old, in the style of the first
Bart's_New_Friend
1997 film by Michael Ritchie
one night. In August 1995, The Bubble Factory acquired Jeff Rothberg's spec script for A Simple Wish about a fairy godmother who loses her magic wand in
A_Simple_Wish
2023 film by Ric Roman Waugh
2016, former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune sold his spec script Burn Run to Thunder Road Films. He based it on his experiences working
Kandahar_(2023_film)
2016 film by Dan Trachtenberg
"ultra low budget" spec script penned by Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken, titled The Cellar. The Tracking Board included the script in "The Hit List" of
10_Cloverfield_Lane
2018 coming-of-age film by Jonah Hill
announced that Jonah Hill would be making his directorial debut from his own spec script, Mid90s, a film he would not appear in. In March 2017, Lucas Hedges joined
Mid90s
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