What is a Spec Script? I think it's worth saying that ‘spec’ is short for speculative, which basically means writing something that you've not been asked to write and usually you're not being ...

The very idea of a spec script -- an original script written by an aspiring or low-level TV writer for a show already on the air -- is one of the television industry’s great paradoxes.

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 ...

The once-mighty movie “spec” script, long a source of some of Hollywood’s most-beloved films, was pronounced dead after a lengthy illness. As befits many screen legends, the spec script died ...

The production company and banner have preemptively picked up 'Alignment,' a spec script by Natan Dotan, a man who until a week ago had no representation. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer An ...

It was Reddick’s favorite at the time, and he wrote the original story as a spec script for the show to land a TV agent before producer Chris Bender recommended he develop it as a feature.

It’s enough to make executives or aspiring screenplay authors dream of the heady spec script deals of the 1990s. In a deal that shakes up a sleepy Hollywood before the holidays, Fifth Season and ...