The Wire
Today in the business
Greenlights, sales, executive moves, festival intel, and craft video — pulled straight from the trades every day and sorted for people who write the pages.
Don Franco on the floor · tap him for a tip
Don Chuy says
“Read the room before you pitch it, jefe. A great script sent to the wrong buyer is just an expensive PDF.”
Everything moving in the business today.
Where this comes from
The Wire aggregates public headlines from the industry trades. Stories open on the publisher's own site — we never republish their work.
Deadline — Film
Fastest reporting on what got greenlit and who attached.
Deadline — TV
Series orders, pilot pickups, and staffing news.
Deadline — Business
Studio restructures and exec moves — your pitch list changing in real time.
Variety
Trade of record for sales, packaging, and market activity.
The Hollywood Reporter
Deep reporting on the people making the buying decisions.
IndieWire
Independent film, festivals, and how filmmakers actually got it made.
Screen Daily
International markets, co-productions, and territory sales.
Film Courage
Daily long-form interviews with working screenwriters, producers, and reps.
Sundance Institute
Labs, panels, and craft conversations from the people who fund new voices.
TheWrap
Sharp coverage of studio business, streaming spend, and who is buying.
/Film
Filmmaker interviews and script-level breakdowns of new releases.
No Film School
Practical craft and career pieces written for working writers and directors.
Filmmaker Magazine
Independent-film process reporting, from first draft to festival premiere.
Script Magazine
Screenwriting-only craft columns, contests, and pitch advice.
Go Into The Story (The Black List)
The Black List's own daily screenwriting blog — the best free craft archive online.
John August
Scriptnotes host and working feature writer on format, process, and the business.
Cartoon Brew
Animation orders and studio news — an under-served market that still buys scripts.
Awards Daily
Season-long tracking of which screenplays the industry is actually rewarding.
RogerEbert.com
Criticism that teaches structure by showing you where films succeed and fail.
The A.V. Club
Television criticism episode by episode — a free education in serialised storytelling.
Script Angel
Development-executive perspective on why scripts get passed on.
From the Craft Desk
- Why Readers Pass On Your Script (Nine Reasons, In Order)
- How to Write a Logline That Actually Sells the Script
- How Long Should a Screenplay Be? The Page Counts That Get Read
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