“Unlocking Tinseltown: The Surprising Lessons Behind 5 Blockbuster Spec Sales!”
1. Concept Is King
All of these scripts have strong concepts so they stand out even if you haven’t read the script. For some of them, you don’t even need a logline, like Three Hitmen and a Baby. You know what that story is, the tone, the general characters, the setpieces, etc.
In the case of Love Your Life, which doesn’t necessarily have big setpieces or a clear structure from the concept, you still can reference successful “comps”, like Eat Pray Love, that excite studios and big-name actors.
For Alignment, thrillers are typically strong concepts but you combine that with the topic of AI, which is so hotly debated right now, and “global catastrophe,” and you have something that gives people a sense of urgency to see the film early on.
