“Unlocking Tinseltown: The Surprising Lessons Behind 5 Blockbuster Spec Sales!”
When a script goes out to producers, they often don’t have a lot of time to read the script and make an offer before their competitors. So the stronger and more marketable a concept is, the better.
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2. Relationships Lock the Sale
When we’re talking about “relationships,” we’re talking about within the script through significant roles in the spec market.
As a quick briefer on that, when a representative has a script they want to “take out to the town,” they reach out to their connections who are set up with deals or strong relationships at specific studios. A producer could also take a spec script out to other producers with studio deals or studios directly if they have the relationships.