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This is why you see both producers and studios listed on all of these deals, or a financier in the case of Alignment.
Now back to the relationships within these scripts. If concepts are what draw people to a script, then the relationships within the script are what lock down their interest.
Clean Break is a clear two-hander, Alignment is a time-sensitive thriller in the vein of Margin Call which had a small cast, Three Hitmen and a Baby centers on three hitmen and a baby, and so on. The core of any story, no matter how “loud” the concept, is the relationships and arcs of its characters. You don’t just want all “flash” to win over executives.
