OPPENHEIMER or ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER or Scorsese is a bit different. They've earned their epic + obviously have the chops to pull it off. But so many movies have egregious runtimes nowadays. It's killing their movies and possibly the movies altogether. 1 hour 40 minute flicks are easier to catch.

Screenwriters can be a fatalistic lot, often convinced that good outcomes no longer happen. So IMO it's important to constantly focus on big screenwriter wins. Helps you keep your eyes on the prize and block out the panic.

Erotic thrillers really seem to sell and are almost always written by women.

Love that you get both GODFATHER 1 & 2 in there. Why choose when you can have both? NETWORK also a classic.

There was a romcom spec a little while back. Yeah. And a lot of the less buzzy, smaller deals aren’t reported so who knows. The getting “set up” stuff, options, etc.

Mission Impossible.

Major reconstructive surgery is tough! But it shows you aren’t settling and will get this plot to the right place.

Impossible bar to clear. I did just kinda wish it was NICE GUYS 2 but also good for that spec writer!