I just finished a new spec script, and one of the things I really tried to do this time was to make sure each scene ...

Catherine McGrotty gives an update from the Open Call reading and shares a few pointers about which scripts are cutting ...

I worked as a script reader (back when human beings were still doing that kind of thing) and I never DNF'd a script. But there were times I wanted to, simply because the writing and/or story wasn't ...

In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing. Giving helpful notes with observations on the merits of the ...

Callaia provides analysis and feedback on scripts in seconds. But, as AI models are trained to be, it might be too nice to be truly useful. Every day across Hollywood, scores of film school graduates ...

Maddaus’ report, available in Variety’s Oct. 15 print edition and at Variety.com, reveals that the Editors Guild recently arranged a human vs. computer test of professional script readers against ...