Announcing the FIRST Slate of
Gauntlet Endorsed Scripts!

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Industry Chosen

Each script in our first slate averages more than 20 endorsements
from people the industry trusts and relies upon.

Approaching Sunset
Dennis Coleman

Gargantuan I.P....

Brew
Kimberly Dilts

Monty Python but funnier...

The Devil and Dick Gregory
Sean Slater

The first Civil Rights story from a comedian's POV...

From the Shadows to the Sun
B. Jack Azadi

'Badass' script has a rep for making the most readers cry...

The Ghost Wedding
Sining Xiang & Patrick Boyd

Evergreen horror with an idea so big it transcends its genre...

The Scrunchie Movie
Charles Haine

Barbie-sized I.P....

These Dark Places
Mark Garbett

This thriller shocked readers with its cosmically creepy psycho...

Toska
Tom Groneberg & Ryan Bell

The timely relevance of this one is extraordinary...

While Owls Sleep
Nick Batchelder

The most anti-fascist script ever...

Endorsements are all from top screenwriters, producers, and gatekeepers for some of the biggest companies
including Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO, Sony, Lucasfilm, Miramax, STX, Skydance, and more.

Approaching Sunset
by Dennis Coleman

This script about a rapidly changing Hollywood feels more timely than ever, blending poignant meta-commentary with high drama, exhilaration, and the inevitable tragedy showbiz so often delivers. The writer deftly uses figures like Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D.M. Marshman to symbolize a generational shift, much like Sunset Blvd. itself reflected the end of an era.

— Micah Goldman (Story Analyst for Magenta Light)

Brew
by Kimberly Dilts

In an era where laugh-out-loud comedies with mainstream appeal seem to have gone extinct, this movie is a breath of fresh air. Filled with witty dialogue, funny situations, physical humor, satire, and a large number of fantastic female roles, this script reminds you how wonderful a great comedy can be.

— Alex Stein (Story Analyst for Lucasfilm)

The Devil and Dick Gregory
by Sean Slater

"The Devil and Dick Gregory" pulls off an impossible task, telling a true story bio-pic while making it as compelling as a crime thriller. Every character jumps off the page, every character is surprising and rendered in full color, complicated and never simplistic. This script is timely and completely relevant to today, bringing to life for the audience a moment when courage was required and lives were lost in the fight for civil rights.

— Dana Stevens (Screenwriter - The Woman King)

From the Shadows to the Sun
by B. Jack Azadi

From The Shadows To The Sun stands out from the hundreds of scripts I've read in my ten-year career as a story analyst. It's one of the very best. This is a topical story that combines the beats of an action movie with the heart of a personal journey through the hell of ISIS-torn Syria & Iraq. From The Shadows To The Sun is a story of courage and hope in a land and time when those are in short supply.

— James Chatterton (Story Analyst for HBO)

The Ghost Wedding
by Sining Xiang & Patrick Boyd

This has the potential to be the next big horror hit from A24 or Neon. "The Ghost Wedding" is high-concept horror that explores an obscure ancestral practice and pairs it with a powerful family drama about death and grief in 1980s San Francisco during the AIDS epidemic. It juxtaposes themes of tradition with LGBT+ struggles and a profound love story, and its eerie take on the afterlife is full of spooky atmosphere.

— Heloise Wilson (Script Consultant for Netflix and Lionsgate)

The Scrunchie Movie
by Charles Haine

Full of deeply relatable characters with motivations both comical and endearing in their simplicity, this is a sophisticated product-biopic that will make you wonder what all that BARBIE fuss was about. A tightly structured narrative with a protagonist you love to root for.

— Jeff Kennedy (Story Analyst for Tradition Pictures)

These Dark Places
by Mark Garbett

With shades of THE VANISHING and a 3rd Act that pays homage to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in all the right, dark, and macabre ways, this is a lean, mean, and menacing thriller about one woman's fearless journey into the darkest reaches of man's mind - and of her own grief. In a post-WEAPONS world, it's clear that, with the right filmmaker, there's an audience for stories like this.

— Clarence Hammond (Producer)

Toska
by Tom Groneberg & Ryan Bell

An anti-Western of sorts that transplants American cowboys to the rough and tumble pastures of Russia on the eve of conflict in the Ukraine. The script combines a vividly drawn sense of place with an appropriately laconic humor and a heart-rending star-crossed romance.

— Peter Hanrahan (Story Analyst for UTA)

While Owls Sleep
by Nick Batchelder

Quite likely the best script I've read on The Gauntlet. Absorbing and intelligent, with excellent plotting, vivid characters, and about a piece of history I knew next to nothing about. Strong endorsement.

— Brian Gunn (Screenwriter - Brightburn)

Access to the full list of endorsements and script is available to established agencies, studios, and production companies that have received a Gauntlet Industry Access invitation box. To inquire about eligibility, please contact access@scripthop.com.

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Brian Gunn

Peter Hanrahan

Jim Herzfeld

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Randy McKinnon

Jason Newman

Gladys Rodriguez

Chris Schwartz

Ed Solomon

Dana Stevens

Jim Uhls

CJ Walley

Amy Wang

Ivan Williams

David Zucker

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