BlueCat Writers Blog

Straight Outta Compton - Blue's Beats #24 F. Gary Gray's NWA biopic, Straight Outta Compton, was one of 2015's biggest and best surprise hits. The film chronicles the creation, dissolution, and near re-birth of the popular hip hop group that defined a...

2016 Screenplay Quarter-FinalistsWe are proud to announce the 2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Quarter-Finalists! Congratulations to everyone who has placed, and a special thanks to all of you who submitted your screenplays! This year, we received a total...

BlueCat Alum Zeke Farrow's New Film to Premiere at 2016 SXSWBlueCat Alumnus Zeke Farrow’s latest project, Before the Sun Explodes, which he co-wrote and produced with Debra Eisenstadt, will have its World Premiere at the 2016 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in...

2016 Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesThe 2016 Oscar nominations have been announced! Read four of the five scripts nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay before the show on Sunday, February 28th, 2016!*Drew Goddard's script for The Martian, adapted from the...

2016 Best Original Screenplay NomineesThe 2016 Oscar nominations have been announced! Read the scripts nominated for Best Original Screenplay before the show on Sunday, February 28th, 2016! Bridge of Spies - Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel...

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - BlueCat ReviewI’m not sure anyone expected the release of a new Star Wars film to be met with anything other than unfettered excitement and enthusiasm. However, I also can’t imagine that the latest installment, Star Wars...

Finalist Producing Alzheimers Documentary BlueCat finalist, Vicki Speegle, is producing a documentary, In the Night I Remember Your Name, the story of her mother, a gay activist and pastor, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2005."My Mom was a wife and a...

10 Week First Draft Online Course with Gordy Hoffman Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat Founder and Judge, and award winning screenwriter and director (LOVE LIZA, DOG BOWL, A COAT OF SNOW) will lead an extensive, online screenwriting course this Spring.The First Draft...

James Bond Finds Himself Stuck in the Past in SPECTRE - BlueCat Review The name is Bond, James Bond, a moniker bestowed to Daniel Craig with the 2006 reinvigoration of the 007 franchise, Casino Royale, a sharp departure from where we had last left the super...

Gordy Hoffman Talks Dog Bowl on Irish Radio Show Arena With Seán Rocks BlueCat founder and Judge, Gordy Hoffman, recently joined Seán Rocks on the Irish radio show, Arena, to discuss his short film Dog Bowl, which will have its Irish Premiere at...

DOG BOWL Festival Screenings - Gordy Hoffman's Short Film November is the month of Dog Bowl!In Dog Bowl, written and directed by BlueCat founder and judge, Gordy Hoffman, a heartbroken girl spiraling through life stumbles upon the true nature of her...

5 Halloween Scripts for your #FridayReadsIt’s Friday! So, sit back and enjoy a few good scripts just in time for Halloween! BlueCat has compiled a list of 5 horror, or horror themed, screenplays for your Friday reading...

St. Louis International Film Festival | Gordy Hoffman and BlueCat Semi-Finalist in Same ProgramDog Bowl, written and directed by BlueCat founder and judge, Gordy Hoffman, has been accepted to the 2015 St. Louis International Film Festival alongside BlueCat...

The Cabin in the Woods - Blue's Beats #23 It's nearly Halloween, so why not sit back and enjoy a good horror script? Drew Goddard's The Cabin in the Woods is one of the great contemporary horror films, serving as a worthy pastiche of classic eighties horror...

Selling Your Screenplay Podcast Episode 095: Gordy Hoffman BlueCat founder Gordy Hoffman recently appeared on Ashley Scott Meyers' Selling Your Screenplay Podcast episode 095. During the interview, Gordy discussed how to successfully launch a Kickstarter campaign,...

Dog Bowl at the Valley Film Festival  Dog Bowl, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, written and directed by BlueCat Founder and Judge Gordy Hoffman, is returning to Los Angeles this Friday, October 23rd at the Valley Film Festival!Established...

Ex Machina - BLUE'S BEATS #22 Alex Garland both wrote and directed the 2015 sci-fi thriller, Ex Machina, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac. Exploring themes of choice and humanity, the film opened modestly, but to critical...

October ScriptChat with Gordy Hoffman Join BlueCat Founder and Judge, Gordy Hoffman, in this week's #ScriptChat where he will discuss transparency and integrity in judging screenplay competitions."ScriptChat provides a platform for the screenwriting community to...

Whiplash - BLUE'S BEATS #21 Released in 2014, Whiplash stars Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons as a student and his unconventional band teacher. Damien Chazelle both wrote and directed the film, which was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay,...

Serenity - BLUE'S BEATS #20 Ten years ago, on September 30th, Joss Whedon's Serenity hit theaters. It was a modest success at the box office, but was well regarded amongst fans of Whedon's short-lived, cult status television show, Firefly, which introduces...