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Screenwriter, author, director, Warhammer fanatic. Reps: UTA, Circle Management. UK born, Hollywood bred…

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Latest posts by jakethornton.bsky.social on Bluesky

I haven’t really been here much. How’s it all going?

24.01.2025 04:58 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 2

My next spec:

A struggling screenwriter lands the opportunity of a lifetime when a power-hungry studio executive offers to greenlight his dream project—on one condition: he must assassinate the studio head to help the executive take over.

I call it:

Execution Dependent

24.12.2024 00:17 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0

Yo! I’m a working screenwriter who writes in the action and genre spaces and in live in Camas, WA.

21.12.2024 01:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yay

20.12.2024 05:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven’t been here.

What’s new?

20.12.2024 05:08 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh good!!! Sorry I haven’t been in here much. :)

20.12.2024 05:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My gun toting John Krasinski spec that I haven’t written…

09.12.2024 01:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I asked ChatGPT to come up with what it thinks I look like based on our interactions.

This is the result.

08.12.2024 20:41 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 1

You’re so welcome! It’s gonna be great. :)

05.12.2024 00:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*complete

04.12.2024 23:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My short film, Mother Up, is now compete and I’ve started submitting it to festivals. Yay!

Year goal achieved!

04.12.2024 23:38 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Reading the spec I finished five weeks ago after popping it in the drawer, and I don’t hate it! Hurray!

#scriptsky #screenwriting

03.12.2024 18:17 — 👍 25    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😆

24.11.2024 01:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All the cool kids…

24.11.2024 01:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I always say scriptsky like Banksy.

#scriptsky

23.11.2024 17:08 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0
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two men are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy ALT: two men are sitting in front of a crowd talking about strategy
23.11.2024 03:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You know it…

23.11.2024 03:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy Friday everyone. It’s been a week of ups and downs, but I’m heading into thanksgiving with good news. Final stretch of the year is here, and I’m determined to finish strong.

22.11.2024 22:00 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

😂 me too!

22.11.2024 19:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Came up with another banging movie idea today.

Oh where will I find the time!!

No. Seriously…

#screenwriting

22.11.2024 03:17 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do it!!!!

22.11.2024 01:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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AI Thriller Spec Script Snapped Up in $3 Million Sale to Fifth Season, Makeready (Exclusive) The production company and banner have preemptively picked up 'Alignment,' a spec script by Natan Dotan, a man who until a week ago had no representation.

Write your spec!

#scriptsky

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

22.11.2024 01:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Haha

22.11.2024 00:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😂

22.11.2024 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let’s have another Bluesky debate about it!!!

22.11.2024 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

So I’m gonna amend it. Nix “can” and replace it with “scanning”

22.11.2024 00:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hmmm modal verb…

(This shit always confused me at school…)

22.11.2024 00:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

“…as far as the eye can see…”

Doesn’t feel like a verb here. But the definition is:

can
verb

be able to.
"they can run fast"

But… yeah… 🤷

22.11.2024 00:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I was surprised too so I googled it… but yeah. Feels odd.

22.11.2024 00:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

😂

22.11.2024 00:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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