When it was time to send the script for Weapons out, Zach Cregger wanted to control who could read it and when. This was going to be a hot spec, and they didn't want details to leak out, and they certainly didn't wait for AI to suck it up and summarize it. They wanted producers who believed in their work and were passionate about it. So Cregger used a new program in order to make sure this was a safe and secure process. Let's dive in. What is Embershot? Like I said up top, Weapons was a secret script that Cregger and his team wanted answers on ASAP. So, to send it out, they did something new. Cregger told The Hollywood Reporter, "Roy [Lee] and I hatched a plan where we would distribute it to all of the studios at the exact same time, through this program called Ember shot. It is a very secure software where you can only read [a screenplay] through the app. We told everybody: “We’re going to give you this script at 8 a.m. on Monday.” We gave it to all the studios, and at 9:30, [Warners co-chief] Mike De Luca called me and was like, “I have to make this movie with you.” It happened very fast, and by that afternoon, it was done. It was a half-a-day of craziness. It was exciting that day, don’t get me wrong, but the stress didn’t shed until a week later, and then I was like, “Wow,...
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