Inside Studio Coverage: How Story Analysts Evaluate Scripts at Major Studios

Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman sit down with long-time Universal Pictures Story Analyst, Ray Kolasa, to chat about the process a script goes through when it's sent to a studio, from submission, development to production. What do studios look for, what scripts work and don't work, and what writing lessons are there to learn from someone whose read thousands of scripts at the studio level? Questions / Comments: ActTwoWriters@gmail.com Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist

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Inside Studio Coverage: How Story Analysts Evaluate Scripts at Major Studios is an episode from Act Two Podcast by Tasha Huo & Josh Hallman.

This episode is 49:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2026.

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