The buyer corridor your coverage never gave you.
A crime comedy feature. Strong craft, real voice. But the finding that mattered wasn't about the writing — it was about the where.
The first dev|cut. beta case study came in as a crime comedy feature. Think a modern Grosse Pointe Blank — dark instincts, real heart, the kind of script that holds from page one to the last. The craft was there. But the finding worth sharing wasn't about craft.
What this writer needed was off the page. The where.
dev|cut. coverage identified the buyer corridor: A24. Neon. Searchlight. The prestige-comedy space that's been searching for the next In Bruges for the last decade. Not a guess — a read of current slates and recent acquisition patterns in that lane.
That's market intelligence built into the coverage itself.
It tells a writer where their script lives right now. It tells a rep which room to walk it into. It tells a producer what they're actually evaluating. Traditional coverage gives you a grade. dev|cut. goes further. It offers a map of where the script belongs.
That's the thing coverage has never given before. That's what we're building.
Closed beta is ongoing. If you've got a script and want to know where it lives — devcut.io
[Soon] The story continues... — Brian Hanford, Writer & Founder, dev|cut.™ · devcut.io
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