Here’s an interesting writing site — Popcorn Fiction:

This site grew out of a love for pulpy short fiction that used to dominate popular magazines in the mid-20th Century. As a screenwriter, my partner and I have been tasked with adapting several of these for the big screen, including stories from Elmore Leonard and Richard Matheson and Donald Hamilton. Friends of ours have adapted Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov and Stephen King. I’ve also been listening to a great deal of classic radio, from The Shadow and Have Gun Will Travel to X Minus One and Suspense. I wanted to create a place where new popular short fiction could flourish, and Hollywood could have a new resource for cultivating great ideas. Not every story is a crime or science fiction story, but each is infinitely readable. I’ve commissioned some very talented authors to take a stab at the form, and look forward to publishing them here in the months ahead. Thanks… hope you enjoy.

That summary is written by Derek Haas, a screenwriter whose credits include 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Wanted (2008).

Haas can now add another movie project to his list: “Shake”, a short story he penned and posted on Popcorn Fiction. Just set it up per the Hollywood Reporter:

Things keep popping for screenwriter Derek Haas.

Jerry Bruckheimer has just bought the rights to a short story Haas wrote called “Shake” and hired the writer and his regular collaborator Michael Brandt to expand it into a feature screenplay. The deal was for more than seven figures.

Seven figures. Read the story. A clean, interesting high concept. And Haas is not the only screenwriter posting stories on Popcorn Fiction:

The origin of Haas’ story was a new site called Popcornfiction.com that he recently created for TV and film writers to showcase their pulpy short fiction. Among the contributors are Craig Mazin (“Superhero Movie”), Scott Frank (“The Lookout”), Jeff Lowell (“Over Her Dead Body”) and Nichelle D. Tramble (“Women’s Murder Club”).

Another website to bookmark and track. And good for Haas for his creative vision with the very cool Popcorn Fiction.