Hollywood ‘spec script’

Independent producer Lawrence Grey, right, works with a writer, Zak Olkewitz, left, at The Last Bookstore, in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Six months later, in March, he sold the screenplay for “Winter’s Knight” the same way, for the same price.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)