How ‘May December’ screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot with their first produced spec script

Todd Haynes with Charles Melton and Julianne Moore on the set of 'May December'

Source: François Duhamel / Courtesy of Netflix

Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik’s Oscar-nominated May December is inspired by a scandal from their youth.

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