2025, Feature, Sci-Fi
Bugonia
Screenplay by Will Tracy.
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A way into the pages
Look at how an extended encounter is broken into changing objectives. Note when a new scene heading does more than mark a change of room.
The shape of this draft
Measured with engine 1.6 from the draft held in our 427-feature research release. Comparisons use the eligible sample for each measure. They describe this selected corpus; they are not targets or quality scores.
Pages
103
Held-PDF pages, including covers and front matter; not numbered story pages or film running time.
The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 106–131; the median line is 117. n = 427.
Explore the pages benchmarkScenes
184
Scenes identified from the headings in this draft.
The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 95–162; the median line is 124. n = 344.
Explore the scenes benchmarkLocations
96
Distinct normalised locations, not shooting locations or sets.
The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 44.8–81.3; the median line is 60. n = 344.
Explore the locations benchmarkSpeaking characters
23
Distinct speaking cues after normalisation, not cast size.
The dot is this draft. The shaded middle half of the corpus spans 31–54; the median line is 42. n = 227.
Explore the speaking characters benchmarkSources and limitations
These measurements describe one available screenplay draft, which may differ from the finished film. Automatic extraction can misread formatting even when a measurement passes our checks. The screenplay itself is available through the account-based reader.
Credits were reviewed on 20 September 2026 separately from the frozen measurements. Source-book and story credits are not treated as screenplay credits.
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The PreList Industry Intelligence (2026). Bugonia (2025): screenplay measurements. https://www.theprelist.io/scripts/bugonia-2025. Measurements: anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-11-v6. Credits and reading guide: screenplay-directory-2026-11-v3.
Licensed CC BY 4.0 (measurements only; screenplay and artwork excluded): reuse the figures, charts and dataset with attribution and a link back to this page. Snapshot anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-11-v6; every number above traces to it. Screenplay text and third-party imagery are not included in this licence.