note: Medieval review will not be posted until 9am PT. Remember everyone: Tomorrow, Scott Myers and I from Go Into The Story are reviewing Medieval which we gave you last Friday. You should have read the script and prepared your comments, which you will post on either mine or Scott’s blog tomorrow after our dual-review. [...]
Genre: Buddy CopPremise: Two veteran LAPD detectives attempt to track down a stolen, mint-condition, 1952 baseball card.About: Kevin Smith became interested in directing this which makes it – I believe – his first directing gig on a film he didn’t write. Once Smith hopped onboard, Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis signed on. Yes, you heard [...]
note: The interview originally slated for today has been moved to Saturday. Wanna make sure you guys get 5 reviews this week. Genre: Drama Premise: Two college students who’ve experienced recent loss fall in love and heal their fractured families. About: Landing on last year’s Black List with 6 votes, this was just recently picked [...]
Genre: High School Rom-Com Premise: A nerd and a cheerleader explore four years of high school as best friends. About: Landed on the 2007 Black List with 7 votes, I believe this sold last year. It will be directed by controversial director and all around nutball David O. Russel (I Heart Huckabees, Three Kings). Writers: [...]
So someone mentioned “Scrippets” to me, which allows me to cut and paste dialogue from the scripts I’m reviewing, throw them in my reviews, and retain the formatting. I’d like to be able to do this for obvious reasons but Blogger no seem to like the “scrippet” code. According to them, I should be able [...]
Genre: Comedy Premise: When the greatest zookeeper in the world considers quitting because women don’t dig his job, the animals of the zoo band together to find him a mate. About: Yes, here it is folks: The 2 million (against 3 million) dollar script. Writers: Jay Scherick & David Ronn Welcome to our final script [...]
The Outsider is here. A mysterious script reader who’s harder to find than the island on Lost. People believe I’m tough on scripts. Well, they’ve never met The Outsider. This is how he/she describes him/herself: THE OUTSIDER devours scripts like a newborn sucks on a tit, which is to say, virtually non-stop. She/he/it is a [...]
Hello everyone. Lots to talk about for this upcoming week so what I’m going to do is get a little anal and make a list! 1) LOGLINE CONTEST – An idea I wanna throw out there is a monthly (or bi-monthly?) logline contest. Where you guys would send in your loglines and I would pick [...]
Genre: Historical Action/Adventure Premise: A forgotten king fights to take back his kingdom. About: These days it’s hard to find bidding wars in Hollywood. Studios are getting cheap. But Friday was an exception as Warner Brothers battled it out with Paramount for the spec script, “Odysseus”. I’m not sure how much it sold for but [...]
note: Scroll down to see Friday’s review of “The Long Run” Scott’s going to kill me for posting this so early but I was supposed to post it at 9am my time and I know that there’s no way in hell I’m going to be up at 9am. So it’s now or never. The Scott [...]
Genre: DramaPremise: A journalist helps clear an inmate on death row and the two become friends. But when the inmate runs for office, the journalist begins to suspect he may have been duped.About: This sold for enough money to buy a decent two-bedroom condo in Brentwood (low seven figures). Will Smith is said to be [...]
Just a quick update to alert you guys to “Go Into The Story” where I give a brief interview (9am EST). These bits and pieces I share are precious because I rarely reveal anything to the public. So take advantage dammit. Also, Scott Myers and I will start doing something that we think is kinda [...]
Genre: Le ComedieSynopsis: Le man est angrie deteste le grand ball nous live on. Salut.About: Sold for uno million dollars, this Western European jaunt will star Jim Carrey and be directed by Juno’s Jason Reitman (no, contrary to popular belief, Diablo Cody did not direct Juno). With Fox Atomic having a nuclear meltdown, I’m not [...]
Genre: “Comedy” – important to note the quotationsSynopsis: I couldn’t even fucking tell you.About: I’m shaking my head as I write this. This…script…sold for 850k against 1.6 million (dollars, not pesos)!!!Writer: Jack Amiel & Michael Begler Welcome to script 3 of 5 of our top selling scripts of 2008 list. I know there are some [...]
When I first got to LA, I was warned about the parking police. People told me very specifically, “Don’t fuck with parking out here.” I laughed at them. “Parking?”, I said, “How bad can it be?” I’m from Chicago, where you can actually park on a fire hydrant and they won’t ticket you. Even if [...]
Genre: DramaSynopsis: A man with a dark past must exact revenge on his brother’s killer.About: Sold for 650k against 1.1 mil. To star Leonardo DiCaprio. Ridley Scott to direct. The writer sold the script all the way from Pennsylvania. But don’t be fooled. Inglelsby spent 2 years at the prestigious American Film Institute (great school [...]
Genre: ComedySynopsis: The most badass dude on the planet must find a kidnapped billionaire before it’s too late.About: Sold for 500k against 1 mil.Writer: Chad Kultgen (I originally posted the write as “Zane Smith”. This was incorrect) Another well-known badass Welcome to Huge Spec Sales of 2008 Week. Let’s get started with Dan Minter shall [...]
So this week is going to be fun. I’m going to review five of the top selling specs from 2008, starting with the lowest and ending with the highest on Friday. That particular script went for 2 million against 3 million. As I would’ve said back in third grade: Dayum! (actually I only have to [...]
Genre: Sci-fi Dark ComedySynopsis: A spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant planet has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result, a single passenger is awakened 90 years before anyone else. Faced with the prospect of growing old and dying alone, he wakes up a second passenger that he’s fallen [...]
Just wanted to say hi to the people coming over from Scott Myers’ blog, “Go Into The Story“. Scott loves writers who read and you’ll find no better blog for script-reading than Scriptshadow. I welcome you guys and hope you stick around. Scott and I plan to do some cool things in the future so [...]
