Genre: Ghost Story/Light HorrorPremise: After a young man is killed in an apartment building, he becomes a ghost, and must save his family from the same fate. About: Erik Kripke sold Haunted to Warner Brothers earlier this year and the plan is for him to direct the film as well. Kripke is best known as [...]
Genre: Thriller/DramaPremise: A man inherits a huge piece of land in Montana only to learn that it comes with an enormous price: a longstanding blood feud with the neighbors.About: This is a 2011 Blood List script that will go into production later this year. Adam Wingard will direct (Pop Skull, A Horrible Way To Die). [...]
Genre: Romantic ComedyPremise: After 10 years of waiting for her boyfriend to propose, Sam has had enough. She grabs her shotgun, points it at her deadbeat other half, and threatens him that if he doesn’t marry her today, she’s going to kill him.About: This script finished on the lower half of the 2006 Black List. [...]
So a couple weeks ago I stirred up some emotions when I came up with the 6 month plan for selling a screenplay. I think my article was somewhat misinterpreted. I wasn’t saying that selling a script was EASY – that all you had to do was follow these steps and VOILA – 500 thousand [...]
Hey everyone. No official post today. I just wanted to write a big thank you to everyone who visits the site. And an extra big thank you to those who take the time to write out all those thoughtful comments. All of you make Scriptshadow. Enjoy the day off and prepare for tomorrow’s post, where [...]
Genre: Indie ComedyPremise: A couple of Canadian losers drive down to New York to try and sell Christmas Trees. Dumb and Dumber meets Sideways. About: Melissa James Gibson is a well-known Canadian playwright. As far as I can tell, this is her first screenplay sale. Paul Giamatti and his wife are producing the film. Giamatti [...]
Genre: ThrillerPremise: A newly separated mother finds herself attracted to the 17 year old boy who moves in next door. But when she abruptly ends the romance, he’s not ready to give up on her. About: The Boy Next Door was featured on this year’s Blood List. Barbara Curry is known for another highly acclaimed [...]
Genre: ComedyPremise: Two brothers raised to believe their father died find out their mom was lying to them and doesn’t know who their father is (due to a healthy sexual appetite in the 70s). So the two set out to find him. About: Bastards sold earlier this year to Paramount just 24 hours after being [...]
Genre: Horror-ComedyPremise: (from writer) The most reviled teen in town has 96 hours to find her soulmate or become Satan’s new bride.About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, genre, [...]
A lot of people seem to want to talk about this so I thought I’d throw up a post and let you discuss. We’ve reviewed the script twice on the site, once by Roger, who thought the script was genius, and then I reviewed it as well. The script is also ranked as #1 by [...]
A couple of weeks ago Sean O’Keefe sold his pitch, Riders On The Storm, to Fox for half a million dollars. The script is about a heist crew that pulls off sophisticated robberies during severe storms. I realized we don’t talk about pitching very much on the site, even though it’s a huge part of [...]
Genre: HorrorPremise: A Hansel and Gretel for the texting generation, Into The Dark is about a homeless brother and sister who accept the help of an older upper class woman, only to get trapped in her penthouse of horrors. About: I don’t know a lot about this script, however from what I understand, it went [...]
Genre: Fantasy/FamilyPremise: After inventor Karlheinz Indergarten’s best friend loses his imagination, he finds himself battling him many years later for control of their town. About: WKRFK finished with 3 measly votes on the 2007 Black List. But not to worry. That happens to be the exact same amount of votes that Untitled Chef Project finished [...]
Genre: Drama Premise: Two old friends who’ve chosen very different paths in life reunite for a cross-country trip, only to get marooned out in the middle of the desert. About: Kyle Killen is the writer of the top ranking Black List script of 2009, The Beaver. Killen, who had been at this screenwriting thing for [...]
Genre: Drama/ThrillerPremise: A missionary moves his family into a third world town, only to find that the locals in charge don’t want him there. About: This is our first ever REVISITING of an Amateur Friday script! — Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your [...]
So here’s the scenario. You’ve just been told you’re going to die from cancer in six months. As you sit down and consider what’s most important (family, friends, etc.) you realize that the one thing you want to do before you leave this earth is sell a screenplay. That’s been your dream. If you can [...]
Genre: ActionPremise: An undercover DEA agent and an undercover Naval officer, both unaware of each other’s status, decide to rob a bank, each for their own reasons, only to simultaneously double-cross each other afterwards, which ironically results in them having to work together to clean up the mess they created . About: The writer, Blake [...]
Genre: Comedy?Premise: Based on a true story, The Trade documents a pair of pitchers on the 1970 Yankees who traded their wives. About: This script landed high on the 2009 Black List, was purchased by Warner Brothers, and quickly got mega baseball fans Matt Damon and Ben Affleck interested. It’s written by Dave Mandel, who’s [...]
Genre: Contained Thriller/Found FootagePremise: A group of detectives try to piece together a mass murder on a Vegas shuttle van via the video taken from the passengers.About: Evidence sold as a naked spec (no attachments – hardest type of spec to sell) earlier this year for low six figures I believe. John Swetnam, the writer, [...]
Genre: Thriller/HorrorPremise: At their ten-year reunion, a formerly bullied outcast decides to enact revenge on the cool kids who made his life miserable.About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, [...]
