Genre: Crime/Period Premise: A gang lord in 1949 Los Angeles becomes so big that the only way the cops can handle him is to go off-book and wage a war against his empire. About: I think Gangster Squad is based on a bunch of real articles from 1940s Los Angeles newspapers. But it may also be [...]
Genre: FantasyPremise: Before Dorothy, the great Oz himself had to get to Oz. This is his story.About: Directed by Spiderman director Sam Raimi and starring his villain in that film, James Franco, as Oz, this film debuted its trailer a few weeks back. This draft made it on the 2010 Black List, although I think [...]
Genre: Romantic Comedy Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) Man loves woman whose dreams predict future, but future she sees isn’t with him. Can he convince her to choose love over fate? About: Twit-Pitch Review Week - For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on [...]
(Thursday review up early since I’m on the road to LA baby!!!) Genre: Action Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) It’s 1901. Terrorists have just taken over the White House. And only Theodore Roosevelt can stop them. About: Twit-Pitch Review Week - For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone [...]
Genre: Dark Comedy Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) When a lonely masochistic chubby chaser is abducted by two fat lesbian serial killers, it’s the best thing that ever happened to him. About: Twit-Pitch Review Week - For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on [...]
Genre: Dark Comedy/Horror Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) Can it get any worse than living next door to a serial killer? It can if you live on CRIMSON ROAD… the whole street is full of them. About: Twit-Pitch Review Week – For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” [...]
Genre: SuperheroPremise: (from IMDB) Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham’s finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.About: The final film in Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Last year, I did a “Nolan Theme Week,” breaking down Inception, Memento, The Prestige, and Batman Begins. [...]
NEW Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read your script. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Your script and “first ten” will be posted. [...]
Genre: Comedy Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) A group of friends returns from a time-travel fieldtrip to find a nerdy student has altered his past turning him into a living legend. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, [...]
Genre: DramaPremise: An 11 year old boy survives a mountain plane crash and must use all the tools his father taught him to survive. About: This one finished low on last year’s Black List. Writer Will Fetters broke onto the scene with Black List script “Remember Me,” a couple of years ago, which had one of [...]
Genre: ComedyPremise: When washed up magician Bobby Glitter finds out he has a 9 year old son who knows all his tricks, he enlists him to defeat his old nemesis, Seth Desstiny, now the top magician in the world.About: The Mallusionist finished on the 2007 Black List I believe. I’ve already reviewed one of Robbie [...]
Genre: ThrillerPremise: When an accountant goes in to audit a robotics company, he discovers that some missing money is part of a bigger conspiracy. About: This script finished low on last year’s Black List.Writer: Bill Dubuqe (story by Dubuqe and Mark Williams)Details: Revised draft (4/11) – 113 pages Mr. Depp as an autistic accountant? Hmmm… [...]
NEW Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read your script. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Your script and “first ten” will be posted. [...]
Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) When a U-Boat vanishes in the 1940s, it leads a team of American GIs to a terrifying secret trapped beneath the ice of Antarctica. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, [...]
Instead of driving Scriptshadow readers mad who are repeatedly pushing their “refresh” buttons to no avail, I’ve decided to announce that today is probably going to be a Scriptshadow Sick Day. Between trying to get ready for the LA move (the last two moving quotes I got were $4000???), the site, script consults, book stuff, [...]
Genre: Period/Historical Premise: Only twice in history has a city in the continental United States been attacked by a foreign enemy. September 11 was one. This is the other. About: As most of you know, today’s writer (actually co-writer), Chris Terrio, wrote my most recent Top 25 entry, The Ends Of The Earth. Obviously, after [...]
Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: A unique meteorite crashes into earth, causing a slow and steady destabilization of the planet’s gravity. About: Today’s script was co-written by Ehren Kruger, one of the alpha dogs of the Hollywood screenwriting industry. When you bring Kruger in to work on something, you’re usually paying upwards of a million bucks. [...]
NEW Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read your script. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Your script and “first ten” will be posted. [...]
Genre: ComedyPremise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) Two partners in the newly created Douche Patrol try to expose a plot to douchify the masses through a reality TV show.About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as long as it [...]
