The writer of the best screenplay of all time takes on a mythical creature whose home is threatened by a new marina. Genre: Um…Romantic Comedy? Drama? Premise: In charge of bringing a new Marina to the community, a sailor has second thoughts when he meets a mermaid who lives in the area. About: This was [...]
Say you could clone a younger hotter version of your wife? Would you? Better be prepared for the consequences. 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, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read [...]
Tallying all these rankings for the Reader Top 25 (yes, it’s now going to be the Top 25) has been exhausting. Plus I gotta get ready for Halloween Week as well as prepare for the Logline Contest. That’s a long way of saying it’s time for another guest review. Today’s review is from author Erica [...]
no link. :( Genre: Romantic DramedyPremise: Wally is in love with his best friend Kassie. When Kassie tries to get pregnant via artificial insemination from the perfect guy, Wally replaces the sample with his own.About: To star Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon (Blades Of Glory). The [...]
Very quickly. I want to apologize for putting up then taking down the Untitled Cameron Crowe Project (Deep Tiki) earlier today. I learned that the draft I reviewed was ridiculously early and not representative of the screenplay they were going to use. So, I’m replacing the review with another review from a guest reviewer. That [...]
Genre: Action Romantic ComedyPremise: An alcoholic debt-ridden bounty hunter has two days to find and bring in his selfish manipulative dishonest ex-wife, who’s skipped bail.About: Andy Tennant (“Hitch”) to direct. Starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler (who seems to be making a name for himself in the romantic comedy world). Sarah Thorp previously penned “Twisted”. [...]
Genre: Romantic ComedyPremise: A woman attempts to take advantage of a time-honored custom in Ireland that allows women to propose to men on Leap Year.About: Matthew Goode (Watchmen) and Amy Adams (Doubt) are signed on to play the leads. The movie is being directed by Anand Tucker (Shopgirl). Kaplan and Elfont also wrote the little-known [...]
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: [...]
Genre: Romantic ComedySynopsis: A suburban couple give each other permission to sleep with someone else.About: Karen McCullah Lutz is the writer of Legally Blonde and Bride Wars. Permission was sold to CBS Films.Writer: Karen McCullah Lutz It’s an interesting and intriguing idea for a movie. There was the famous (or infamous) Robert Redford/Woody Harrelson film [...]
Genre: Rom-Com (but not the gay kind where Hugh Grant is involved – wait a minute, I like Hugh Grant. Good lord, what’s wrong with me?)Synopsis: Best friends since grade school Max and Sophie move in together….and start cuddling!About: This one generated a lot of heat when it first went out but ultimately failed to [...]
Genre: Light sci-fi/Romantic ComedySynopsis: What if, on the verge of getting married, you learned that your soul mate was someone else?About: This spec just sold to Dreamworks earlier in the week.Writer: Chris McCoy Hot off the presses is the recently sold spec script “Good Looking”. Good Looking is about a dating service in the near [...]
Genre: Sorta Romantic Comedy Synopsis: A loveless man who believes he’s dying meets a woman that turns his life upside-down. About: Huge spec sale back in the early 90s. 1 million dollars. Yet the movie still hasn’t been made. Writer: Kathy McWorter Some people would tell you that the day The Cheese Stands Alone sold [...]
Genre: Romantic Comedy Synopsis: A bald overweight TSA screener, Kirk, somehow lands Molly, the most beautiful girl ever. About: Despite Kirk’s description as “bald and overweight”, Judd Apatow alum Jay Baruchel will be playing the lead in this. God are these Freaks and Geeks guys kissing the ground that Apatow walks on or what? There [...]
Synopsis: An anti-love story.About: This played at Sundance ’08 and stars Zooey Deschenal and Joseph Gordon Levitt.Writer: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 500 Days Of Summer (Summer is the female character by the way) is a film that, dare I say, a young Woody Allen might have written. It took me awhile to understand [...]
