Genre: Sci-FiPremise: In the year 2047, a man pursues an illegal super-gene that can extend a person’s life by 300 years.About: J.J. Abrams and David Klass sold this back in 1994. That was back when J.J. was writing and selling a lot of scripts, including the complicated (and much better than the movie) Regarding Henry, [...]
Genre: Independent DramaPremise: Recently released from the nuthouse, Roger Greenberg moves into his vacationing brother’s home, where he befriends the nanny, who’s 15 years younger than him.About: From the writer/director of The Squid And The Whale and Margot at The Wedding comes “Greenberg,” Noah Baumbach’s latest film.Writer: Noah Baumbach Oh boy. A Noah Baumbach script. [...]
As some of you have been discovering, there’s an article in this month’s “Wired” about Scriptshadow. Pretty darn exciting, huh!? I don’t know what else to say other than I’ve been reading Wired for like 10 years so it’s downright cool as hell that anything I’ve done would make it into the magazine. Want to [...]
Genre: HorrorPremise: When Pattinson must leave Kristin Stewart after a paper cut, a band of oversized dogs wreaks havoc on her town.About: The second book in the Twilight phenomenon.Writer: Melissa Rosenberg (adapted from the novel by Stephanie Meyer) In a fit of curiosity, I rented Twilight last year. I don’t remember much but here’s what [...]
It’s finally here. The Top 100 loglines for the Scriptshadow Logline/Screenplay Contest. If you see your logline below, that means you were selected from nearly 1000 loglines and have until Monday, November 30th, 11:59pm, to send me either the first ten pages of your screenplay, a one-page synopsis (a general rundown of the first, second [...]
No time to chat. Busy putting together the Top 100 loglines. Announcement will be made tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00pm noon Pacific Time. Here’s Roger with today’s review! Genre: Thriller, Crime NoirPremise: A serial killer nicknamed “Blitz” is targeting cops in different beats around London, inciting the ire of the sociopathic Detective Sergeant Brant and his [...]
We got very close to the big 1000 logline mark. Almost made it there! Considered leaving the contest open another couple of days to make it an even thousand. But I’m still happy with the turnout. Expect the official Top 100 post Monday at noon, pacific time.
So as many of you are probably aware, the 2009 Black List is coming soon. On December 11th to be exact. And now they have a website to tantalize and tempt us until that forever-away date arrives. A few reasons why you might want to check it out. First, they have a mailing list which [...]
Hip hip hooray! You guys did it. By putting Source Code at the top of the Reader List, you convinced Hollywood to take the project seriously and put it into production. All jokes aside (or am I joking) this is really exciting. In one month, my two favorite scripts both got green lights! Today, Source [...]
So, there have been some new people to jump on the site recently (probably due to the Top 25 List) and it’s been awhile since I’ve really talked about Scriptshadow, so I figured it was a good time to recap how you can get the most out of the site. Facebook and Twitter - I [...]
These ten scripts, while not in the Top 25, may have fared better had they been reviewed on the site. So in the spirit of equal opportunity, I present the top 10 ranked scripts not (yet) reviewed on Scriptshadow. If you’d like to see the original Top 25, head on over to this post. 10. [...]
My good friend and professional reader, Ralphy, has reviewed the #6 script on your reader faves list, The Brigands Of Rattleborge. I’ve been meaning to get a review up for this for awhile but because I knew I couldn’t half-ass it, that it would take a considerable amount of time, I’ve opted for avoidance instead. [...]
You guys voted it as your number 7 favorite script. Now, the lead character has been turned into a woman, the movie’s been shot, and a trailer has been delivered. What do you guys think?
A couple weeks back I got the idea for a Reader Top 25 – a sort of definitive word on the best screenplays that hadn’t yet made it to the big screen. Would the choices reflect my own favorites? Would they be completely different? Well obviously, for a lot of you, this is your only [...]
Genre: HorrorPremise: A family takes over a vineyard, only to find out that it may be haunted.About: This spec was purchased by Craven/Maddalena Films in 2006. The sale allowed the writer to land the scripting job on the two Boogeyman sequels.Writer: Brian Sieve I must admit, setting a ghost story on a vineyard is a [...]
Uh, I don’t think you’re ready. I don’t think anyone’s ready. This is basically going to be the greatest week of Scriptshadow ever. We have the opening of the Scriptshadow Logline Contest on Monday. We have five full days of horror-related script reviews for Halloween Week. And, oh yeah, Wednesday through Friday I’m going to [...]
Hello everyone. Just wanted to give you a heads up that writer/director Mike Million’s film “Tenure” is playing at the Austin Film Festival this week. There’s a Saturday showtime and a Wednesday showtime. I will be mucho jealous for those of you who get to see it since, as you know, it’s one of my [...]
First there was The Black List. Then the British got in on the action with The Brit List. But let’s be honest here. The only list that matters is the one created by the people who write the screenplays themselves. You guys. The Shadow 25 represents the Top 25 reader chosen scripts. Over 400 of [...]
Okay, so Scriptshadow’s been around for about eight months now. Some of you have had a chance to read upwards of 50-100 scripts. I’m interested in putting together a “Reader Top 10″ list so here’s what I’d like you to do. Send me a list of your Top 10 favorite unproduced scripts in order 1 [...]
I… I… I…don’t know what to say here. I’m still in shock. Will…Ferrell? For Everything Must Go? My favorite script? A dramatic coming-of-age movie about a man who gets locked out of his own house by his wife and starts living on his lawn (by the way, some people are reporting this as a romantic [...]
