Unfortunately I’m on a plane and therefore won’t be able to post until later today.I’m typing this on my phone so I’ll be surprised if any of this makes it up.In the meantime, we shall chat soon. :)

A thousand Twit-Pitches have been narrowed down to one winner.  Was your favorite chosen?? Months back, I decided to try an experiment (at the worst possible time, mind you – I was creating a new site and writing a book).  The experiment was to allow people to tweet me the loglines for their screenplays.  The [...]

One of the coolest screenplay ideas I’ve seen all year. But does the execution match the concept? Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A former criminal is convicted of killing his ex-wife and young daughter, who’s gone missing. Looking at life in prison, he participates in a unique experimental program where he will scientifically “hibernate” during the entirety [...]

Got thoughts on the new site? Leave them here! This is a post where you guys can leave feedback on the new site.  What’s working?  What’s not working?  The good, the bad, the ugly.  If you see someone leave a comment about something you agree with (i.e. “This site needs more bacon!”) please “like” it [...]

Welcome.  Come one, come all.  Take a look around.  Click on the toolbar up above.  Play.  Dance.  Be merry. The truth is this site was supposed to be up weeks ago but I’m starting to realize that WordPress is a feisty little bugger.  Whatever you tell it to do, it doesn’t want to do, and [...]

It’s time to put the controversy to rest. Which draft of the Prometheus screenplay was better? Spaiths or Lindelof’s? Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A group of scientists head to a distant star system in search of intelligent life.  But what they find instead is an ancient race hellbent on destroying Earth. About: This is the last [...]

I haven’t yet officially moved over to the new site.  I’m still trying to work out the kinks.  So if anything’s not working or acting funny, I’m trying to get it fixed!  Hopefully, we’ll be open for business by Wednesday, November 14.  In the meantime, go buy and play Angry Birds, Star Wars. That’s what [...]

Awhile back I read a script called Sanctuary under strict confidentiality from writer Todd Warner.  I thought the potential was so freaking high (it felt like that “Next Matrix” everyone had been looking for since 1999) that I tried to get on the project myself, but Todd was already working with people so it was [...]

Welcome to Amateur Week!  All week we’re reviewing scripts from amateur writers that got the best response from this post.  We’ve already had one script perform REALLY WELL in “Fascination 127.”  And today we review the highest concept of all the entries, “USS Nikola Tesla.”  Is it only a cool concept?  Or is the execution just [...]

Welcome to Amateur Week!  All week we’re reviewing scripts from amateur writers that got the best response from this post.  We’ve already had one script perform REALLY WELL in “Fascination 127.”  Will “Chase The Night” be the next big amateur script to celebrate?  Let’s find out!   Genre: Drama Premise: (from writer) On his 25th birthday, [...]

Kailey Marsh’s Blood List 2012 is out.  And guess who’s at the top of the list!  Go Tyler Marceca and Disciple Program!!!  If you have any of these scripts, send them my way. :) “The Disciple Program” by Tyler Marceca 25 Votes Logline: A “Manchurian Candidate”-style thriller in which a man’s wife dies and upon [...]

Taking a break from Amateur Week because it’s HALLLOOOOWEEEEEEN and that means Scriptshadow must be spoooooooooky for 24 hours and that means a horror script review but since I don’t have any good horror scripts, I’m reviewing a script that is ABOUT a horror film.  Sound fun?  I hope so cause I ain’t giving you [...]

Welcome to Amateur Week!  All week we’re going to be reviewing scripts from amateur writers that got the best response from this post.  Time for you guys to take advantage of the opportunity.  Hope we find something great.  But even if we don’t, it should be a great week for learning why screenwriting is so hard! [...]

Welcome to Amateur Week!  All week we’re going to be reviewing scripts from amateur writers that got the best response from this post.  Time for you guys to take advantage of the opportunity.  Hope we find something great.  But even if we don’t, it should be a great week for learning why screenwriting is so [...]

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. If [...]

Those arguing that American Beauty didn’t have a great logline shall rejoice! (Well, not really). Today’s post is going back to that age old nightmare – loglines.  When I look through the amateur submissions to see what I’m going to review every Friday, I often find myself saying, “How in the world did this writer [...]

Genre: Period/Crime Premise: In post World War II Japan, an American former prisoner-of-war rises in the yakuza. About: “The Outsider” finished 4th on last year’s Black List.  Writer Andrew Baldwin hasn’t done any major work that I’ve heard of up until “Outsider,” but he did script a draft of the in-development remake of “Logan’s Run.” [...]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A group of survivors search for answers in an ash-fallen Los Angeles after an alien invasion. About: Ben Magid first gained traction in Hollywood with his dark take on Peter Pan, which reimagined Pan as a serial killer. He sold this script, Invasion, a couple years later to Summit. Writer: Ben Magid [...]