This article reads better if you imagine it in motivational speaker Matt Foley’s voice. I stumbled onto a similar article for actors and thought the subject matter would be perfect to port over to screenwriting. I see a lot of writers come into this craft with misguided expectations and beliefs. Today I’m dishing out 10 […]
Two writers break out of their pigeon-holed careers to give us a prestige flick. Genre: Drama-thriller Premise: A Jim Kramer-like TV personality is held up on live television by a man who lost his life savings investing in one of the show’s stock tips. About: This one stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts and will […]
Today I get a momentary respite from the Scriptshadow 250 to review a real-live spec sale. How does a 500 thousand dollar script hold up against your contest entries? Genre: Fantasy Premise: A cancer-stricken teenager gains cartoon powers when he finds a magical doorway that leads to a cartoon universe inside his missing father’s old […]
How could I have been so wrong about a screenplay? Genre: Biopic Premise: We follow Apple co-founder Steve Jobs through three of the most important presentations of his life. About: This film’s history is almost as storied as Steve Jobs himself. The infamous Sony hack revealed that David Fincher never really connected to the script. […]
A Mars Western in the vein of Chinatown? Watch out! Get Your Script Reviewed On Scriptshadow!: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, along with the title, genre, logline, and finally, something interesting about yourself and/or your script that you’d like us to post along with the […]
