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Wait, what’s going on, Carson??? We just had an Amateur Showdown. Are you saying we’re having ANOTHER Amateur Showdown? Is that even legal?? You bet your tiny little tushy it is. Thanksgiving Weekend means we’re having an EXTRA LARGE Showdown with not FIVE, not SIX, but SEVEN ENTRIES. I’m doing that because we’ve got extra days which means more time for reading.
By the way, congrats to “Our Hero” writer, Colin O’Brien, who won the first Contest Showdown. For those who liked second place script, Inverted, Lee still has a chance at advancing, albeit behind the scenes if I like it enough to keep reading.
For those of you who don’t know what’s going on, I hosted a contest called The Last Great Screenplay Contest. After reading the first ten pages, I divided all the scripts into four piles. Yes, High Maybe, Low Maybe, and No. I then came up with the idea to take the top 20 (actually 22) Low Maybes and pit them against each other in four Amateur Showdowns.
The winning script in each Showdown will compete in a final Super Showdown, and that winner will advance to the Finals of the contest.
Confused?
Don’t worry. The rules are the same as any Amateur Showdown. Read as much of each entry as you can then vote for your favorite in the Comments Section. It’s VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE. A screenwriter’s career may be on the line here. Votes are due in the Comments Section by Sunday evening at 11:59pm Pacific Time. The script with the most votes moves on to the Super Showdown.
Happy Thanksgiving and GOOD LUCK to all the contestants!
Title: Big Stick
Genre: 1 Hr. TV Drama
Logline: After a crushing fall from grace, a Boston cop/mom with an anxiety disorder retreats to her California surf community where her rogue investigation into a young girl’s murder teases a career do-over requiring the takedown of a powerful judge and her surf-hero son.
Title: Lucía’s Date for the Apocalypse
Genre: Apocalyptic Rom-Com.
Logline: After giving up on dating, a 25-year-old woman finds out the world is about to end and is offered two spots in a secret bunker that will save her from dying – the only thing she has to do is find the perfect man to repopulate the Earth with.
Title: The Fifth Return
Genre: Sci-fi
Logline: A US operative travels back in time to assassinate a Russian spy, but upon his return he discovers he failed his mission and has no recollection of his time spent in the past. Repeatedly sent back to finish the job while remembering none of it, he begins to suspect his handlers aren’t telling him the truth about his target. Think Memento as a time travel story.
Title: The Article
Genre: Contained Drama/Thriller
Logline: – When the CEO of a large media news company invites a troubled Male escort to her apartment……things are not as they seem.
Title: Club House
Genre: Thriller
Logline: A grieving mother invades the drug den her daughter was staying in and holds the residents hostage, determined to detox the group in the ultimate retribution for her daughter’s death by overdose.
Title: Bad Influence
Genre: Horror Comedy
Logline: After a popular child influencer gets possessed by the devil, her family, who rely on her income, struggle to keep her brand alive.
Title: The Island
Genre: Horror / Action
Logline: An NYPD emergency management specialist races against time to quarantine Manhattan after a zombie outbreak, only to discover that her teenage daughter is trapped somewhere on the island.
