You guys have been waiting for it! Maybe “waiting for it” is an understatement. “Angrily demanding it” might be a better assessment? I do apologize for taking so long but this is one of the realities of a free script contest where one reader reads all the entries. It’s going to take a while. Reading […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: When stranded on the far end of Manhattan by a mysterious city-wide blackout, a group of inner-city middle schoolers must fight through seemingly supernatural forces to make their way back to their parents in the Bronx. About: Today’s writer, Chad Handley, did a little TV writing, mostly story editing, on The Righteous […]

Genre: Music Biopic (Nooooooooooooo!!!) Premise: A young Kanye West goes up against impossible odds to make his first album. About: This script finished Top 20 on last year’s Black List. The writing team worked together contributing on two TV shows, Instinct and L.A.’s Finest. They realized if they wanted to break out of writing for […]

Genre: Superhero Premise: Thor must team up with his ex-girlfriend, also Thor, to save a bunch of children who’ve been kidnapped by an evil supervillain who is moodily flying around the universe killing gods. About: Thor 4 opened with 143 million this weekend which is a number the industry doesn’t really know what to do […]

A good portion of you Scriptshadow readers are intermediates. You’ve been at this for over five years. You’ve gotten a good handle on the craft. You understand many of the screenwriting pitfalls and know how to actively navigate them. And yet, here you are. Still in this frustrating nomenclature of unpaid unknown screenwriters. And you’re […]