Carson hacks the Black List to find the best scripts! Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: When a deadbeat son hires his friends to rob his own mother and father in order to pay an outstanding debt to a local drug dealer, things don’t go as planned, and family bonds are stretched to their furthest extremes. About: Justin […]

Let’s be honest. The Hollywood box office hasn’t exactly been on fire lately. Pretty much everything is landing in “average” to “bomb” territory. It’s led to a lot of people predicting the end of the movie business. Except that Wicked Part 2 just made 150 million dollars. This leaves Hollywood in a collective state of, […]

Hep beats out the competition with his digital possession tale. The scene takes place in the aftermath of neuroscientist Richard’s successful simulated demonic possession. Today’s breakdown includes a long scene. The art of writing long scenes has been lost. In our determination to edit and chop and condense every single aspect of storytelling, we’ve created […]

The Scriptshadow community demanded a review of this script. So it’s time to give them what they want! Genre: Thriller Premise: After stealing a traumatized war-dog from the army, a washed-up veteran battles a relentless posse through an inhospitable mountain range to give her a new life in the wilds. About: This script won the […]

Was today’s script written by Taylor Sheridan or Bill Nye The Science Guy? Genre: Drama Premise: A billionaire hires a failed astronaut to help him build a ship that will get humanity back to the moon. About: This is the script straw that, supposedly, broke the camel’s back. That camel being Taylor Sheridan. A couple […]