Before we get to today’s regularly scheduled programming, there’s something that’s been bothering me about Rotten Tomatoes. There’s this contingent of low budget horror movies that get unusually high scores on the site that don’t match up with the quality of the film. “Alone,” about a man stalking a female driver – 94% RT score. […]

Mayhem Jones, you ask? Who’s that? Isn’t the writer of the number one script, Sophie Dawson? Well, around here we’ve always known her as Mayhem. Not just because it’s her online alias, but because she’s always up to some kind of mischief. The good kind of mischief, of course. Speaking of mischief, Mayhem’s script, Headhunter, […]

Long story short, this is the Super Showdown, the last screenplay showdown of 2020. Why is it called the Super Showdown? Because all four scripts have already won their respective showdowns. That’s correct, this is a winners-only competition. And whoever you vote as the winner AUTOMATICALLY becomes a finalist in The Last Great Screenplay Contest. […]

The saddest thing about Scriptshadow Showdowns? Only one gunslinger survives. Tomorrow is the SUPER SHOWDOWN we’ve all been waiting for where the winners of the last four Amateur Showdowns face off. Considering that a previous Amateur Showdown winner took the top spot on the 2020 Black List, I can only imagine what will happen with […]

Genre: Teen Comedy Premise: A young Asian-American teen basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother. About: This script finished all the way up at NUMBER 2 on the 2020 Black List, which was just released this week. While […]