Genre: Crime/True Story Premise: Based on a true story, a young Los Angeles Sheriff’s dream job sours when he realizes that the department he serves in is mired in corruption and a systemic culture of moral depravity. Based on a true story. About: Today’s script comes from a Scriptshadow veteran, Kevin Sheridan. I’ve done some […]

It may have taken an entire calendar year, but we may have just found the best script on the 2022 Black List. Genre: Thriller/Dark Comedy Premise: A male stripper in Arizona who’s sleeping with his boss’s wife is propositioned by her to kill her hubby and run away together but things get complicated when they […]

******REMINDER – NOVEMBER LOGLINE SHOWDOWN COMING UP!****** We’re moving our normal Thursday deadline back a week due to Thanksgiving. So if you have a great logline and you want to compete in the Logline Showdown, send that entry in! You’re got until a week from Thursday. What: November Logline Showdown Send me: the logline for […]

The secret to writing a great screenplay with the least amount of effort. Jayne Mansfield, star of the 1963 film, “Promises Promises” I’m always thinking of new ways to crack the screenwriting code. Screenwriting is funny in that, at its core, it’s simple. Write a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Make sure it’s […]

Is 42.6 Years, from the co-writer of “The Menu,” the next “Passengers?” (The script not the movie) Genre: Sci-Fi/Rom-Com Premise: After waking up from a failed experimental lifesaving procedure in which he was cryogenically frozen for 42.6 years, a young man realizes he wants his ex-girlfriend back. He’ll have to overcome the fact that while […]