18 days left to enter the Mega-Showdown Screenplay Contest! Head over to this post for details on how to enter. It’s easy! Genre: Cop/Action/Comedy Premise: When his lawyer daughter gets mixed up in a deadly gang-related case, Detroit cop Axel Foley will have to, once again, travel to Beverly Hills and save the day. About: […]

The contest runs at the end of the month so start sending your entries in now! In this field, it’s rare that your screenplay ever gets any exposure. Even if you manage to get an agent and that agent sends your script out, you’ll be lucky if 20 people read your script from cover to […]

Genre: Drama Premise: Two struggling lobster fishermen try to hold the crew of a giant container boat for ransom, but when the plan falls apart, one leaves the other to fend for himself. About: This script finished with 11 votes on last year’s Black List. The writer, Josh Woolf, is brand new and does not […]

This is the elusive STALLONE scripted version of Beverly Hills Cop, that only recently surfaced. Genre: Action (not Comedy) Premise: When an esteemed Beverly Hills art dealer kills his brother, a Detroit cop heads to the prized zip code to enact some vigilante justice. About: Like just about every project in the 80s, multiple actors […]

Have you ever heard of “The Hype Man” screenwriting tip? Of course not. It’s ONLY in this month’s Scriptshadow newsletter, a newsletter that does a deep dive into the difference between good screenwriting and bad screenwriting. This newsletter includes the latest movie from one of the most innovative directors ever, a new movie from one […]