Genre: Comedy Premise: When the city’s worst cops are asked to run a simple errand for their Captain, they get mixed up with a dirty cop who’ll do anything to save her ass. About: This spec sold earlier this year. It comes from the writing team of Jim Freeman, Brian Jarvis, and the actress/writer with […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Drama? Premise: (from Black List) An exploration of relationships as a man witnesses different types of love across the ages. About: This one finished pretty high on last year’s Black List. This is Tom Dean’s breakthrough script. Writer: Tom Dean Details: 127 pages I didn’t make it to Baby Driver this weekend. Maybe […]

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A few weeks ago in Amateur Offerings, a Scriptshadow reader brought up that one of the entrants had such a clunky writing style, it was difficult to understand even his most basic sentences. While this is something that happens a lot at the beginner level, you’d be surprised how often I encounter this problem from […]

It’s an early 4th of July review with a special ‘What I Learned’ section that discusses a new screenwriting term you’ll want to wrap a blanket around and take to your next sleepover. Enjoy! Genre: Historical/True Story/Comedy Premise: (from Black List) The truly astonishing tale of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi – the French sculptor wholly responsible […]