Genre: Dramedy Premise: An old and cranky local politician goes publicly bananas in an effort to draw attention to an important social issue. This inadvertently puts the career of his son, the Governor of California, at risk. Why You Should Read: This is a character driven dramedy with a lot of funny moments mixed in […]

I’ve noticed a trend in a lot of the amateur scripts I’ve been reading in regards to scene-writing. To many writers, a scene is a way to dispense information that the reader needs in order to understand what’s happening. For example, they know that in this scene, they must explain to the reader what a […]

Genre: Action-Adventure/Sci-Fi Premise: After being left at the alter, Indiana Jones tracks down his would-be wife only to find out she’s part of a top secret military clean-up of a mysterious crashed airplane. About: This was the biggest Indiana Jones project that never got made. George Lucas was serious about its development, hiring one of […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: In 1981, a woman working on artificial intelligence for a large corporation begins to suspect that her company has something to do with the recent assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. About: Damien Ober broke onto the screenwriting scene in 2013 with this script, which made The Black List. He was able […]

How one cataclysmic screenplay decision doomed the most joyful franchise in the Marvel Universe. Genre: Superhero Premise: When Dr. Hank Pym uncovers information that his wife, who went missing decades ago after descending into the “quantum realm,” may still be alive, he sets out to find her. About: The new sequel to Ant-Man had the […]