Two writers break out of their pigeon-holed careers to give us a prestige flick. Genre: Drama-thriller Premise: A Jim Kramer-like TV personality is held up on live television by a man who lost his life savings investing in one of the show’s stock tips. About: This one stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts and will […]

Today I get a momentary respite from the Scriptshadow 250 to review a real-live spec sale. How does a 500 thousand dollar script hold up against your contest entries? Genre: Fantasy Premise: A cancer-stricken teenager gains cartoon powers when he finds a magical doorway that leads to a cartoon universe inside his missing father’s old […]

How could I have been so wrong about a screenplay? Genre: Biopic Premise: We follow Apple co-founder Steve Jobs through three of the most important presentations of his life. About: This film’s history is almost as storied as Steve Jobs himself. The infamous Sony hack revealed that David Fincher never really connected to the script. […]

A Mars Western in the vein of Chinatown? Watch out! Get Your Script Reviewed On Scriptshadow!: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, along with the title, genre, logline, and finally, something interesting about yourself and/or your script that you’d like us to post along with the […]

I ain’t going to lie folks. I’m buried in Scriptshadow 250 reads. The good news is, I’ve already sent TWO scripts into the Top 25. And no, I’m not going to tell you which ones. Because I’m evil. Because I’m an evil evil man. Unfortunately, this means I need you to do the heavy lifting […]