Today we ask, why isn’t Ethan Hunt as popular or as memorable as other major franchise characters? Genre: Action Premise: Tom Cruise does action. About: Tom Cruise continues to take risks, this time betting on Christopher McQuarrie to direct his latest Mission Impossible film. McQuarrie has become a sort of muse to Cruise, and vice […]

What am I doing?? I just gave you two extra weeks to get your Scriptshadow 250 entries in and now I throw an Amateur Offerings post up? I might as well title this post, “Please Procrastinate!” I guess I’ll leave it up to you guys to use this post responsibly. Talk soon! Title: Unearthed Genre: […]

The Scriptshadow Newsletter is OUT. It should’ve reached your Inboxes this morning. Make sure to check your SPAM and PROMOTIONS folders if you didn’t receive it. My guess it that it’s in there. Hope you enjoy!!! Genre: Action-Thriller Premise (from writer): When every major city across the United States is attacked by an overwhelming paramilitary […]

Note: The Scriptshadow Newsletter is coming TONIGHT. So check your spam and promotions folders to make sure you get it. I’ll be reviewing THE HOTTEST SPEC in town, which just sold, and also offer a few goodies about The Scriptshadow 250 Screenwriting Contest. If you’re not signed up already, you can do so here. So […]

Today’s script asks the question we’ve all been wondering since we took up this craft – “Is it possible to write a good movie about a screenwriter?” Genre: Biopic Premise: The real life story of Dalton Trumbo, one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, who was blacklisted from the entertainment industry during the 40s […]