The current rule-bending king – Malick. Art. The essence of purity. It should be intrinsic, effortless, natural. A poem. A painting. A short story. All of it should emerge from that illogical, dreamer part of the brain. Write down whatever exists within the deepest recesses of your mind and then (and only then) have you […]

Before Star Trek Into Darkness, before Lost, JJ Abrams wrote a draft of Superman. This is that draft. Genre: Superhero Premise: A slightly reimagined Superman origin story which includes an enemy from his home planet coming to earth to take him down. About: This is JJ Abrams Superman entry, written in 2002, back when JJ […]

So I just read a cool story the other day (I believe on Slash-Film) about how George Lucas was stressing out over the release of Star Wars. He visited buddy Spielberg on the set of his current production, “Close Encounters” and was so impressed by the grandiosity of it all and was so convinced Close […]

The new Star Trek film underperformed. But all we at Scriptshadow care about is, “How was the writing?” Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: Captain Kirk and crew go after a mysterious villain who performed a terrorist attack on the Federation. After chasing him down, they learn that it’s actually someone within their own ranks that they need […]

Hey guys.  In celebration of, well, all of us being alive, I’m making Scriptshadow Secrets just $4.99 through the weekend!  Many of you have asked when the book is coming out in hardcopy.  It will, I promise.  I just have to carve out some time and get it done.  In the meantime, remember, you DO […]