I remember when I first got into this screenwriting game, I used to see the films that finished at the top of the box office each year (Pirates of The Caribbean, The Lord Of The Rings, Shrek) and think, “That’s the kind of material Hollywood likes to buy, so that’s the kind of material we […]

You know, it’s funny. When the New York Times e-mailed to say they were doing a piece on Scriptshadow, I wasn’t as thrilled as someone being contacted by the New York Times should probably be. I knew an article meant more exposure. Which is usually a good thing. But I also knew that every time […]

I love it when a screenplay comes out of nowhere. Totally picked this one up out of a pile, and boy did it deliver! Genre: Thriller/Mystery/Procedural Premise: The true story behind the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.? About: This script was written, I believe, in 2004, where it was hot enough to get Leonardo […]

Amateurs don’t get much love in the screenwriting business. UNTIL TODAY! Here are 15 amateur screenplays that caught my attention in 2012. Let’s find a home for some of them! Gangnam Style Top 15 Breakdown! One of the cool things about The Black List when it first came out was that you truly felt like […]

Is one of the most hated movies of the year really in my Top 10?? I have to admit I was a little disappointed by this year’s crop of films. There was nothing that truly wowed me, that I HAD to recommend to my friends. There should be 2 or 3 movies a year where […]