Genre: Comedy/HorrorPremise: A college student home for the holidays discovers that an internet porn film turns its viewers into homicidal maniacs. As the epidemic spreads, he has to save his longtime crush while struggling to control his own urges.About: Adam Penn worked as an editor on Nip Tuck and, more recently, American Horror Story.  He […]

Genre: Contained Thriller Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) After checking into a hotel to escape her abusive husband, a woman realizes guests in the next room are holding a young girl hostage. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as […]

I recently caused a minor fracas by suggesting that screenwriters aren’t “writers,” per se, but rather “storytellers,” and that if you want to become a successful screenwriter, your focus should be on telling stories rather than writing.  I’m afraid that some of you took me a little too literally and assumed I meant that there’s […]

Genre: War/Thriller/ConspiracyPremise: A grizzled contract driver in Iraq stumbles upon a conspiracy to kill a U.S. soldier who holds information regarding a cover-up that threatens an 8 billion dollar corporation. About: This script was one of the five winners of last year’s Nicholl Fellowship! Writer: John MacInnesDetails: 111 pages No brainer: Denzel for Schmidt Usually, […]

Genre: Sci-fi/ComedyPremise: A hapless and broken hearted barista is visited by two bad-ass soldiers from the future who tell him mankind is doomed, and he alone can save them.About: This script from British writer Howard Overman sold in March of last year and made it onto the middle of the Black List, right next to […]