The “X-Men: First Class” co-screenwriter talks screenwriting and her latest movie, The Woman In Black, with Scriptshadow.   Jane Goldman has had the kind of screenwriting career most writers dream of.  She co-wrote “Stardust,” “Kick-Ass,” “X-Men: First Class,” and most recently, “The Debt,” all with Matthew Vaughn.  This week, she offers her first solo screenwriting […]

A million dollar screenplay with a little help from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Genre: Comedy Premise: A woman uses her amazing internet skills to stalk and seduce the perfect guy. About: This script finished Top 10 on the Black List and I believe Top 3 on the Hit List (list of best spec screenplays […]

For a full list of all of the nominations, head over to Slash-Film.  Basically, the writing nominations this year are sort of lacking.  There’s nothing that sexy, nothing with any HUGE buzz attached to it.  In the adapted category, I’m thinking the bigger names have a leg up on the competition. That means Moneyball and […]

Genre: Contained ThrillerPremise: A group of masked thugs break into a morgue, demanding access to a body that contains evidence to a crime they recently committed.About: Information on this one is mixed but I believe it originally went wide in 2010 and then finally ended up selling (possibly after a few rewrites) at the end […]

Genre: DramaPremise: Based on a true story, in 1971, a Stanford professor initiated one of the most controversial university experiments of all time, recreating a simulated prison environment with volunteers. Within hours, the experiment spun out of control. About: The Stanford Prison Experiment is a 2006 script written by Christopher McQuarrie and Tim Talbott for […]