What better screenwriting treat is there than a pilot…about a pilot! I ditch the normal screenplay review today to take a rare look at a teleplay. Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, genre, logline, and why I should read your […]

I take a look at the movie for one of my favorite screenplays, The Grey. But does a major script change derail the experience? I have seen The Grey!!! The question is, have I lived to tell about it? Barely. I almost had heart attacks on three separate occasions. After recovering, I went back to […]

The Captain America screenwriters tackle the Cold War with this 2009 Black List screenplay Genre: Spy/RomancePremise: (from the Black List) Two spies fall in love while participating in separate Cold War missions in Prague during the 1980s. About: This finished in the middle of the pack of the 2009 Black List. Markus and McFeely, the […]

This is not the current Scriptshadow site.   That’s still back at the old page here – http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/ We should have the new site up and running by November 1st, 2012.  

There hasn’t been a good art heist screenplay in over a decade. Does The Fugitive screenwriter finally crack the code? Genre: Action/Adventure/Heist Premise: A pair of rival art thieves must team up to steal a Leonardo da Vinci painting that nobody knows exists. About: This is a spec script written by David Twohy. Twohy is […]