“I like C.L.O.T.H.  What about you?” Update: new thread with updated results!   In two weeks we’re having First Ten Pages Week, where I’ll review the first ten pages of five amateur scripts.  I’ve been working with Scriptshadow Nation in the background to determine which scripts those will be.  Due to the animated nature of the […]

Genre: ThrillerPremise: (from writer) When Chanley Hightower hires an ex-con to kill his cheating wife, he doesn’t count on the ex-con sub-contracting the hit and his old-friend-turned-enemy the Chief of Police taking a sudden interest in the health of his marriage. Hightower’s a capable man, but this is a lot of shit to shovel.About: Every […]

Readers Rejoice, your Top 25 script (at #16) is getting made.  Seems Mr. Cruise can’t get himself enough Scripthshadow.  “What??!” Tom Cruise is said to have screamed while leaping off his couch.  “Scriptshadow Nation has voted this their 16th favorite script??  What are we waiting for!  Let’s make it!”  Doug Liman is still directing.  I’ve […]

So earlier this month I was reading a screenplay and about 30 pages in I just stopped and thought, “I’m bored.” The script itself had quite a few of elements that I preach on the site – a clear goal, high stakes, urgency. But something wasn’t registering. So I decided to take a harder look […]

Genre: Ghost Story/Light HorrorPremise: After a young man is killed in an apartment building, he becomes a ghost, and must save his family from the same fate. About: Erik Kripke sold Haunted to Warner Brothers earlier this year and the plan is for him to direct the film as well. Kripke is best known as […]