Genre: Romantic Comedy/comedyPremise: (from writers) When a slacker is dumped mid-proposal at a musical version of Pride and Prejudice, he enlists the help of his best friend to go back in time and kill the one person they hold responsible for his girlfriend’s high ideals: Jane Austen.About: Every Friday, I review a script from the […]

Genre: Romantic ComedyPremise: Two friends angry at Jane Austen for creating unrealistic romantic expectations among women today get sent back in time to the 19th century. The only way for them to return home is for one of them to get Jane Austen to fall in love and sleep with him.About: This script finished with […]

Genre: Horror/Family/ComedyPremise: A recently downsized father moves his family into a dying town, only to find out that it’s infested with killer mutated insects. About: This script made the lower third of the 2009 black list. It sold to Paramount earlier that year. The writer, Marc Haimes, used to be an executive at DreamWorks. He […]

Genre: Horror/ThrillerPremise: A man slowly comes to discover his girlfriend is literally working for the devil and has to find a way to escape.About: Underling finished in the lower third of the 2009 Black List. I believe this is the writing team’s first screenplay together. One of the writers, Ben Shiffrin, is currently working with […]

Genre: DramaPremise: A young emergency response driver with Tourette’s syndrome falls in love for the first time.About: If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s one of the winners of last year’s Nickel (sic) competition. Yes, we have a real live winner here. Writer: Andrew LanhamDetails: 108 pages (This is an early draft of the script. […]