Genre: Spy/ThrillerPremise: The true story of how the CIA, with help from Hollywood, used a fake movie project to smuggle hostages out of Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis.About: Argo, which finished high on 2010’s Black List, is Ben Affleck’s next directing project. The script is based on an article written in Wired Magazine which […]

Genre: Drama/Mystery/Procedural/Love StoryPremise: An arsonist begins to fall for a woman while being pursued for an accidental murder he committed during his latest arson.About: The Arsonist’s Love Story was a lower-half 2010 Black List script. Though I don’t know this for sure, I believe the writer, Lovejoy, wrote it as an undergrad at NYU.  Lovejoy […]

Genre: Indie ComedyPremise: Two neighboring suburban families are thrown into disarray when the father of one family starts dating the daughter of another. About: This was a huge script a few years ago as it finished Numero Two-o on the 2008 Black List, behind The Beaver and ahead of Butter and Big Hole. Co-writer Jay […]

Hey guys.  So I’ve sent out e-mails to all the longtime Scriptshadow readers, asking for their Top 10 favorite unmade screenplays.  If I didn’t e-mail you and you want to contribute to the list, go ahead and list your top 10 right here in the comments section.  The rules are, if it hasn’t been released […]

Genre: Sci-FiPremise: A geneticist who specializes in cloning risks his reputation and life’s work to save his sick daughter.About: The Keeper Project is a 2009 PAGE Award Bronze Prize winner in the Sci-Fi category. That makes it Top 31 out of 6300 entries. — Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the […]