Info: The Beaver won the prestigious top spot on this year’s Black List and will supposedly be starring Steve Carrel in the title role.Writer: Kyle Killen When a friend brought up not too long ago that scripts get bought all the time for reasons other than their quality (starring vehicle, trend, etc.) I hadn’t yet […]

Genre: Fantasy/Procedural/ActionPremise: A hunter named Atlas must figure out why a human is being targeted by creatures from a parallel world. About: Ben Magid is the writer of the dark serial killer fantasy “Pan,” which I reviewed a few weeks ago. He has a few other projects in development including Hack-Slash at Rogue and Invasion […]

Genre: High School ComedyPremise: A teenage friendship is tested when one of the friends informs the other that he’s gay.About: Gay Dude was on the 2008 Black List. It subsequently disappeared into the Hollywood ether before popping up as one of the projects on Lionsgate’s new “microbudget initiative,” a new production initiative stemming from the […]

Genre: Drama /HorrorPremise: After his wife goes missing, a man heads to the darkest reaches of Transylvania to find her. About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, genre, logline, […]

Genre: Drama Premise: A young janitor at MIT solves an impossible math equation, which leads to a unique relationship with a reclusive psychologist. About: Good Will Hunting was originally purchased by Rob Reiner at Castle Rock for 675,000 dollars. The script at that time was a straight thriller about a math genius recruited by the […]