Last year’s Top 10 Black List script, Cedar Rapids, debuts its trailer.  I have to say, this looks pretty damn good.

Genre: Indie Comedy Premise: In order to earn the respect of his famous father, a young man must go on a great journey to find his idol, a “Cat Stevens” like 70s alternative-dance icon who’s since gone into hiding. About: Lonny The Great finished with 5 votes on the inaugural 2005 Black List. The writer, […]

Get ready for my Top 10 scripts of the year post on Thursday. Also, I somehow dug up yet another forgotten impressive script, which I’ll review Wednesday. Right now, it’s time to tackle the number 1 script on The Black List, College Republicans! Genre: Political Drama/BiopicPremise: Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for […]

First of all, I know this has already made its way through the screenwriting community, but I still thought I should post it.  Some of the jokes here are misses but there are a couple of really good ones.  My favorite by far is “Escalation.”  Basically, if you’re sick of all these end-of-the-year screenwriting lists, […]

Genre: ComedyPremise: When the wealthy owner of a fast food chicken franchise learns that his bitchy wife wants a divorce and is therefore entitled to half his money, he decides to spend it all so that she doesn’t get a dime.About: Here was Kevin’s e-mail to me: “The main reason I want you to read […]