MODERN FAMILYModern Family somehow took a premise that was getting tired fast – the mockumentary sitcom – and made it fresh again, by having the cameras document a family. To be honest, I thought this season’s premiere episode kinda sucked.  It felt like the cast was trying too hard to live up to last season’s […]

 Hey guys. I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s “News From Around The Web” posts, because after a week of doing them, I realize there’s no way I can keep them up. They’re waaaay more time consuming than you’d think. But fear not, I’m not eliminating them altogether. I’m going back to the old format and […]

Genre: Fairy-tale Mash-upPremise: Snow White teams up with a local hunter to take down her evil step-mother, Ravenna.About: This is the spec script that sold for 1.5 million last week. Evan Daugherty was working as an intern a couple of years ago. He won the Script Pimp contest in 2008 with his script, “Shrapnel,” which […]

GET YOUR THRILLER ONScribe Dana Stevens will write the thriller, “The Au Pair,” for Ghost House Pictures. It’s about a woman who takes a nanny job in the Hamptons only to have some bad shit start happening. The script will be adapted from the book, “The Sitter,” by R.L. Stine. Ghost House is Sam Raimi’s […]

I’ve been hearing from a few of you that you made the quarterfinals so congrats!  To see the full list, head on over to Jim’s blog.  I also spoke with Jim.  If you want to take his class and mention Scriptshadow, you get $100 off.  Go there.  Be merry.  Enjoy!