(SPOILERS!) For the past several months, you’ve been hearing me talk about how the Boba Fett show better have themselves a Hutt in the series or I’m out. Yesterday, the show answered my call. And they didn’t just give me one Hutt. They gave me two. Twins, in fact. I loved this choice. It’s what […]
The Amityville Horror meets The Orphanage Genre: Horror Premise: A blind mother moves into a remote farmhouse with her young daughter, but the mystery of the home’s previous inhabitants intrudes upon her attempts to repair their relationship. About: Today’s script finished number 2 on the 2021 Black List and comes from Lily Hollander, who was […]
Today’s script is Joker meets The Social Network meets The Wolf of Wall Street Genre: Biopic Premise: The completely outrageous and completely true story of “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli — from his meteoric rise as wunderkind hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive to his devastating fall involving crime, corruption and the Wu-Tang Clan — which […]
Here’s the way I see it. 2020 and 2021 don’t count. They were weird years. A lot of weird stuff happened. How can one focus on his screenwriting career when he can’t even sit down at a coffee shop for six hours and complete one page of his script, for goodness sakes! Or can’t go […]
It’s a cur-raaaaaazay newsletter. I take on the Benchedel Test. I ask if Spider Man No Way Home just screwed all superhero movies from this point on. I announce a brand new Scriptshadow Screenplay Contest (WHAT???) and it’s unlike any screenplay contest in history. I share an overlooked 2021 movie that I loved. I give […]
