Today’s screenplay cleverly combines the core relationship of Terminator 2 with the wacky video game premise of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy Premise: After a marauding warrior from a popular video game dies, he is reincarnated in our world and discovers the god he’s always worshipped turns out to be a 13-year-old Asian […]
Brian Duffield’s latest script asks the question, “Who needs dialogue?” Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi Premise: An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who’s found its way into her home. About: This is Brian Duffield’s latest script, which he will be directing. He’s got rising star Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart, Unbelievable) starring in the title role. I don’t […]
Hollywood’s crusade to make it impossible to know when and where any TV show or movie is debuting continues. Apparently, Army of the Dead came out this weekend. If you’re like me, you were under the impression that Army of the Dead was a Netflix movie. You were also under the impression that Netflix movies […]
A little while back, I was reading a murder-mystery consultation script. The opening scene covered the murder our detectives would spend the next 100 pages trying to solve. Teaser scenes tell me a lot about a writer. Their construction is such that you can have a lot of fun with them, almost make them into […]
Today’s script is one of the darkest dramas I’ve ever read. Genre: Drama Premise: (from Black List) A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. About: Elijah Bynum got a couple of great actors to act in his debut film, Hot Summer Nights: Maika Monroe and Timothee […]
