The Scriptshadow Thanksgiving Newsletter has been sent! Check your Inbox, Spam, and Promotions folders! Review of a 7 figure spec sale. Some incredible advice about how to upgrade from amateur to professional. Black Friday consult deals. Go read it now!!! Wait, what’s going on, Carson??? We just had an Amateur Showdown. Are you saying we’re […]

Genre: Comedy/Drama Premise: Two scientists must go on a press tour to answer questions about an impending asteroid collision that will destroy all life on earth. About: Big one today, guys. Some might even say it’s an extinction-level script. This is the big Adam McKay Netflix project that’s to star Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: (from IMDB) A homeschooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her. About: This comes from the same guys who made the really cool “all-computer-screen” thriller, “Searching.” Quick fact that shows how frustrating the transition from page to screen is: Originally, this script had a big outdoor […]

It’s an all-new all-different but-still-kinda-the-same Amateur Showdown! If you haven’t been to the site in a while, this showdown might be confusing, so let me give you the Cliff’s Notes version of what’s going on. I hosted a screenplay contest called, The Last Great Screenplay Contest. I read the first ten pages of every entry […]

A funny thing happens when you read a ton of scripts in a row. Especially the way I did it over the weekend. I needed to finish all the entries and I was running out of time since I had to post the semifinalists Monday, so I had zero breaks. As soon as I finished […]