The Scriptshadow Newsletter should be hitting your Inboxes any second now. I give more screenwriting tips in this Newsletter than any newsletter in history! For all you TV writers, you’re going to love this edition. Lots of TV stuff. I give my opinion on Rotten Tomatoes’ stupid new review policy, that Terminator trailer, the weirdest […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: A film school dropout with a talent for producing AI-generated “deepfake” videos is caught in a global conspiracy when he receives a disturbing commission from a mysterious online stranger. Why You Should Read: If you haven’t yet seen deepfakes in the news, you will. This emerging AI-powered technology lets anyone with an […]

Is Barry Season 2, Episode 5 (“Ronnie/Lily”) really the best episode of television since 2010? I don’t know. But it’s in the conversation. I resisted discussing the episode until now because I figured only a small percentage of you watched Barry and to best appreciate the episode, you needed to watch the first 8 episodes […]

Genre: Comedy/Noir Premise: (from Hit List) Following the disappearance of the book fair money he was entrusted to protect, a lactose intolerant middle school student with an addiction to dairy items must hone his detective skills to investigate the “seedy” under- belly of his school. Think MALTESE FALCON by way of DIARY OF A WIMPY […]

Genre: (will tell you in review) Premise: (being intentionally vague) A former cellist prodigy visits China to visit and support her old teacher. About: All the writers here have made their names in television. Writer-Director Richard Shepard worked with star Allison Williams on Girls, directing 12 episodes on that show. Nicole Snyder and Eric Charmelo […]