THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BELOW A recap for those unfamiliar with the Scriptshadow Tournament. The first round went for 8 weeks, with you, the readers of the site, voting for the best script each week. Those 8 winning scripts are now competing in the Quarterfinals. To spruce things up, we’ve added a wild-card entry […]
Will you be writing a movie for this man some day?
1) The revelation: Holy shit. That movie I just saw sucked balls. Hollywood makes shitty movies. I can do a better job than these guys. I’m going to write a movie. Reality: I guarantee you have no idea how to keep an audience’s attention […]
Genre: Sports/Drama Premise: An aging motorcycle racer decides that before he retires, he wants to race in the most dangerous motorcycle race on the planet, the mysterious “Isle of Man.” About: Yesterday I was scrolling through Slash-Film and I came upon this bizarre news story of a motorcycle drama starring Matt Damon and Liam Neeson. […]
Genre: Romantic Comedy Premise: A married man on the verge of a mid-life crisis decides to have an affair which leads him to the age-old question: Is the grass really greener on the other side? About: This script finished on the low end of the 2014 Black List. Abraham Higginbotham, the writer, is a well-known […]
Genre: Sci-fi Premise: When a series of alien ships arrive on earth, it’s up to a linguist to learn their language and find out what they came here for. About: This was one of those half-assignment/half-spec type deals. Eric Heisserer adapted Ted Chiang’s short story. The project was considered low-priority. But when it came together, […]
