A long-time Scriptshadow reader e-mailed me yesterday with this question: “Carson, something I’ve been thinking about but want your insight. What do you think is the skill in the screenwriting profession in which demand is higher than supply? I know in general that it’s a buyers market but there have to be certain skills that […]

Could is be? Did someone just write American Psycho with a 13 year-old girl? Genre: Thriller Premise: 13-year-old Emily Derringer seems like the perfect girl. But she’s not. She’s a serial killer known as “The Misfit Butcher.” About: Another high-ranking Black List script from last year. Chris Thomas Devlin is one of the newer writers […]

Genre: Drama Premise: Steve Bartman, the infamous Cubs fan who changed the fortunes of the Chicago Cubs forever, tries to pick up the pieces of his life after inadvertently thwarting a championship. About: This script finished top 10 on last year’s Black List! Writer: John Whittingong Details: 104 pages Let me take you back in […]

Genre: Biopic/War Premise: The story of one of Hitler’s top 5 most hated men, Jasper Maskelyne, a magician who used his unique talents to thwart the Nazis in World War 2. About: The War Magician has been in development for almost a decade. The best chance it had of getting to the big screen was […]

THE WINNER OF WEEK 6 HAS BEEN LISTED BELOW The Scriptshadow Tournament pits 40 amateur screenplays against each other that you, the readers of the site, will vote on. Ultimately, YOU will decide the winner. Today we have the sixth group of entries. You can see who won Week One here, who won Week Two […]