Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A bitter truce has been reached after an alien invasion. Fueled by suspicions of an alien spy in their ranks, the United Nations entrusts an agent with finding the mole. About: This one finished Top 20 on the 2015 Black List and comes from a British writer who recently wrote a film […]
Welcome to a special edition of Amateur Offerings I like to call, “Amateur Hofferings.” In Amateur Hofferings, we pay homage to the greatest actor-singer in Germany’s history, The Hoff. Today’s writers will try to honor the great one with an eclectic selection that includes an Almost Top 25er, a Western, one of the shortest WYSRs […]
No amateur script to review means we’re going to see what a future Star Wars director is working on! Genre: Sci-fi Premise: When an older man uses a mysterious ancient device to go back in time hundreds of years, it’s up to his son and grandson to save him. About: I LOVE Force Awakens. But […]
Christoph Waltz to play Jakob in “Jakob’s Wife” maybe?? Many of you have been asking me, “Yo, Crackpot Carson, when the fly-handle are you going to be dunzoes with your freakin’ contest, homie! If I woulda known I’d be on welfare before I got my contest results, I wouldn’t have paid the ridiculous entry fee!” […]
A new Top 25 script enters the Scriptshadow Universe! Read on to find out how to make a simple premise Top 25 worthy. Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: After a lawyer accidentally hits a man on his drive home, he tries to cover up the crime, only to realize there’s more to this man than meets the […]
