Note: I screwed up with the Scriptshadow 250 Top 5 Announcement. Monday, as we Americans know, is a major holiday (Memorial Day). So we’re going to move that announcement to Wednesday instead. Sorry about that! Genre: Somnium Logline (from writer): A loyal astronaut, scheduled to be on the first mission to Mars, begins having terrifying […]

Okay guys. So last week, we got up to page 40. At least I hope we did. Since this is screenwriting, I’m sure a spoon full of you made up reasons to watch 15 movies in the genre you’re writing as part of your “research,” cough cough. Look, I’m not going to pretend like that’s […]

Genre: Action Premise: When Air Force One is shot down in South America by terrorists, the female president of the United States must be rescued by a local Seal Team that isn’t too fond of her. About: This script sold last year to Millennium Films and was written by Gregory Allen Howard, who wrote Remember […]

Genre: Drama/Mystery Premise: After a home invasion ends in the accidental murder of a mother, her young son is convinced that he knows who the killers are. Unfortunately, nobody believes him. About: This is a script that the Coen Brothers wrote back in 2007, but it never made it into their production pile. Enter George […]

The box office is chirping, people. It’s chirping at you now. Hopefully, you’re paying attention. The top movie of the weekend was Angry Birds, which took in 39 million worms. This film represents everything that Hollywood wants in a project. Established IP. Something that can sell toys. Something that plays to all audiences. Unfortunately, it […]