Today’s script review challenges the notion of non-traditional narratives. Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: When a Native American girl’s brother is critically injured, she rushes to a nearby military compound for help. But after two soldiers are deployed to find the man, it becomes unclear if their intention is to help or hurt him. About: Rupert Wyatt […]

It’s another pilot day here at Scriptshadow. Today we take a look at a show from the writer of Easy A! Genre: TV Pilot – Comedy/Light Sci-Fi Premise: A young female filmmaker obsessed with a long since dead rock star, finds herself travelling back in time, where she meets and falls in love with him. […]

Pacific Rim may have a title tailor-made for a porn movie offshoot, but we’ll only be discussing its script here. Genre: Sci-fi Premise: (from IMDB) As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate […]

The Other Star Wars had the most difficult job of any script I’ve ever read. It followed my viewing of Sharknado, the greatest movie in history. Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of the first ten pages of your script, […]

The Big Idea script I’ve written a couple of articles covering this kind of thing in the past, but observing the script market over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed and learned a few more things. One of those things is that most writers don’t break in with a big splashy spec sale. The […]