Hip hip hooray!  About a month ago I reviewed a script that went straight to the top of my Top 25 list, Desperate Hours.  I since swindled the writer, E. Nicholas Mariani, to join me for lunch, trapping him in a situation where he had no choice but to say yes to an interview.  I […]

Genre: Tarantino Premise: (from IMDB) With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. About: This is the next Quentin Tarantino film, coming out Dec. 25.  Django Unchained stars Jaime Foxx as Django, Christoph Waltz as Dr. Schultz, Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, […]

Genre: DramaPremise: When a large natural gas corporation comes into a small town to buy up its natural gas deposits, a few resistant residents make the reps pursuit a living hell. About: This is the script that Matt Damon and longtime “The Office” co-star, John Krasinski, wrote together.  This would be the first script of […]

Genre: Comedy/HorrorPremise: A college student home for the holidays discovers that an internet porn film turns its viewers into homicidal maniacs. As the epidemic spreads, he has to save his longtime crush while struggling to control his own urges.About: Adam Penn worked as an editor on Nip Tuck and, more recently, American Horror Story.  He […]

Genre: Contained Thriller Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) After checking into a hotel to escape her abusive husband, a woman realizes guests in the next room are holding a young girl hostage. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as […]