I love you Melanie. Just not your film. I generally like to bust out the optimism here on Scriptshadow. There are too many people bringing others down in this business. “You can’t do this.” “You can’t do that.” Everything, according to these folks, is terrible. The truth is, the people who make it in this […]

  Lorene Scafaria has 2 entries on this year’s Top 10 Screenwriting is hard. Every year I’m reminded of that. Most scripts can be divided into two categories. There’s the script that’s trying to tell the same old story as exceptionally as it can (something like Taken or Pretty Woman). And there’s the script that […]

Hey everyone.  Short week this week.  No post today or Friday.  Tuesday will be my list of Top 10 screenplays I read this year.  Wednesday will be the 10 worst movies I saw this year.  And Thursday will be my Top 15 movies I saw this year.  Going to see Girl With The Dragon Tattoo […]

Genre: Family/Holiday/MusicalPremise: When a toy factory tour guide is framed for Santa’s kidnapping on Christmas Eve, he sets out on a race against time across mythical Christmastown to clear his name, and save Christmas. About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for […]

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