Genre: SurvivalPremise: In one of the greatest survival stories ever told, Ernest Shackleton took a crew of 22 men into the Antarctic, only to lose his ship, and be tasked with finding a way back home through some of the harshest weather conditions on the planet. About: We’re going back in the time machine here […]

Genre: Apocalypse/WesternPremise: At the turn of the 22nd century, a Federal Marshal tracks his best friend’s murderer through the Utah badlands to an outlaw stronghold. To bring his man to justice, he must first take out 30 of the most lawless fugitives in the land and their leader, a shadowy figure from his past.About: This […]

That last thread was getting a little large.  Let’s start a new one.  Here are the updated standings.  Voting (which is happening privately) ends in about 48 hours.  1) Stationary2) C.L.O.T.H.3) The Oswald Solution4) The Fourth Horseman5) Deep Burial (tie)6) Nice Girls Don’t Kill (tie) There are about 7 other scripts nipping at the heels […]

 “I like C.L.O.T.H.  What about you?” Update: new thread with updated results!   In two weeks we’re having First Ten Pages Week, where I’ll review the first ten pages of five amateur scripts.  I’ve been working with Scriptshadow Nation in the background to determine which scripts those will be.  Due to the animated nature of the […]

Genre: ThrillerPremise: (from writer) When Chanley Hightower hires an ex-con to kill his cheating wife, he doesn’t count on the ex-con sub-contracting the hit and his old-friend-turned-enemy the Chief of Police taking a sudden interest in the health of his marriage. Hightower’s a capable man, but this is a lot of shit to shovel.About: Every […]