I know this is a weird post, but I’m making a call out to all you Scriptshadow readers to answer a question I’m dying to know.  Last night I was watching Risky Business and realizing what a great movie it was.  Not only is the screenplay incredibly tight but the directing is unique and inventive […]

Genre: Horror/Sci-FiPremise: Jurassic Park meets Michael Bay via Jerry Bruckheimer. A team of scientists study what could be Noah’s Ark, trapped underneath a mountain of ice. But this is not the same ark we’ve been told about in stories. About: The 2005 sci-fi script “The Ark” is what got Holly Brix her agent. This later […]

**************************************************NOTE: Scroll down for Walt Disney biopic – The Imagineer!************************************************** Hey guys.  As a lot of you know, I’m a big fan of The Tracking Board website.  For those not aware of what a tracking board is, it’s a site that tracks spec scripts as well as writing assignments in the industry and lets you […]

Genre: Biopic/Drama/FantasyPremise: The life story of one of the most creative minds of all time, Walt Disney.About: For one of my favorite books about Disney, check out Disney War – a backroom expose of Michael Eisner’s tenure at the company. Some nice juicy stuff. — Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of […]

When you read a ton of scripts, patterns start emerging. Little things occur here and there – red flags if you will – that indicate you’re dealing with an amateur. This article is not meant to attack these mistakes, but rather highlight them so that anyone writing a script can try and avoid them. I […]