Genre: Dark ComedyPremise: An extremely depressed man finds a beaver puppet in the garbage. When he puts it on, his life takes a dramatic turn for the better. Or does it?About: This was the number 1 script on the Blacklist in 2008, which means all the biggest readers in town loved it. Steve Carrel became […]

Normally I post my reviews at midnight, but since Scott and I are coordinating a simultaneous post for the Scriptshadow Challenge, you’ll have to wait until 6am Pacific Time. Sorry. :( In the meantime, here are the 5 most discussed scripts on Scriptshadow. Go discuss them. 1) Memoirs – 49 comments2) Passengers (Keannu Reeves) – […]

Genre: ThrillerPremise: A college Freshman’s roommate becomes dangerously obsessed with her.About: Mallhi is an executive vice president at Vertigo. He went out with the screenplay under a pseudonym so it would be given fair consideration in the marketplace. It wasn’t until after Screen Gems made an offer on “Roommate” that Mallhi revealed that he wrote […]

Genre: ActionPremise: An art auctioneer kidnaps criminals and auctions them off to rival crime bosses.About: Intrepid Pictures, the company behind “The Strangers,” purchased The Highest Bid in April for an undisclosed sum. (note: The draft I read is a very early one and I know that extensive rewrites are being done, possibly even addressing some […]

Genre: Sci-Fi ThrillerPremise: A renegade group of former space employees travels the world, stealing space equipment in an attempt to go back to the moon.About: A relatively unknown project that’s being directed by Doug Liman which will star Jake Gyllenhaal. The script was originally penned by Liman with the help of ‘Along Came Polly’ director […]