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2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 23 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Spec Script Deal: “Level Up”

The Hideaway Entertainment acquires science fiction action comedy spec script “Level Up” written by Matthew Altman and David Matalon. Via…

Page One: “Foe” (2023)

Screenplay by Iain Reid & Garth Davis, based on the book by Iain Reid

John McLane’s arc in “Die Hard”

One of the reasons the movie works so well is the Protagonist’s arc.

Hollywood Tales

In 1956, director John Ford and John Wayne went to their regular spot — the Monument Valley — to make The Searchers. Location shooting…

Page One: “BlackBerry” (2023)

Screenplay by Matt Johnson & Matthew Miller, based on the book “Losing the Signal” by Jacquie McNish & Sean Silcoff

2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 21 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Script To Screen: “Jaws”

It’s the movie that forever changed the business, the first true blockbuster of the modern era: Jaws (1975), screenplay by Peter Benchley…

Page One: “Flora and Son” (2023)

Written by John Carney

Writing Tip: The difference between Act One midpoint and Act One end

“Something happens. An event that precipitates a change in the Protagonist’s life circumstances.”

Screenwriting 101: Ted Tally

ON BREAKING RULES WITH THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Page One: “Fair Play” (2023)

Written by Chloe Domont

2022 Spec Script Market Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of all the reported spec script deals in 2022.

On Writing

“Most writers think up a plot with an intriguing situation and then proceed to fit characters into it. With me a plot, if you could call it…

Page One: “Elemental” (2023)

Screenplay by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh, story by Peter Sohn and John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hsueh

My Conversation on the Green Hills Chat Podcast

A wide-ranging talk about character-driven screenwriting, the threat of AI, and an in-depth analysis of The Silence of the Lambs.

Script to Screen: “Jerry Maguire”

A fired sports agent… a goldfish… and a personal assistant make a defiant, if awkward exit.

Page One: “Creed III” (2023)

Screenplay by Keenan Coogler & Zach Baylin, story by Ryan Coogler and Keenan Coogler & Zach Baylin, based on characters created by…

2023 Award Season Screenplay Downloads — 2 New Scripts, 19 Total

It’s that time of year again when studios and production companies make available PDFs of movie scripts for award season.

Script To Screen: “Joe Versus the Volcano”

A key scene toward the beginning of the 1990 movie Joe Versus the Volcano, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley.

Page One: “Cassandro” (2023)

Written by David Teague & Roger Ross Williams

Spec Script Deals Analysis 2022: Top Sales

Continuing our week long analysis of spec script deals from 2022, today we look at the biggest payoffs (at least as reported by various…

Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2023

Plus links to Variety’s annual list dating back to 2008.

Page One: “The Burial” (2023)

Screenplay by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, story by Doug Wright, based on The New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr

2022 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Agents & Managers

We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2022. Today: Agents and Managers.