Thanks to Bob, SW, Barksid, Richie, Riley for all these scripts studios are posting for award consideration.
The White Tiger – December 11, 2020 continuity draft script by Ramin Bahrani (Based on the novel by Aravind Adiga) – hosted by: Deadline Hollywood – in pdf format
Balram Halwai narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok and Pinky, who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing – a servant – so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.
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News of the World – Undated, unspecified draft script by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (Based Upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles) – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format
A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Undated, unspecified draft script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (based on the play by August Wilson) – hosted by: Variety – in pdf format
Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) — who has an eye for Ma’s girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry — spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives.
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Promising Young Woman – Undated, unspecified draft script by Emerald Fennell – hosted by: Focus Features – in pdf format
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
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1 Comments so far
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LC
February 1st, 2021 at 4:03 am
Thanks, Don!
Really appreciate PYW especially. 🙂