Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are thirty(!) original scripts for your reading pleasure. Those not participating in this months Writers’ Tournament have been pretty busy.

We are sill awaiting the final score for Week 5, but to review the challenge was to write a 6 page script in three days on a particular theme with three criteria of location, occupation and an item.

Several scripts have already been option or sold as these are generally limited location/limited cast scripts and easy to film.

Round 1: Money is the root of all evil
Round 2: Blood is Thicker than Water
Round 3: Nature vs Nurture
Round 4: Your Hero Is the Villain
Round 5: Winning At Any Cost (names of writers pending)

Several of the scripts have been reviewed by Michael Kospiah (with more to come)

• First Generation by Mark Renshaw
• Lines by Paul Knauer
• Let ‘er Rip by John Staats
• From Vilna with Love by Warren Duncan

Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are the seventeen short scripts from this months Writers’ Tournament.

This weeks theme was “Nature vs. Nurture” These are short, 6 page scripts written by the best writers on SimplyScripts and nearly all of them have had multiple scripts produced. So, if you are looking for a short script to shoot during this plague year, reach out to them.

But hurry. Already three scripts from the Writers’ Tournament have been optioned.

Please note: These were written in a short time frame and not polished works.

– Don

Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are the eighteen short scripts from this months Writers’ Tournament.

This weeks theme was “Blood is thicker than water.” These are short, 6 page scripts written by the best writers on SimplyScripts and nearly all of them have had multiple scripts produced. So, if you are looking for a short script to shoot during this plague year, reach out to them.

But hurry. Already two scripts from the Writers’ Tournament have been optioned.

Please note: These were written in a short time frame and not polished works.

– Don

Marked written by Zack Aker

An artist is haunted by his art.

Discuss this film on the discussion board.

Look Behind You (8 pages pdf format) by Michael Joseph Kospiah

Brandon sees strange images after he finds out about an escaped serial killer on the loose in his town.

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Over on the Original Scripts page are twenty one original scripts for your reading pleasure.

After you’ve read a few scripts, why not try your hand at the May One Week Challenge?

– Don

Thanks Jake for the heads up on these drafts of Apollo 13.
Apollo 13 – August 6, 1994 revised 4th draft (9/23/94 revision) script by John Sayles (rewite of a script by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert (based on the book ‘Lost Moon’ by Jim Lovel & Jeffrey Kluger))
Apollo 13 – August 6, 1994 revised 4th draft (11/17/94 revision) script by John Sayles (rewite of a script by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert (based on the book ‘Lost Moon’ by Jim Lovel & Jeffrey Kluger)) – hosted by: Google Drive – in pdf format

Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It’s 1970, and America have already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there’s little interest in this “routine” flight.. until that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade.

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Knives Out – undated, unspecified ‘screen script’ draft script by Rian Johnson – hosted by: rcjohnso – in pdf format

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death. 

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Brick – undated shooting script by Rian Johnson – hosted by: rcjohnso – in pdf format

Brendon is a loner investigating the death of his ex girlfriend Emily. The police are making no progress, so he enlists The Brain to catch the killer. Uncovering Emily’s dubious friends they meet femme fa-tale Nora Zehetner.

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The Brothers Bloom – undated, original shooting script by Rian Johnson – hosted by: rcjohnso – in pdf format

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they’ve decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Rian wrote, It was originaly called “Penelope,” a name I still prefer, but we had to change the title when another film beat us to it. This is the original shooting script, and bears some differences from the finished film. The most obvious of these are in the final act, although tonally I think the script in general is a bit darker and more melancholy than what came out on the screen.

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Looper – undated, unspecified 3.2 draft script by Rian Johnson – hosted by: rcjohnso – in pdf format

In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’ by transporting back Joe’s future self.

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You can find more scripts on the Movie Scripts page and the Scripts Studios are posting for Award Consideration page.

Huge, huge thanks to Richie Soloman for the best news during the awards season. Check out more scripts on the Scripts Studios are posting for Award Consideration page.

Parasite – undated, unspecified draft fyc script by Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won – hosted by: Deadline – in pdf format

Jobless, penniless, and, above all, hopeless, the unmotivated patriarch, Ki-taek, and his equally unambitious family–his supportive wife, Chung-sook; his cynical twentysomething daughter, Ki-jung, and his college-age son, Ki-woo–occupy themselves by working for peanuts in their squalid basement-level apartment. Then, by sheer luck, a lucrative business proposition will pave the way for an insidiously subtle scheme, as Ki-woo summons up the courage to pose as an English tutor for the teenage daughter of the affluent Park family. Now, the stage seems set for an unceasing winner-take-all class war. How does one get rid of a parasite? 

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Jo Jo Rabbit – February 8, 2019 draft script by Taika Waiiti – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

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