Leah: Dude, I think it’s best to just tell ‘em. Juno MacGuff: I’m Pregnant. Bren: Oh, God. Juno MacGuff: But, uh ah, I’m going to give it up for adoption and I already found the perfect couple, they’re going to pay for the medical expenses and

The 2015 Oscar nominations came out today: Adapted screenplay: American Sniper, Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Theory of Everything, Whiplash. Original screenplay: Birdman, Boyhood, Foxcatcher, Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler. Studios and production companies have made eight of them available online. Here are links to those scripts which you can download legally.

Craig Mazin is a successful screenwriter in the comedy genre whose movie credits include RocketMan (1997), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Superhero Movie (2008), The Hangover Part II (2011), Identity Thief (2013) and The Hangover Part III (2013). With fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott, he hosted the informative

Watch movies. You know you need to do this to learn the craft. Moreover virtually any conversation about a script project with anyone involved in the movie development system will invariably result in multiple references to this movie or that. If you’re sitting there and the exec says, “Hey,

Josh A. Cagan (screenplay), Kody Keplinger (novel) A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier more popular friends. IMDb Release Date: 20 February 2015 (USA)

January is Classic 60s Movie month. Today’s guest post comes from Jeff Guenther. Movie Title: Cool Hand Luke Year: 1967 Writers: Donn Pearce (novel), Donn Pearce (screenplay), Frank R. Pierson (screenplay) Lead Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Jo Van Fleet, Strother Martin, Morgan Woodward Director: Stuart Rosenberg Plot Summary:

“Mrs. Bates?” — Psycho (1960), screenplay by Joseph Stefano, book by Robert Bloch Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Revelation. Trivia: Alfred Hitchcock tested the fear factor of Mother’s corpse by placing it in Janet Leigh’s dressing room and listening to how loud she screamed when she discovered it

Starting Monday, we begin our next installment of the Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis series. Next week: The Artist, winner of 5 Acadmey Awards, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius. You may download the script here. The schedule for the week’s discussion: Monday: Scene-By-Scene

Craig Mazin is a successful screenwriter in the comedy genre whose movie credits include RocketMan (1997), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Superhero Movie (2008), The Hangover Part II (2011), Identity Thief (2013) and The Hangover Part III (2013). With fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott, he hosted the informative

This is awesome! Sometimes life is worth living just because of stuff like this courtesy of CineFix. I can’t remember who turned me onto this link, but whoever you are, a HT to you!

Written by Michael R. Perry Likeable Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) stumbles innocently into the role of a killer, guided along the way by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog. IMDb Release Date: 6 February 2015 (USA)

January is Classic 60s Movie month. Today’s guest post comes from Lisa Hunter. Movie Title: Blow-Up Year: 1966 Writers: Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni and Tonino Guerra, story by Michelangelo Antonioni, short story by Julio Cortázar, English dialogue by Edward Bond. Lead Actors: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles

Jake Gittes: I found these in your backyard in the pond. They belonged to your husband didn’t they? Didn’t they? Evelyn Mulwray: I don’t know, yes probably. Jake Gittes: Yes positively. It’s where he was drowned. Evelyn Mulwray: What? Jake Gittes: There’s no time to

For those of you who may have missed it, today the CBS show “This Morning” featured a nice package on the Black List. You can see it here. From the piece: “I think the list and the website draw attention to great work,” [Franklin] Leonard said. “And I think, because

Craig Mazin is a successful screenwriter in the comedy genre whose movie credits include RocketMan (1997), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Superhero Movie (2008), The Hangover Part II (2011), Identity Thief (2013) and The Hangover Part III (2013). With fellow screenwriter Ted Elliott, he hosted the informative

Voltage Pictures acquires 2014 Black List script “The Search” written by Spenser Mondshein. From Variety: …centers on an expert tracker who battles his demons while on a journey to rescue his estranged older brother, who has vanished in the wilderness of the Northwest. This is the first script deal for

Written by Joss Whedon, comic book by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. IMDb Release Date: 1 May 2015 (USA)

January is Classic 60s Movie month. Today’s guest post comes from John Hörnschemeyer. Movie Title: The Graduate Year: 1967 Writers: Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry based on the novel by Charles Webb Lead Actors: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson. Director:

Alfred Borden: You went halfway around the world. You spent a FORTUNE. You did terrible things. Really terrible things, Robert. And all for nothing. Robert Angier: For nothing? Alfred Borden: Yeah. Robert Angier: You never understood… why we did this. The audience KNOWS the truth. The world is simple. It’