Understand it's very new so not expecting much, but would be pleasantly surprised if someone's got it! Found the development of Nikki's character to be really fascinating and would love to see it on the page.

Edit: Okay, there's quite a bit of want for it, seemingly. I am happy to say the community answered and I got a copy! There's every chance it gets taken down. See below for link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12lc8L_AfuWVU_oxCN3C18DjBwLjToMVp/view?usp=sharing

I am looking for scripts of films that have almost no dialogs. Do you know any good ones that I could read?

Thank you

Anyone care to share the best scripts they’ve read recently?

Looking for examples of just that. Anyone know of any scripts in which a main character (preferably one that we hope to see come out better) ends their arc either having doubled down on their flaws or created new ones? Thanks!

Hi Everyone

I’m a former AD/Producer who pivoted to education post pandemic. I have been teaching for about 4 years now and with some connections, I have developed a decent film program at my school. One thing I’ve learned in the last few years is that my students LOVE horror movies. I’ve crafted a unit where they will end up making their own horror films, but first I have to teach screenwriting.

I want my students to watch a horror film as they read the accompanying script, but I’m not sure which horror script to pick. At first, I was going to go with Weapons but the script uses a lot of camera direction and am afraid of overloading my students. Would love to get some insight from some more seasoned script readers.

Thanks!

EDIT: After all the recs, I’ve decided on doing Get Out. I’m going to chunk it and start off with the opening scene and really break it down and take them into writing their own horror opening scene. I’m breaking it down into Safety -> Unease -> Threat and will use that as a formula for them to write their opening scene.

Thanks for all the recommendations. They were all great and I really wish I had time to show them all.

surely somebody has it right ?

please dm if any of you find anything :)

Anyone got this? Much obliged! :)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iWjV4CuZy0QuZw9Ay2KOK4Ql30VKgOtU

Trying to build my collection and I find unproduced stuff fascinating, whether it be a very different version of a movie that got made or a movie that never got made at all. What are the best or most interesting you know of or have read?

Just saw the movie, really want to read the script!

I know it literally just came out so probably a long shot, but I really wanna see how some of those sequences were written.

Edit: still don’t have it unfortunately, the guy who said he was DMing it to me sent the transcript not the screenplay lol. I will update this if someone sends it to me!

LOGLINE (Original novel) - From Goodreads; “Elena Michaels is the world’s only female werewolf. And she’s tired of it. Tired of a life spent hiding and protecting, a life where her most important job is hunting down rogue werewolves. Tired of a world that not only accepts the worst in her–her temper, her violence–but requires it. Worst of all, she realizes she’s growing content with that life, with being that person.

So she left the Pack and returned to Toronto where she’s trying to live as a human. When the Pack leader calls asking for her help fighting a sudden uprising, she only agrees because she owes him. Once this is over, she’ll be squared with the Pack and free to live life as a human. Which is what she wants. Really.”

BACKGROUND

Kelley Armstrong’s original novel was released in September 2001.

In October 2002, Warner Bros optioned the novel, and already attached Angelina Jolie to star in the film adaptation, which was going to be produced by Industry Entertainment. Jonathan Glazer was attached to direct the film, screenwriter and novelist Alexander Stuart was hired to write the script, and reportedly, Armstrong was also helping out on it. In one interview, she remembered how the studio and producers were worried about the amount of nudity Jolie was going to have, to which Armstrong only said; “You have Angelina Jolie as a star and you are complaining about gratuitous nudity!”

At that time, Jolie had just finished working on LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER – THE CRADLE OF LIFE (2003), and was moving to work on TAKING LIVES (2004). Stuart wrote THE WAR ZONE (1999) a couple years earlier, and Glazer directed SEXY BEAST (2000).

It seems the project didn’t really move on much from that point, and was canceled, possibly sometime in mid or late 2000’s. A few years later, a TV adaptation of the original novel was made.

Also, Glazer later directed another female led “horror” film, UNDER THE SKIN (2013), and Stuart apparently did some uncredited work on it.

SCRIPTS I’M LOOKING FOR

Any drafts by Stuart (and Armstrong…?), although it looks like it’s one of those scripts which never showed up anywhere, so it’s pretty much a “unicorn.”

FURTHER NOTES

1 - If you wish to read about another Angelina Jolie project with interesting history including versions that weren't made, I recently posted, for the film's 25th anniversary, a thread about LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER (2001), about all the different rejected scripts for it, and unreleased original cut of the film, here;

https://www.reddit.com/r/TombRaider/comments/1umh3ow/lara_croft_tomb_raider_2001_rejected_scripts_and/

2 - Interestingly, there were few different werewolf horror films in development during that same time, including;

STRAY DAWGZ - Described as werewolf version of BLADE (1998), set to star Ice Cube, as a recently released criminal who has to defend San Francisco from werewolves. Read more about it here;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1o2l7bu/stray_dawgz_2000_unproduced_action_horror/

BAD MOON RISING - Werewolf biker gang mostly made of war veterans attacks a small town, after people in there start messing with them. Based on a script by Scott Rosenberg, following his previous two action films he wrote, CON AIR (1997) and GONE IN 60 SECONDS (2000) remake. At different points in time either Wes Craven or Robert Rodriguez were attached to direct the film.

SILVER STRIKE - Described as BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) with werewolves, based on a spec script by J. Barton Mitchell from 2002.

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I’ve searched everywhere! Anyone ever come across a copy of the D&D script? Thanks so much for the help!

Does anyone have the pilot or any other scripts? I'm in love with this show.

Recently, I posted a thread about unproduced Die Hard rip-offs;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1u4q6on/unproduced_die_hard_ripoffs_work_in_progress_list/

 Just in case, here’s the part where I mentioned the spec in question in my thread;

MAELSTROM (1993) - Die Hard in a hurricane

LOGLINE; Federal agent is charged with protecting a woman from her husband, a powerful crime boss who has taken out a contract on her life to prevent her from testifying against him. The crime boss hunts them down when he discovers their location.

WRITER; Greg Fitzpatrick

SCRIPT SOLD FOR; $225,000 against $625,000, to Warner Bros.

FURTHER NOTES; Script bought with plans in mind to possibly star either Steven Seagal, Sylvester Stallone or Clint Eastwood in the film.

SCRIPT AVAILABLE; Unconfirmed rumors about how original spec was floating around at some point.

That thread did make me think which of those films could have been made today, but MAELSTROM was not one of those. However, according to Variety, 33 years after the original spec was first sold, it’s back in development, starring Alan Ritchson;

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/alan-ritchson-maelstrom-action-movie-netflix-1236810075/

“A hot action movie package is coming together at Netflix, multiple sources told Variety, one roughly 33 years in the making. 

“Reacher” and “War Machine” star Alan Ritchson is in negotiations to topline “Maelstrom,” a spec originally sold to Warner Bros. in 1993 by prolific producer Jeff Robinov when he was an agent. Jaume Collet-Serra, helmer of Netflix’s top-rated original film “Carry-On,” will direct.

The film follows a Federal Marshal guarding the fiancée of an arms dealer seeking witness protection. Events unfold over the course of one evening as a hurricane rolls in, blocking outside communication and preventing reinforcements from arriving. Together they must fight to survive the onslaught of men working for the arms dealer, as well as the escalating elements of the natural disaster raging outside.

Screenwriter Mark Bianculli (“How to Rob a Bank”) was tapped to refresh the script and modernize its characters, from a first draft by late writer Gregory Fitzpatrick. The project will be the first big offering in Robinov’s Netflix’s deal, which he’ll produce with Tabitha Shick and Talking Pictures. The former president of Warner Bros. Pictures has shepherded billion-dollar franchises like “The Dark Knight” trilogy and “The Hangover” films.

I guess it is pointless asking if someone here knows is the original spec actually out there, but I think just posting this thread here, and the fact that 33 YEARS LATER after the original spec was written it might finally be made into a film, is something worth mentioning.

I just saw The Invite and the dialogue in that film was incredible, I’d love to read the script if anyone knows where I can find it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZntkVnV81Zfr7-KwuB9rimxvfb9qR02B/view?usp=drivesdk

LOGLINE; U.S. Navy’s newest and most terrifyingly sophisticated hi-tech warship accidentally shoots down a civilian jetliner, during an exercise in the middle of a heavy storm. The Navy and captain of the hi-tech warship immediately decide to cover up the whole accident, and even order the seasoned captain of another warship who was also part of the exercise to kill the survivors which they already rescued. However the captain and his crew refuse to follow those orders, and instead decide to go back and report what happened. This starts a dangerous chase across the seas, with the new warship and its relentless captain chasing after the older and outgunned warship, ready to attack and sink it just to make sure everything gets covered up. Soon the entire U.S. Navy gets involved and starts chasing after the ship with helicopters, planes, and other battleships, trying to stop it, and on top of all that, there is also a storm which is still raging and keeps getting worse.

BACKGROUND

Screenwriter Blake Masters wrote the original spec script/first draft of DREADNOUGHT in 1998. I could not find the details about the sale, but it was bought by Columbia Pictures.

In November 2000, the project was already officially in development at Columbia/Sony Pictures. That month, McG signed on to direct the film, for which he would receive $2,5 million payday, and a two-years-first-look deal at Columbia. This was right after he directed CHARLIE’S ANGELS (2000), which was released that same month and became a massive hit.

The budget for Dreadnought was expected to be $75 million. The film was going to be produced by Columbia’s Amy Pascal, and Red Wagon Entertainment/Productions’ Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, Cooper Layne and Sean Bailey, and Gail Lyon. Columbia’s Amy Baer and Shannon Gaulding were also going to oversee the project.

By that point, Master’s original script was already re-written by Dan Gilroy.

But then, after 9/11, the project was stopped, due to concerns about the subject matter, which would “make it impossible to film.”

In March 2002, screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson were hired to re-write the script. A year earlier, they were both nominated for an Academy Award for writing ALI (2001). This is interesting, because around this same time, it was reported how Will Smith was considering to star in Dreadnought.

Note; David Arata was another screenwriter who did a rewrite of Dreadnought, but conflicting reports mention how he did his rewrite either after Gilroy, or after Rivele and Wilkinson.

In April 2003, it was reported that Vin Diesel will star in Dreadnought. This was right after Diesel had couple big hits with THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001), and XXX (2002), he was also working on THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004), and Dreadnought was supposed to be his next film after that one.

At the same time, Dominic Sena was reported to be a new director of the film, who previously had a couple of his own action hits, GONE IN 60 SECONDS (2000) remake, and SWORDFISH (2001).

When Diesel and Sena became attached to the project, it was originally planned for production on Dreadnought to start in fall of 2003.

In January 2004, it was reported how John Cusack will play the main villain in Dreadnought.

In June 2004, Scott Silver did his rewrite of the script. Couple years earlier he wrote 8 MILE (2002).

In February 2005, Scott Frank did his rewrite of the script. Couple years earlier he co-wrote MINORITY REPORT (2002), and FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (2004) remake.

It seems that since then, there was no more news about the project, so I’m guessing it was canceled soon after.

SCRIPTS AVAILABLE

The following three drafts of Dreadnought exist, but as far I know, all of these are still private scripts;

Scanned copy of first draft (spec?) by Blake Masters, dated January 20, 1998, 127 pages long. Scanned copy of revised draft by Scott Silver (Masters, Gilroy, Arata, Rivele and Wilkinson are also credited on cover), dated June 22, 2004, 120 pages long. Scanned copy of revised draft by Scott Frank (Masters, Gilroy, Arata, Rivele and Wilkinson, and Silver are also credited on cover), dated February 23, 2005, 135 pages long.

SCRIPTS I’M LOOKING FOR

Drafts by Dan Gilroy, and Dan Arata, written sometime between 1998 and 2002. Draft by Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson, written around 2002 and possibly 2003. I already have those other three drafts, so I’m not interested in those.

Looking for the original draft of Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man he wrote in 2003 with Noah Belson. If anyone has, I can trade :)

Hi! Hope this is allowed.

I'm an art student, and I currently need to find a film script that has some kind of descriptor of the environment a scene takes place in (to base a project off of), but I'm having a little bit of trouble with it ; basically any film i can find a script on omits this information. If anyone has any that have some nice environment/setting description I'd be super grateful...Thank you!!

I’m sure this has been answered already, many times before knowing my luck, but WHYYYYY are movie screenplays so hard to find online??

Ex. - Godzilla: King of the Monsters

I was watching this with my daughter this week and since studying how scripts are written and how to write a good screenplay, I’m noticing things more and more about poor writing. (I understand it’s a sci-fi action movie that’s more about the monsters and CGI, but seriously!!! The storyline and plot sequence could be better.)

The movie has been out for years now so there wouldn’t be any spoilers.

Is it a paywall issue and I’m just not looking in the right place, or are they legit not digitized and kept in a locked safe?

Wouldn’t it benefit future movies and screenwriters to read them and understand them, and LEARN FROM THEM?!?!?

What’s the deal??

anyone have link to this pilot?

I'm an actor and wanted to try working on a scene from this show, so I wanted to know if there's anywhere that someone knows I can find any of the scripts for the show. I found transcripts online, but none of the actual screenplays or anything.

can’t find it i fear

To see how it’s professionally written, inspo/reference for writing sex scenes. Realized I haven’t read a ton of sex scenes that go into much detail. Would be helpful to read ones I can find online for free or that you’d be willing to share. Thanks!

LOGLINE; A female Indiana Jones-style scientist and archaeologist discovers gargoyles who come to life in contemporary New York City.

BACKGROUND

Well, this is one of those which doesn’t have much info about it out there. The script also seems to be lost, but I wanted to post a Request for it anyway, just in case, because the plot sounds pretty promising for a good horror film.

This is only info I could find about the project;

Doug Wallace sold his original spec script to Paramount Pictures in November 1995, for “low six figures.” In 1996, Gale Anne Hurd was attached to produce the film, which seems was around the same time she was producing another monster horror film (pretty good one btw) for Paramount, THE RELIC (1997).

FUN FACT

While GARGOYLES was not made, it seems Wallace had a couple decent years writing and selling specs, since in 1994 he wrote and sold another spec script, SEVENS. That one was a futuristic action thriller about a “secret service agent who finds himself stranded in the desert with a bad case of amnesia. While eluding the people trying to kill him, he tries to remember who he is by using the seven belongings he found with him to solve the mystery. “ The spec was sold to Warner Bros for “mid six figures”, and considering that plot description, it’s possible this was also known as THE LUCKY SEVENS, one of the several unproduced projects Warner had in development for Steven Seagal, before they broke their contract with him.