Tag Archives: Script Review

Mon, Feb 15 2010
Script Review: ALLIES WITH BENEFITS

Script Review: ALLIES WITH BENEFITS

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By Elizabeth Wright Shapiro Draft Dated March 2, 2009 The old saying about politics making strange bedfellows is apparently the springboard for Allie With Benefits. With perhaps the first Meet Cute to... 

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Wed, Oct 7 2009
Script Review: HIGHLANDER Remake

Script Review: HIGHLANDER Remake

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By Art Marcum & Matt Holloway Draft dated January 21, 2009 If ever there was a franchise in need of a reboot, it may just be the Highlander series, especially as it was never intended to be a franchise... 

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Tue, Sep 8 2009
Script Review: PAUL

Script Review: PAUL

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The comedy duo has all but disappeared from movies today. A holdover from the days of vaudeville, double acts like Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy and lesser knowns like Olsen and Johnson or Wheeler... 

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Sun, May 10 2009
Script Review: GI JOE

Script Review: GI JOE

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(AKA Dark Skies: First Strike) By Stuart Beattie Revisions By John Lee Hancock And Brian Koppelman & David Levien Draft Dated November 3, 2007 For years, fans of the toy line turned cartoon and comic... 

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Sun, Apr 19 2009
Script Review: SOLOMON KANE

Script Review: SOLOMON KANE

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Screenplay by Michael J. Bassett Undated Draft In 1928, a good five years before the first tales of a certain Cimmerian swordsman by the name of Conan saw print, the pulp magazine Weird Tales published... 

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Thu, Feb 5 2009
Script Review: GREEN LANTERN

Script Review: GREEN LANTERN

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This weekend at the New York Comic Con, a panel will be held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of DC Comics’ long-running heroes , the intergalactic cop/superhero Green Lantern. Steeped in... 

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Thu, Jan 1 2009
Script Review: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

Script Review: X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

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With the rise in overall quality in comic book-to-film adaptations, studios have started to give more careful thought towards the longevity of their franchises. The idea of careful consideration as to... 

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Thu, Sep 4 2008
Script Review: THE ADVENTURES OF FARTMAN

Script Review: THE ADVENTURES OF FARTMAN

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Story & Screenplay by J. F. Lawton Based on a character created by Howard Stern Undated Draft Superheroes come with all different powers, but there was a time when we almost had a costumed avenger... 

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Wed, Apr 9 2008
Want To Read A Bit Of Stone’s Bush Bio-Pic Script?

Want To Read A Bit Of Stone’s Bush Bio-Pic Script?

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On Monday, we told you about the Hollywood Reporter passing copies of the script to controversial director Oliver Stone’s forthcoming President George W. Bush bio-pic W to several Bush biographers... 

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Wed, Apr 9 2008
AintItCool Scores DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Script Review

AintItCool Scores DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Script Review

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The folks over at AintItCool News have landed the first review of the upcoming remake of the 1950s classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, and it doesn’t look pretty. How bad is it? To quote the reviewer,... 

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Tue, Apr 8 2008
Biographers Weigh In On Stone’s Bush Pic

Biographers Weigh In On Stone’s Bush Pic

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When someone as politically outspoken as Oliver Stone announces that they will be making a fair and accurate film on the life of current President George W. Bush, skeptical eyebrows are bound to gain some... 

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Mon, Mar 10 2008
Script Review: THE HAPPENING

Script Review: THE HAPPENING

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“An apocalyptic tone poem.” That’s how Fellini described Alfred Hitchcock’s nature-strikes-out-at-man thriller The Birds. It’s also one apt description for M.... 

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Tue, Feb 26 2008
Script Review: JENNIFER’S BODY

Script Review: JENNIFER’S BODY

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In addition to becoming one of those increasingly rare combinations of critical darling and box office smash, the indie comedy Juno managed the even rarer feat of catapulting its first time screenwriter... 

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Thu, Jun 7 2007
Script Review: CASINO ROYALE

Script Review: CASINO ROYALE

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Any film franchise that wants to achieve any amount of longevity is going to have to strike a balance between preserving the elements that have captured the public’s imagination and making... 

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Sun, Aug 7 2005
Script Review: ROGER RABBIT II: THE TOON PLATOON

Script Review: ROGER RABBIT II: THE TOON PLATOON

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Original Screenplay by Nat Mauldin It’s probably a fair assessment that there haven’t been too many successful new animated characters created in the last 30 years or so. Since the early 1970s, only... 

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