On the unproduced scripts page there are six new scripts up for your reading pleasure. There are a few horror scripts, a few shorts and the pilot for a series.

The early bird deadline for the upcoming Gimme Credit short screenplay competition is September 7th. Write Movies‘ standard deadline for The International Fall 2006 Writing Contest is October 1st. So, get writing. More info onthese contest can be found on the announcements page.

My friend, Jason Henderson, who has produced comics such as Sword of Dracula, and the graphic novel Soulcatcher, co-written Tokyopop manga series Psy-Comm and written and designed for several hit computer games, including Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 as well as being a chronic under achiever, has a new book coming out in October.

In The Darkling Band, two best friends in 13th-Century Germany set out across towns, tundra and mountains to find one of the friend?s two sisters, who have been kidnapped by a raiding party of winged men locked in a war with the exploding human population.

The Darkling Band can be preordered through Amazon.com or Dragon Moon Press.

This is a neat idea. Pick 52 popular, award-winning, influential screenplays and read and blog on one a week for a year. That is what 52Screenplays.com has done. His first script for review is 2001 A Space Odyssey.

For other “top” screenplays, you can also check out the WGA Top 101 Scripts – Don

Verizon announced that you can now go to games.verizon.com to download PlayLinc, a free instant messenger that allows you to launch private game servers for free, as well as host any LAN game on your own system. The messenger also uses server-based VOIP, so when you launch your a voice server automatically fires up with it.

Jason Baker of leading e-sports online news site, GotFrag, gives PlayLinc a rave review, writing, “This has to be the most useful product for gamers since the invention of the mouse.” He added, “PlayLinc is the perfect solution for gamers wanting to control their game experience without paying a lot of money for game servers and voice servers. It is easy to use and built by guys who have set the standard for back-end server software in the gaming industry.” For Baker’s complete review, visit gotfrag.com

In the interest of full disclosure, I do work for Verizon. However, I also like gaming and I like the product. Hey, it is free. – Don

Thanks to Chris for the second heads up that an early draft of Transformers has made an appearance on the ‘net, again. Written by John Rogers with revisions by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (in IMDB it has John Rogers as contributing only the story with Alex and Roberto as screenwriters). There is an indirect link on the Movie Scripts Page. – Don

Today I cleaned up the TV Scripts and Transcripts database. I got a bunch of broken links relinked. Couple of new transcript sites on the ‘net – TV Transcripts DB has some varied shows up, including Weeds which I’ve yet to see on the ‘net. Also, Dr. Who 2005+ Transcripts has, as the name implies, transcripts to seasons 9 and 10 of Dr. Who.

I remain painfully behind in getting Unproduced Scripts up.

Thanks to Weekly Script you can read Music of the Heart. Check it out on the Movie scripts page. – Don

On the unproduced scripts page there are 24 original scripts up for your reading pleasure. – Don

Currently in post-production, Stagknight boasts better kills, hotter babes, more laughs and one of the most original horror villains ever seen. The script is up at Horrorlair as well as a number of stills and behind the scene pictures on the set. You can read the script on the Movie Scripts page.

On another note, I am way behind in getting unproduced scripts up. I hope to get a batch of them out tonight. – Don

Thanks to Chris for the heads up that The Realm Toys has an early, early draft of Transformers up. So early that it is called Prime Directive written by John Rogers with revisions by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (in IMDB it has John Rogers as contributing only the story with Alex and Roberto as screenwriters). If you want to navigate in as Chris directed me, go to The Realm Toys, click on “movies/tv” in the top level nav and then click on the sub page “Peter Cullen is Optimus”. Please do poke around The Realm Toys a bit. They got a new look up. Great stuff there. If you don’t want to poke around, just hit the Movie Scripts page and Bob’s your uncle.

Note: Transformers script is not longer available on The Realm Toys. You can, however, read a review of the script at LatinoReview

By the way, Dragon Con is coming up. I won’t be there since I blew this year’s allowance on a week at the beach where I swam, built incredible sand castles (which got washed away by the rising tide, but trust me, they were magnificent) and read His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik and Pompeii by Robert Harris (yes, I know how it ends… they all die.

Got a Triple Feature going tonight. Can’t decide between Irreversible, Ichi the Killer or Freeway? Have “Trip F” give you a hand. Short reviews to help you decide what rent to watch. – Don