Over on the Unproduced Scripts page we have 45 original, unproduced scripts for your reading pleasure.

– Don

In 2007, Michel wrote a screenplay that was subsequently picked up, filmed and sent out on the festival circuit as Pro Kopf. The full short is now available to watch online via Vimeo.

Read the original screenplay Despair Is As Simple As A Phone Call (5 pages in pdf format) by Michel J. Duthin

One great moment of solitude or “Happiness is as simple as a phone call” antithesis. (short, drama)

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Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are 55 original scripts for your reading pleasure.

– Don

This is an update and a big thank you to all the folks who are supporting getting the game Velia noticed in the gaming community.

Velia is a PC-based action, adventure, platformer. An earlier version of Velia was a 2013 Scholastic Art & Writing Award Gold Medalist and a 2013 AMD Game Changer Award Gold Medalist.

Thank you to those who voted “Yes” to get Velia Greenlite on Steam. Voting is still ongoing, so if you are a member of the Steam community, please take a moment to vote “Yes” to get Velia on Steam.

Also, thank you to all of you who Liked Velia on Facebook

There is a free demo of the game available at Shademare.com/Velia. And, if you like the demo, you can purchase the full version with six worlds, hundreds of twisted and demented minions and many monsterous bosses.

A young man from the future arrives in present day intent on unraveling the mystery of his mother’s suicide. A shut-in from a dystopian future, he falls in with a group of friends as they embark on a night of fun, violence, adventure, and romance through the streets and alleys of the city.

From Writer/Director Chris “Heretic” Shalom, the writer of the amazeballs Android Night Punch and the award-winning independent film ‘TRUTH’.

The 2015 Oscar Nominations are out. Below are the scripts to the nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. All scripts posted by the studios for award consideration can be found here.

Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper – undated, unspecified draft by Jason Hall (based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice) – hosted by: Warner Bros – in pdf format

The Imitation Game – undated, unspecified draft script by Graham Moore (based on “Alan Turing: The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges) – hosted by: The Weinstein Company – in pdf format

Inherent Vice – August 7, 2013 final shooting draft script by Paul Thomas Anderson (based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon – hosted by: Warner Bros – in pdf format

The Theory of Everything – November 2013, shooting script script by Anthony McCarten – hosted by: FocusGuilds – in pdf format

Whiplash – undated, unspecified draft script by Damien Chazelle – hosted by: Sony Classics – in pdf format

Original Screenplay

Birdman – undated, unspecified draft script by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

Boyhood – undated, unspecified draft script by Richard Linklater – hosted by: IFC Films – in pdf format

Foxcatcher – undated, unspecified draft script by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman (Story by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman and Bennett Miller) – hosted by: Sony Classics – in pdf format

The Grand Budapest Hotel – undated, unspecified draft script by Wes Anderson (story by Wes Anderson and Gugo guinness) – hosted by: Fox Searchlight – in pdf format

Nightcrawler – November 27, 2012 unspecified draft script by Dan Gilroy – hosted by: The Wrap – in pdf format

^*I don’t think this is studio hosted. Found through http://scridx.com/.

– Don

Sony Pictures Classics script up for award consideration

Wild Tales – undated, unspecified draft script by Damián Szifrón – hosted by: Sony Classics – in pdf format

A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in an everyday detail, appear themselves to push them towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

Sony Pictures Classics script up for award consideration

Whiplash – undated, unspecified draft script by Damien Chazelle – hosted by: Sony Classics – in pdf format

A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student tries to achieve greatness, and the professor tries to stop him.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

Sony Pictures Classics script up for award consideration

Still Alice – undated, pink draft script by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (based on the novel by Lisa Genova ) – hosted by: Sony Classics – in pdf format

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

Information courtesy of imdb.com