Universal apparently took down the script to Les Misérables apparently. However, they did post the script to The Lorax. Another script for adapted screenplay consideration.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – undated, unspecified draft script by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (based on the Book by Dr. Seuss) – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

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OWC Submissions are closed. The first five are up and you can start reading them .

Thanks to A.B. Steel for the heads up on this script up for best adapted script award consideration by Universal Pictures.

Thanks “Googler” for the Google Cache link to script

Les Misérables – May 20, 2012 White Shooting Script – Blue Revisions script by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude- Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer (Adapted from the Stage Musical ”Les Misérables” Based on the novel by Victor Hugo) – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

Information courtesy of imdb

Odd but interesting character(s) take refuge from a hurricane in a beat-up motel and are forced to make a choice between good or evil in order to survive the night.

Each character must have some history involving a supernatural event in their lives that factors into their choice. Genre is open. This is a micro-budget short, so no destruction of the motel, no children or animals and minimal special effects.

You must write one script (properly formatted) between 6 to 12 pages (courier 12 point font) on this month’s theme. Submit your script here. The script must be received by Friday, October 19th at 11:59 pm e.d.t.. Please do not put your real name on your script, however, please use your real name and real e-mail address on the submission form. (After the exercise closes you can either have your script removed or resubmit the script with your name on it). Please put “(c) Copyright 2012” on your script.

One script per person.

This is a free exercise. This isn’t a contest. However, one script will be selected to be audio performed by iScript.com.

We’ve been very lucky to have iScript sponsor the OWC for the last several years by providing an audio performance of one script from each of the challenges. Check out some from past years:
Veil of Blood – Ryan Lee.
Glass Rain – Julio Weigend
Old Ninty-Nine Face – Cameron Mitchell
Mister Schultz’s Zombie Army – Phil Clarke Jr.

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• Beating things out
• Silver/Bitela agency
• Ryan Lee
• Pia Cook
• Sacred Romance
• The Artists Way
• Dialogue
• Michael Conelly
• Lee Rider(She may have meant or said Lee Child)
• Late into scene
• Editing
• Craig Clyde
• How do you name your characters?
• page 1, 5, 12
• Scriptshadow (The Master)
• Packaging
• The Descendants
• One Shot
• What scripts sell for…

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Selfless is a short film directed by Breanne Mattson about a woman who discovers she’s no longer herself.

Breanne was kind enough to release a draft of the script upon which the film is based.

Unproduced scripts for Thursday, August 16th

How I Survived by Jasmine Ahmed hosted by How I Survived

(Drama) – Imagine being hopeless, helpless, until someone comes along and changes everything. (pdf – formatting: )

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Sin Once, Sin Twice by Darryl Wilkerson Jr.

(Horror) – The year is “1862”,The Cussmount Plantation,in South Carolina,where a beautiful young woman and her newborn daughter,were killed by her brutal,jealous husband. Now one hundred and thirty seven years later,the undead young women,seeks revenge against the present day “Cussmount “family members,that destroy her life. 109 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The Ebony Rose by Chris Stokley

(Action, Adventure) – A female sex offender rescues a young girl from a sex ring and plans a vendetta against the leaders of this ring as a way of redeeming herself. 120 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Quadrant: Pilot Episode by James

(Series, Sci Fi, Fantasy) – The pilot episode of serial drama about conspiracy and fugitives in the future 58 pages (doc – formatting: )

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Why Do I? by Niranjan K (Niranjanbja)

(Short) – A world which has been destroyed for a young girl. Five pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Superhero by David Clatworthy

(Comedy) – An old, married comicbook writer gets the opportunity to become a Superhero.Does he have what it takes, and can his marriage survive? A humerous look at what it takes to be a Superhero – is it something we all want, or are we all Superheroes in our own right? 62 pages (doc – formatting: )

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Making Johnny Normal by James Robinson

(Comedy) – Johnny embarks on his first journey of self discovery, leaving home and the clutches of his overbaring Mother to start university. Johnny arrives in the remote town of Pontypool, he soon finds that idependant living isnt as easy as it seems, as Johnny is emerced into the sex,drugs and on the dole culture. 57 pagse (doc – formatting: )

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Alien Boy by Chad Descoteaux (spiderhead)

(Action, Adventure) – A half-alien sideshow performer learns that revenge is not the answer while his alien father tries desperately to get back to the Earth to see his son. 97 pages (doc – formatting: )

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Bear Creek by Tyler Prichard (twprichard24)

(Series, Drama, Comedy) – The River’s a family of five two boys and a girl, the father is a high school basketball coach that takes a job offer in Bear Creek North Carolina, A small Football Town, can they turn the program around. Go threw the journey as the family adjusts to the feel of a small town after spending their whole lives in Shreveport Louisiana. Josh, Jeremy and Lexi will all face trials as they walk you threw their epic story of Bear Creek. (A spin off of One Tree Hill) 6 pages (doc – formatting: )

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I am Alive by Jon Winkler

(Thriller) – A zombie film about a lonely man with a haunting past is given the chance to make his empty life worth something at the end of humanity. 62 pages (doc – formatting: )

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It’s Been Awhile by Andrew Fischer-Gledhill (TwoAndrew)

(Short, Comedy) – Annie has spent the last ten years self deprecating alone trying to logically deduct with her friends the perfect man for her demographic; a female of a certain age. They logically deduct, an older retired widow would be the perfect man for her. One day at work Annie comes to an open conversation with her boss Betty, this leads Annie to her first date in ten years, with her bosses’ brother. 18 pages (doc – formatting: )

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Unproduced scripts for Wednesday, August 15th

My Daughter’s Roomies by Andre Jesequel

(Series, Sitcom) – A Crazy Bedroom Farce centering on the misadventures of a well to do, recently divorced Ray Campbell’s daughter Susan, her two “Roomies”, Cindy and Darlene, plus Ray’s other daughter Julie and her deadbeat Boyfriend Jerry. The girls and Jerry love to Party and “Dad” is allowed to tag along and live vicariously through the them so long as he picks up the check. 32 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The Greatest Illusion by Nat Miles

(Short, Drama) – A short film about an aspiring magician’s first performance, and the doubt and anxiety that goes along with it. 9 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Saving Marcus by Clinton Green

(Drama) – A recently released ex-convict struggles with murder and redemption while trying to bond with his estranged son. 114 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Love and Lattee by Raul Ramirez (ramigo3)

(Drama) – A successful young entrepreneur forced to accept his own mortality, finds solace in the lives of others. 119 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The Fallen Eden by Chris Stokley

(Action, Adventure) – The story concerns a reckless stuntwoman who discovers she’s the daughter of a fallen angel and struggles with assuming the identity of a superheroine in a world caught up in a battle between the sons of light and darkness… 100 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Brother to Brother by Devon Baxter

(Comedy, Drama) – Mark and Kevin are two brothers who live in a small apartment complex. Mark desperately wants Kevin to get off of their living couch and get a job while juggling finances for a trip to the Bahamas. When a new female tenant comes in, things start to clash between the two. 76 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Clownfish by Steve Miles

(Short, Comedy) – A wildlife park’s newest recruit finds himself caught in the rivalry of two veteran keepers. 8 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Little by Sean Tuccillo

(Comedy) – The sequel to the 1988 classic “Big” 87 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Monstrous by Mark Rupprecht

(Action, Adventure) – A faithless priest, who moonlights as a cryptozoologist, sets out to search for his ex lover’s father after he fails to return from hunting a legendary monster. 113 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Walking to You by Mark Rupprecht

(Action, Adventure) – In a post apocalyptic world, where people live in underground shelters due to a pandemic, a young man, attempts to travel above ground to find the women that he loves and struggles to survive by fighting off mutants and cannibal militia’s. 107 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Unproduced scripts for Tuesday, August 14th

Knock by Lars Fischmann

(Short, Sci Fi) – The last man on Earth sat in a room. Then there was a knock on the door. 5 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The Imbecile by Robert P Kirbyson

(Drama) – After the ultimate betrayal, a condemned man crawls from the abyss to annihilate his bloodline. 103 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Night Games by Alex Sarris (alex_212) hosted by Night Games

(Short) – A fun game of hide and seek turns out to be more than university student Billy bargained for. (pdf – formatting: )

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Community spec episode by Norman Scribbler (courhaw)

(Series, Comedy) – Senor Chang takes another swing at Jeff’s super-sized self-absortion with a Latin twist. 34 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Five O’Clock by Charles Huckelberry

(Short, Suspense) – An unwanted guest arrives on what should be the joyful time of a young couple’s life. 14 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The Era of Ashes by Barshay A. Tabor

(Sci Fi, Fantasy) – Guided by the witty voice of his fleeting sanity, a troubled orphan must discover the mysteries of forbidden spells before a vengeful eldress(goddess) claims its power as her own. 94 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Assassin’s Creed by Lee Cordner (Leegion)

(Action, Adventure, Historical, Fantasy) – Desmond Miles is captured by a secret organization which forces him into a machine to relive the memories of his ancestor, an Assassin from the Third Crusade known as Altair. 119 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The House by Alfredo De La Cruz

(Horror) – College students encounter pure evil while filming a video project at an abandoned house with an unknown dark history. 137 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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Cry Baby Creek by Kevin Smith

(Horror) – A dead woman haunts the creeks of a small town searching for the baby she lost 50 years ago in a car crash off a bridge. An investigator in a teen’s seemingly accidental death at the bridge finds evidence that the woman’s baby may have been taken by locals at the scene of the crash and attempts to find the grown child before the dead woman becomes even more violent. 103 pages (pdf – formatting: )

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The FatherHood by Kelsey Marie Taylor

(Drama, Comedy) – This Script is about a man raising his Three Daughters named Rhys Ronnie And Ali. (pdf – formatting: )

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