The Stephen Batchelor Script of the Week is Dr. Strange.

Dr. Strange – January 21, 1986 unspecified draft script by Bob Gale – hosted by: Stephen Batchelor – in pdf format

Stephen Strange is a brilliant but egotistical neurosurgeon who only cares about wealth from his career. However, a car accident damages his hands, shattering the bones. The damage effectively ends his ability to conduct surgery, since his hands now tremble uncontrollably. Too proud to take on a teaching job, Strange desperately begins to search for a way to restore his hands, consulting various doctors, homeopathic treatments and traveling around the world to remote regions for exotic cures, all to no avail.

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Folks,

Glenn (a.k.a. IAmGlenn on the Discussion Boards) is the writer of a new series.

It has Aliens.

A secret organization of aliens are using their own technology to program humans in order to over throw governments around the world and obtain global dominance. That is if five escaped prisoners don’t stop them first.

Help out out the series on GoFundMe.

Deets on the series:
ProgrammedSeries.com – website
The Facebooks page for Programmed Series
InternetMovieDatabase Information

Two drafts of the pilot for Flashforward

Flash Forward – “Pilot” – December 9, 2008 draft script – hosted by: David S. Goyer.com – in pdf format

On what seems to be a day like any other, everyone on Earth blacks out at the same moment for 2 minutes and 17 seconds. They also have a vision of where they will be or what they are doing some six months into the future, on April 29, 2010. For FBI Agent Mark Benford, the vision is disturbing: he sees himself working on this case, drinking again and with someone at the FBI building out to kill him. Mark’s wife, a surgeon, sees herself in a relationship with another man, apparently someone she doesn’t know yet. Mark’s partner, Agent Demetri Noh has no vision at all and..

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Flash Forward – “Pilot” – March 7, 2009 draft script – hosted by: David S. Goyer.com – in pdf format

After the entire world’s population blacks out for approximately 2 minutes and 17 seconds, which in effect causes the entire world to see a glimpse of life 6 months into the future, an elite FBI task force is formed to investigate who/what caused the global blackout, whether the events foreseen were simply flashes or true events of what’s to come, and whether or not it could possibly happen again…

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

And, also, scripts of the 7 Week Feature Challenge are up. We have a pretty good record of at least one (if not more) works from these challenges getting picked up and produced.

Enjoy!

– Don

Thanks, Marie, for the heads up on these!

The Witch’s Tale: The King Shark God – transcript- from: Generic Radio

Old Nancy, the 108-year-old Witch of Salem, tells a tale of a Hawaiian Shark God that eats horny white guys.

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The Columbia Workshop: The Fall of the City – transcript- from: Generic Radio

A radio announcer describes a nameless city’s reaction to the arrival of a conquering enemy. Archibald MacLeish’s allegorical verse play is one of the few vintage American radio dramas that was able to claim a serious literary reputation.

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Our Miss Brooks: A Plaque for Mr. Conklin – transcript- from: The Wireless

Principal Conklin thinks he’s getting a plaque from the school board and it’s up to the intrepid Miss Brooks to manage the fallout. A slapstick episode of the long-running sitcom.

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Lights Out: The Locked Room Mystery – transcript- from: Generic Radio

A novelist, struggling to write a locked room mystery, locks himself in his office, only to be interrupted by a stranger who resembles the story’s murderer. An interesting but not very scary episode of the long-running horror series.

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Lux Radio Theatre: It Happened One Night – transcript- from: Generic Radio

Classic Depression-era Frank Capra romantic comedy about a smooth-talking reporter and a runaway heiress on a cross-country bus trip.

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Find these and more on the Old Time Radio page.

We had a script writing challenge. Write a script in 7 weeks.
Theme: Female Lead
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Action, Sci-fi (any of these or combination of them)

Psykyesis by Eric Wall hosted by Simply Scripts

(Thriller) – A pregnant widow must unravel the mystery of a serial attacker who has been attempting to steal unborn children through crude C-sections, less she become the psycho’s next victim. 100 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

The Vultures of Death Valley by Mohammad A. Nawaz hosted by Simply Scripts

(Sci Fi, Fantasy, Crime) – An unstable boxer, fuelled by revenge by the ones that left her for dead, saves the life of a psychic entangled in the dealings of psychopathic Mafiosi who will stop at nothing to murder him. 125 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Blood Harvest by Toby Ellmers hosted by Simply Scripts

(Thriller) – A drug-addicted FBI agent is brought in to work alongside the bigoted local police force to investigate a bombing at the American Embassy. But as her investigation leads her deep into the corrupt world of the Taliban-controlled heroin production, she realises that more may be at stake than saving her career. 137 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Strangers on a Bus by Chris Bodily hosted by Simply Scripts

(Thriller, Murder, Suspense, Hitchcockian) – Two strangers meet on a train and agree to exchange murders: One’s mean boss; and the other’s abusive, domineering grandmother. What happens when one girl backs out of the deal? 88 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

The Last Blue Blood Vampire by Dustin Bowcott hosted by Dustin Bowcott

(Horror) – An unbeknownst descendant of the Van Helsings must finish what her family started when the last vampire, kept alive and farmed for her blue blood that gives users vampire powers for one night, escapes and seeks her rightful place as ruler of the planet. 93 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Treasure Chest by Richard Russell hosted by Simply Scripts

(Thriller) – A antique tea chest leads to a quest for treasure that ensnares a beautiful interior decorator. 101 pages (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

The Memory Map by Bill Sarre hosted by Simply Scripts

(Thriller) – After a traumatic mission, a covert agent goes on the run only to discover that her survival depends on an experimental procedure to unlock part of her memory. (pdf format) – Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Stephen Batchelor Script of the Week is Iron Fist – this is the John Turman 2001 draft for the proposed film… Read the rest

Iron Fist – September 27, 2001 2nd rewrite draft script by John Turman (based on the Marvel Comic Book Series) – hosted by: Stephen Batchelor – in pdf format

Daniel Rand was born in New York City, the son of Wendell Rand, who discovered the mystical city of K’un-L’un as a young boy. During his time in K’un L’un, Wendell saved the life of the city’s ruler, Lord Tuan, and was adopted as Tuan’s son.

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Over on the TV Scripts and Teleplays page check out:

Glee pilot – July 21, 2008 draft script – hosted by: Sorozat Junkie – in pdf format

A group of ambitious misfits try to escape the harsh realities of high school by joining a glee club, where they find strength, acceptance and, ultimately, their voice, while working to pursue dreams of their own.

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Congratulations to Matías. He just signed with C.A.A..

Matías has been contributing to the SimplyScripts Discussion Board since 2005. He is the 2014 Grand Prize Winner of The Page International Screenwriting Awards. He has written several produced scripts. You can read some of his work before I get a C&D from C.A.A. to take them down.

Alas, Matías has yet to receive the coveted crappy mug…