Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

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Thanks to “anonymous zer0” and Horror Lair you can read this January, 2007 draft of The Ruins. A horror flick wherein people go see ruins and bad things happen.

thanks to Aaron from the discussion board for the heads up on what may be the Coen Brothers latest A Serious Man which, according to Coenesque just wrapped filming.

Links to those and more are over on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

It has been a while since I’ve found any produced movie scriptage links on the ‘net. Scribd has a few things. I think of most interest is a purported 2nd draft of New Moon written by Melissa Rosenberg. I’ve had several folks email me the link, though I am skeptical and am more inclined to believe that this is fan fiction, albeit pretty good fan fic. Update, I guess it was the script to New Moon. It has been removed.

Over on the Movie Scripts page are two verifiable scripts – Speed Racer and Casino Royale all courtesy of Scribd

Robert Skotte’s short – A Simple Discussion About Time Travel (PDF) has been filmed as A Simple Discussion.

Four friends enjoy a night of poker. That is until the conversation turns to Time Travel and who John Connor’s original father was. 10 pages

Talk about the film here – Don

Memorial Day Weekend script sales report.

Star Spec! Matt Lieberman’s Personal Security Concerns Hugh Jackman!

MoviePoet.com is proud to announce the winners of our March 2009 short script competition.

“The Process of Elimination” by Brian Wind ~ First Place
Being an Assassin-in-Training can be difficult, but it’s nowhere near as bad as being the instructor.

“A Ghost in the Embers” by Scott Merrow ~ Second Place
It’s 1883. A lone cowboy beds down out on the open prairie and watches as the smoke from his campfire morphs into a ghostly shape. And not just any ghostly shape — it’s the ghost of Billy the Kid!

“Found and Lost” by Nick Miranda ~ Third Place
A female soldier sends home some video messages from the desert. But she only has a few seconds to relate some very horrifying information to her husband.

MoviePoet.com is dedicated to the art of screenwriting, in particular, the short screenplay. Each month, we run a free online five page screenplay contest. Our goal is threefold: help writers improve their craft, celebrate our best work, and connect writers and their scripts with filmmakers.

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Irresponsible failure prime suspect regarding the disappearance of his best friend, suburban family man in midlife crises finds man cave, ambulance chaser face of law firm and a Susan Boyle biopic?

Thanks 1987brian for the heads up on Script Shadow. Around since February of this year, Carson Reeves reads and reviews recently sold spec scripts, some of which have been mentioned on ScriptGirl. Most recently Carson has reviewed Pierre Pierre which sold for a million and is to star Jim Carrey. Other reviews include Jennifer’s Body and State of Play. The reviews for April are listed out on the site in the bottom right column below “Ongoing Top 25 Scripts (links will take you to original scripts)”. Be sure and also take a gander at script reviews done in February and March. I quite nearly overlooked them.

Another excellent screenwriting site, GoIntoThe Story, run by Scott Myers has an excellent interview with Carson Reeves of Script Shadow. – Don