Two best friends relationship put to the test, epic journey to depths of despair, doctor has a car accident and half human/half fish searching for true love.

I normally don’t put up trailers or sneak peeks to a film unless I have a script for you to read, however I make an exception in this case.

The script Abattoir by James McClung was written in 2005 and shortly thereafter James submitted it to SimplyScripts with the following logline.

Four young filmmakers on a road trip decide to stop at the wrong gas station and find themselves in the clutches of some sick individuals running a cannibalistic meat business. Horror – 95 pages

Over the next two years a dozen or so folks, including Mike Shelton, Zack, ‘The Boy Who Could Fly’, tonkatough and ‘alffy’ read and gave input on James’ script. In late 2007 James asked me to take the script down as someone was interested in producting the script.

Important Note – The script was not picked up from SimplyScripts, but rather James actively shopped the script around. SimplyScripts had nothing to do with this script getting produced.

Flash forward to March of 2008 and James’ cryptic discussion board posting entitled Back from Canada. Abattoir was being filmed by Kalman Szegvary of Wildfire film studios. James gave a great set report posting in the Movie Rumor board.

Flash forward another year and James was able to share a small unofficial Abattoir film site that he and the director put together for a class that James is taking as a Film/Media Arts student at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Below is one of two “behind the scenes looks” at the new film that you can find on the unofficial Abattoir site. The film is currently in negotiations with a distributor.

So, hearty congratulations to James. I’m thrilled that Abattoir is getting made, particularly since I’ve had the opportunity to see this as a first draft script to later drafts to being able to read about set visits and see pictures and look behind the scenes. I really enjoy seeing how the sausague is made going from concept to celluloid. I hope to be able to see the film in a theatre near me. And, if it becomes a cult classic, you read it here first. – Don

ScriptGirl script sales report for week ending 3/13

Hardened captain leads young recruits again dangerous aliens, an Eddie Antar biopic, accused wife killer goes back in time an hour at a time, and the Seven Samurai in medieval times.

Will be shown at:
Downing Film Center
19 Front Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
800 974 8592 / 845 561 3686

Saturday March 14th

Showtimes:8:00 and 9:15

Tickets are $8.00 USD. Seating is limited.
The premiere will benefit the Pugweiser Fund for Pug Dog Encephalitis research (no, I’m not making this up). Partial proceeds from ticket, DVD and t-shirt sales will be donated to this pug charity.

Q/A following each showing with Director, Rick Bak and Writer, Phil Clarke, Jr. (oft contributor to SimplyScripts)

Pugumentary is a documentary about Thomas Sloan, a life-long NYC resident who died on June 5, 2005 of a heart attack, leaving behind no family except for 22 pugs.

In this documentary, we try to learn who Mr. Sloan was through interviews with his neighbors and friends, and follow the fate of his ‘children,’ from their unfortunate situation to their new, and happy homes.

check out the trailer

Talk about it on the Discussion Board

Over on the Movie Scripts page we have the famous unproduced work of Alfred Hitchcock – Mary Rose, written by Jay Presson Allen (pictured). This script has seen the light of day thanks to Steve DeRosa’s excellent site Writing with Hitchcock.

Mary Rose is a ghost who returns to the house in Sussex where she grew up where she is confronted by her own son, just 2 years old when she vanished, now a 41 year old man. But because he has grown up and she has not, there is no possibility of reunion, only of release back to the spirit world she has inhabited.

Mystery Man on Film has an excellent script review of Mary Rose

Thanks to “Lair” of Horror Lair for the heads up on
Mirrors – January 5th, 2007 4th draft script by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur – hosted by: horrorlair – in pdf format

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

There are more scripts over on the Movie Scripts page. – Don

Thanks to Fernando for the heads up on his fantastic screenplay site Roteiro de Cinema with a pretty big collection of scripts in Portuguese.

Among the scripts is the 2004 Oscar nominated screenplay Cidade de Deus (City of God) – December 2001 draft script by Bráulio Mantovani (based on the novel by Paulo Lins) – hosted by: Roteiro de Cinema – in pdf format

Brazil, 1960’s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well…too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs…will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.

Information courtesy of imdb.com

You can find this and other non-English scripts and screenplays on the Non-English Scripts page. – Don

Mr. Gloom by Mike Shelton was filmed in the spring of ’08, and premiered at the Naperville Independent Film Festival last August.

Below is the first cut, but they’re working to get the final cut with the original score and improved sound done sometime in the near future.

Mr. Gloom is a day in the life of the unluckiest man on Earth. – Short, Comedy

Read the script (14 pages pdf format). Discuss the script. Listen to the script as read by Macblade Productions : She and He Voice Overs

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Over on the Treatments page, the fine folks over at My Movie Scripts have a purported treatment of Transformers 2 (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). It is dated October 2, 2007 with the author blanked out. Here is a puzzle. According to IMDB, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Ehren Kruger spent two weeks writing a treatment, which they handed in the night before the strike began. However, the strike began November 5, 2007. This draft is October 2, 2007. And, the blanked out area on the treatement is too small to list all three names. I’m pretty sure this is not the Orci, Kurtzman and Kruger treatment. For all I know, it could be fan fic or a rejected treatment. Regardless, the treatment is a whopping 6 megs and in pdf format

You can find this and other treatments over on the Treatments, Step Sheets and Synopsis page. – Don