…With the release of three scripts up for award consideration. Thanks Bob Dole for the heads up on these three from Amazon MGM Studios. For the past 24 years, I have been tracking the scripts posted by studios for award consideration and post links to them. My thanks to everyone in advance for giving me the heads up on the scripts.

– Don

Air – Undated, unspecified draft script by Alex Convery (Revisions by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (Current Revisions by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chris Tucker)) – hosted by: Amazon MGM Studios – in pdf format

AIR reveals the unprecedented partnership between rookie Michael Jordan and Nike to create the Air Jordan brand. It follows the gamble of an unconventional team, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows her son’s worth, and one of the greatest basketball phenoms of all time.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Cassandro – Undated, unspecified draft script by David Teague and Roger Ross Williams – hosted by: Amazon MGM Studios – in pdf format

Saul Armendariz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life. Based on a true story.

Information courtesy of IMDb
Foe – 13th April, 2022, unspecified draft script by Iain Reid & Garth Davis (Based on FOE, by Iain Reid) – hosted by: Amazon MGM Studios – in pdf format

On a secluded farm in an apocalyptic world, Hen and Junior’s quiet life descends into turmoil when an uninvited stranger appears with a startling proposal. Based on the novel, FOE is a portrait of marriage and identity that explores the nature of humanity, real and artificial.

Information courtesy of IMDb

Check them out on the Scripts Studios are posting for award consideration page.

Over on the Original scripts page are eight original scripts for your reading pleasure.

And, the September One Week Challenge has begun! Check out the theme. Scripts due Friday, September 8th at midnight.

– Don

Who Wrote What and Writers’ Choice – We had a tie!

Writers’ Choice Victor’s Secret by Marnie Mitchell (mmmarnie) writing as Anonymous, too
After relocating to a new city, a lawyer with a strange addiction feels compelled to act when he discovers a sinister plot left behind by the co-worker they’ve been dating. (Short, Drama) pdf format

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Writers’ Choice In The Company Of Monsters by Gary Kohatsu (Abe from LA) writing as Robin D. Graves
A company man in charge of creating a horrifying product, must choose to expose or protect a worker with a sinister counter-plan. (Short, Horror, Fantasy) pdf format

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Read the rest of the scripts of the July ’23 One Week Challenge” – After relocating to a new city, a person with a strange addiction feels compelled to act when he/she discovers a sinister plot left behind by the co-worker they’ve been dating.

– Don

Over on the Unproduced scripts page are eight original scripts for your reading pleasure. Reach out to the writers if you are interested.

– Don

Grave Mistake (Short, Drama, Crime) pdf format) by David (eldave1) Lambertson

An Indian Chief steeped in tribal traditions must use modern technology to find the killer of his granddaughter.

Dave writes,

Filmamkers are inspirational.

He completed it and asked me what I thought – told him well done other than several scenes were too dark. He replied – I know. We don’t have electricity so there was no way to light the night scenes. This made me feel spoiled and humble at the same time.

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

– Don

The One Week Challenge is a writing exercise wherein one is given a week to write a short script based on a writing prompt. This month,

“What if..?”

It’s an ordinary day, you’re minding your own business when, without even thinking, you do a good deed for someone. Something selfless. Simple. Maybe you paid it forward. Maybe you helped an old lady across the street. Whatever it is, you left someone better than when you found them. Now—

“What if..?”

The powers that be of the universe take notice of your good deed and decide, somehow, some way, to return the favor by offering you a gift. A gift of extraordinary proportions. A superpower. Any superpower you so desire. Lasers from your eyes or sparks from from your lips. Anything. No questions asked. With a gift this enticing, naturally, you accept, but—

“What if?”

After you’ve done your good deed and received your chosen superpower, this day, of all days, just happens to be the day the world is going to end. A disaster of cataclysmic magnitude is hours, maybe minutes, away, and you’re literally the only one who can stop it, and you must stop it with your newfound power. So…

What are you going to do?

Find out what thirteen writers decided to do on the Unproduced Scripts page this week.

– Don

ps, any interest in these scripts? Please reach out to me or wait until the authors’ names are revealed.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking – August 16, 2021 revised draft script by Sarah Polley (Based on the book by Miriam Toews) – hosted by: United Artists – in pdf format

Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave.

In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Information courtesy of IMDb

Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All At Once – November 20, 2022 ‘Evelyn’ shooting draft script by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – hosted by: No Film School – in pdf format

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Information courtesy of IMDb

Everything Everywhere All At Once – December 18, 2017 ‘Jackie Chan’ draft script by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – hosted by: A24 – in pdf format

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Information courtesy of IMDb

 
 
Read other 2023 Oscar nominated screenplays
Read winners through the years.

Thanks to Bob and Barksid for the heads up:

Top Gun: Maverick – undated, unspecified draft script by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks (Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.)) – hosted by: Paramount – in pdf format

After thirty years, Maverick is still pushing the envelope as a top naval aviator, but must confront ghosts of his past when he leads TOP GUN’s elite graduates on a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it.

Information courtesy of IMDb

More on the Scripts studios are posting for award consideration page.