Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are eighteen new and original scripts.

Among them is Time on the Harbour a time-traveling, sci-fi/history piece where two boys travel back to 1942 and accidentally change the life of their grandfather. Because of their mistake, their grandfather is due to board a troop ship that they know will soon be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. With no other options, the teens must break into the high security Naval Base and get him off the ship before the attack. – Don

No script report from Scriptgirl this week. Enjoy the outtakes.

Curious as to who ScriptGirl is? Check out this interview with ScriptGirl. – Don

Just a little heads up that the deadline for TheMovieDeal Screenplay Competition Deadline is tomorrow, August 15th

You can still save $10.00 on your submission using promo code SI8138 on the ‘Enter Now’ page at http://www.TheMovieDeal.com.

Here are the particulars.

This is a new Indie screenplay competition which offers a production deal to the grand prize winner…. The winning writer of The Movie Deal! Screenplay Contest will receive a production deal, plus airfare and accommodations to the set of their own film.

Independent filmmakers Craig James Pietrowiak & Scott Prestin, currently in pre-production on the $4 million feature starring Ving Rhames, William Forsythe, Armand Assante and John Gries, have launched The MovieDeal! Screenplay Contest to find their next INDIE script! The goal is to produce a hit bigger than ‘Project Greenlight’ ever dreamed of. We’re looking for an original, innovative, yet marketable idea that could garner the success of the hits ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘The Blair Witch Project,’ or ‘Open Water.’ It doesn’t matter what genre, it just has to be Indie and interesting.

You don’t need AGENCY representation to enter. We want the best scripts in the market, which as independent filmmakers we know usually comes from up-and-coming talent, just like you!

Entries to The Movie Deal! are invited in 10 categories for feature length genres, as well as TV pilots, and short films. For submission details and other information, please visit: TheMovieDeal.com and remember save $10.00 on your submission using promo code SI8138.

Over on the Unproduced Scripts page we have 24 original scripts up for your reading pleasure. There is Sean’s Forben a very disturbing, wacked out, acid trip short series. Readers are strongly cautioned. Angela has a couple of Dead Zone spec scripts she’s written. And lastly, Scott has a number of scripts up including Tetsujin an eastern flavored action flick about a haunted man who is more than he seems, drifting from menial job to menial job, fighting for his life against his haunted past.

Not doing it for you? There are another 21 scripts up that might strike your fancy. – Don

Thanks to Russell for the heads up on the Teleplay Delilah and the Space Rigger by Robert A. Heinlein and Jack Seaman. This is based on the short story of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein and is considered one of the best feminist works of fiction written by a male author. The teleplay can be found in the Spring 2008 edition of Subterranean Press, one of the best specialty publishers of horror, suspense, mystery and speculative fiction.

Check out the TV Scripts and Teleplays page for this and more. – Don

Three 30-something guys rent a camp, south pacific islanders terrorized by sea monster, NFL superbowl wash-out plays for Italian semi-pro football team and Alzheimer suffering CIA agent has one last mission to complete before he forgets…

Thanks Josh and PDF Scripts for the heads up on these three recent releases. Find them on the Movie Scripts page.

On another note, I’m having problems with my email client and I am unable to send email at the moment, tho I am able to receive and read email. – Don

Thanks to Joe for the heads up on Alex Cox’s website at http://www.alexcox.com.

Alex Cox is probably best known for his film Repo Man which some consider one of the first independent movies. Alex’s website is a treasure trove of his scripts as well as the works of Tod Davies, Rudy Wurlitzer and others.

Among the jewels found on the site is the Repo Man script (pdf format). It is a scan of not only a draft of the script, but also includes the investment proposal, production schedule, budget summary and a four-page cartoon featuring the characters of Otto, Bud, and the Rodriguez Brothers.

On the Writing page, there are two drafts of Mars Attacks!, multiple drafts of Zero Tolerance as well as Dr. Strange. Also, you can find Tod Davies’ Three Businessmen (pdf format) considered by IFC to be one of the top ten sadly underseen films. Do check out an excellent biography of Alex Cox at Search My Trash.com. – Don

The names are reveled of who wrote what script in the One Week Challenge. – Don