The Hugo and John W. Campbell Award finalists, 2007 were announced last week. Among the announcements were nominations for Dramatic Presentation, Long Form a.k.a. “Best Science Fiction screenplay”. I thought that “Children of Men” was on the ‘net, but apparently I was mistaken. I guess this is my own April Fools joke on myself. At least three of the five nominated screenplays are on the ‘net. So, for your reading pleasure, The Hugo and John W. Campbell Award finalists, 2007 for Dramatic Presentation, Long Form are:

Children of Men. Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. (Universal Pictures) not available on the ‘net, tho it is available through ScriptShack

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Directed by Gore Verbinski. (Disney) host: Word Player

The Prestige. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Warner Brothers / Touchstone Pictures) host: Daily Script

A Scanner Darkly. Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. (Warner Independent Pictures)

V for Vendetta. Screenplay by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. Directed by James McTeigue. (Warner Brothers) host: Daily Script

note: (Note: The version of “A Scanner Darkly” available on the ‘net is not the Linklater version, but rather the Charlie Kaufman penned version available through the excellent Being Charlie Kaufman website.

Two romantic comedies up on Daily Script thanks to “QT’s illegitimate son”. We have I Think I Love My Wife the Chris Rock and Louis CK penned script, directed by Chris Rock. Please go see this movie! I think it got an unfair rap from the reviewers. Also, we have the Paul “Letters from Iwo Jima, Crash and Flags of Our Fathers” Haggis penned A Last Kiss. They can both be found on the movie scripts page. – Don

Wondering what you are going to watch this weekend at the movies? Might want to check out the Scott Frank penned The Lookout. Scott has also penned the likes of Minority Report, Out of Sight and Get Shorty. Check out this behind-the-scenes look at his first director endevour.

Thanks to Vern and Miramax Highlights you can read this unspecified, undated draft of the Oscar nominated screenplay for best original screenplay The Queen. That brings us to four Oscar nominated screenplays on the ‘net. Read The Queen and more on the Movie Scripts page.- Don

Thanks to Dennis and Weekly Script we’ve got the November 1992 shooting draft of the sports film, The Program. Also, read the September 2004 shooting draft of Margaret Nagle’s Warm Springs. Those are on the Movie Scripts page – Don

Thanks to Kevan, anonymous and “Quentin Tarantino’s illegitimate son” for these three found on daily script. On the Movie Scripts page read the Johnny Depp thriller Nick of Time. Someone kidnapped Gene’s daughter and now he has to kill someone to get her back. There is also Mini’s First Time the crime / comedy where Mini seduces her step father to get her mother declared insane. (I Hate when that happens.) And, there is a November 4th draft of The Number 23 which I think is a later draft than the one on Horror Lair

Update – At the request of the copyright holders I’ve been asked to remove the links to the Halloween and Grindhouse scripts. So, just go to the imdb.com discussion thread for the particular movie and snag the link yourself. – Don

Thanks to Irish Films, Inc. for the heads up on these two from ‘anonymous’ and Daily Script – read Crank and Casino Royale (2006 remake). Find them on the movie scripts page. – Don

Congratulations to Joseph. His short script Manipulating Life has been filmed by Aaron Jenkins. You can view the teaser and submission to The Lot.

Dr. Sproul attempts to rid the world of his greatest creation. His two closest colleagues try to stop him while his autistic son slows him down.