Thanks Joshua for the heads up on this which can be found on the Movie Scripts page. Reminder that there are hundreds of screenplays for your reading pleasure on the Movie screenplay page.

– Don

The Hulk – February 6, 200 second draft script by Michael France (based on characters by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby) – hosted by: DailyScript – in pdf format

Bruce is an ordinary Gamma expert who one day gets blasted with radiation and somehow survives. But in the process a monster was born. Now whenever he gets angry he grows bigger and stronger until he is no longer Bruce Banner. He becomes The Hulk

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Thanks SW and Bob for the heads up on this script posted for award consideration.

First Cow – Undated, unspecified draft script by Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – hosted by: Deadline Hollywood – in pdf format

A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.

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Let Him Go – Undated, unspecified draft script by Thomas Bezucha (Based on the novel by Larry Watsons) – hosted by: Focus Features – in pdf format

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

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Thanks SW and Barksid for the heads up on this script posted for award consideration.

Nomadland – Janury 12, 2019 unspecified draft script by Chloé Zhao (Based on the book by Jessica Bruder) – hosted by: Deadline Hollywood – in pdf format

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

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Thanks Bob for the heads up on this script up for award consideration.

Shirley – September 6, 2018 final shooting draft script by Sarah Gubbins – hosted by: Neonguilds – in pdf format

As renowned for her morose nature as she is for her horror fiction, writer Shirley Jackson is crafting yet another masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds Fred and Rose disrupt her creative process and marriage to literary critic – and philandering professor – Stanley Hyman. As Stanley spars to maintain academic dominance over his would-be protégé Fred, Rose attempts to dampen her own ambitions and adjust to married life while living under the roof of their fiery intellectual hosts with quicksilver loyalties and myriad neuroses. When the motives of Shirley’s literary muse prove elusive, Rose’s curiosity and trusting nature make her tender prey for a brilliant author whose only allegiance is to her work.

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Another script in contention for award consideration.

Malcolm & Marie – June 17, 2020 final draft script by Sam Levinson – hosted by: Hollywood Reporter – in pdf format

A filmmaker returns home with his girlfriend following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what’s sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.

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Thanks Richie for the heads up on this script in contention for award consideration.

Onward – script – hosted by: Variety – in pdf format

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys’ fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior — The Manticore — and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed. 

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Thanks to Bob, SW, Barksid, Richie, Riley for all these scripts studios are posting for award consideration.

The White Tiger – December 11, 2020 continuity draft script by Ramin Bahrani (Based on the novel by Aravind Adiga) – hosted by: Deadline Hollywood – in pdf format

Balram Halwai narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok and Pinky, who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing – a servant – so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

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News of the World – Undated, unspecified draft script by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (Based Upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles) – hosted by: Universal Pictures – in pdf format

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Undated, unspecified draft script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (based on the play by August Wilson) – hosted by: Variety – in pdf format

Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) — who has an eye for Ma’s girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry — spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives.

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Promising Young Woman – Undated, unspecified draft script by Emerald Fennell – hosted by: Focus Features – in pdf format

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

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Thanks, Richie for the heads up.

Mauritanian – January, 2020 unspecified draft script by M. B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani (Screen Story by M. B. Traven; Based on ‘GUANTANAMO DIARY’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi – hosted by: STX Films – in pdf format

This is the true story of Slahi’s fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.

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Thanks Barksid for this script up for award consideration.

The Forty-Year-Old Version – August 4, 2019 pink revised draft script by Radha Blank – hosted by: Netflix – in pdf format

Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.

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