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

– Don

The scripts of the One Week Challenge and Who Wrote What and Writers’ Choice are on the Unproduced scripts page.

– Don

Trailer for Bad Connection released:

Back in 2013 we had a Seven Week Challenge. Stephen’s script, Bad Connection was one of those scripts. Stephen writes, “…it started life as part of a 7WC…”

Read more about the new Horror/Thriller Bad Connection on Collider.com.

‘Bad Connection’ follows a down-on-her-luck waitress, played by Dana Davis (“Prom Night” “The Morning Show”, “The Rookie”) who discovers a snuff film on the stolen cell phone she purchased. She soon finds herself on the run from a methodical madman played by Chris Gann (“For all Mankind”, “The Valet”) hellbent on getting it back, and willing to destroy anyone who stands in his way.

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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.

Awaken (12 pages (Short, Drama) pdf format ) by Roy E.

A boy struggles with being raised by a drug addict.

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Produced by Anita Cordell and Directed by Ty Jones. IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10796186

There are several people critical to the continuation of SimplyScripts. PH is not only a gifted writer of horror and many other things, but PH is also the corner stone of SimplyScripts and a good writer to work with. With that, check out:

Tangled Web by P.H. Cook

A weekend getaway for a couple takes a deadly turn when they encounter a seductive stranger who reveals their darkest secrets and drives them to murder. (Thriller) pdf format

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

– Don

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.

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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.