Congratulations to Rob – Writers’ Choice for February One Week Challenge with Aleena and Rollie by Rob Herzog (Rob) writing as Jimmy Gator

A bag of cash complicates the romance of campus misfits Aleena and Rollie. (Short, Drama, Crime) pdf format

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Loves Me Not by Sean Elwood and Zack Akers (Zack Akers) writing as James Whale and Boris Karloff

A hopeless romantic desperately searches for the perfect girlfriend. (Short, Horror) pdf format

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Pure Love by PH Cook (Grandma Bear) writing as blank

A young man set out to propose the girl of his dreams. (Short, Drama) pdf format

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Bury The Truth (4 page thriller in pdf format) by Zack Akers

Two friends bury a body deep in the woods. But can they bury the truth?

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominations for the 94th Oscars.

Noms for Best Adapted Screenplay
Coda – Undated, unspecified script by Siân Heder (Based on La Famille Bélier) – hosted by: Apple
Drive My Car – by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – not yet available
Dune – June 19, 2020 Salmon Revisions Final Shooting Draft script by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (Based on the novel ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert) – hosted by: Warner Bros
The Lost Daughter – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Based on, The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante) – hosted by: Deadline
The Power of the Dog – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Jane Campion (Based on The Power of the Dog By Thomas Savage) – hosted by: Deadline

Noms for Best Original Screenplay
Belfast – Undated, unspecified shooting draft script by Kenneth Branah – hosted by: Focus Features
Don’t Look Up – Undated, unspecified draft script by Adam McKay (Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota) – hosted by: Deadline
King Richard – November 19, 2021 final script by Zach Baylin – hosted by: Deadline
Licorice Pizza – by Paul Thomas Anderson – not yet available
The Worst Person in the World – by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – not yet available

You can read the screenplays to other nominated scripts on the Scripts Studios are posting for Award Consideration page.

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Hi,

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

And watch this space for the announcement of the Spring One Week Challenge!

– Don

Yellowjackets – May 23, 2019 ‘Network’ draft script by Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson – hosted by: TV Writing – in pdf format

On the eve of a fateful flight, a championship high school girls soccer team celebrates by betraying one another. 25 years later, the survivors do their best imitations of well-adjusted people. Also watch the Season premiere.

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Best Adapted screenplay

Coda – Undated, unspecified script by Siân Heder (Based on La Famille Bélier) – hosted by: Apple
Drive My Car – by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Not available
Dune – June 19, 2020 Salmon Revisions Final Shooting Draft script by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (Based on the novel ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert) – hosted by: Warner Bros
The Lost Daughter – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Based on, THE LOST DAUGHTER by Elena Ferrante) – hosted by: Deadline
The Power of the Dog – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Jane Campion (Based on The Power of the Dog By Thomas Savage) – hosted by: Deadline

Best Original screenplay

Being The Ricardos – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Aaron Sorkin – hosted by: Amazon Studios
Belfast – Undated, unspecified shooting draft script by Kenneth Branah – hosted by: Focus Features
Don’t Look Up – Undated, unspecified draft script by Adam McKay (Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota) – hosted by: Deadline
King Richard – November 19, 2021 final script by Zach Baylin – hosted by: Deadline
Licorice Pizza – by Paul Thomas Anderson –

The WGA writing nominations are out. Read the nominated scripts:

Best Original Screenplay
Being The Ricardos – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Aaron Sorkin – hosted by: Amazon Studios
Don’t Look Up – Undated, unspecified draft script by Adam McKay (Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota) – hosted by: Deadline
The French Dispatch Of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (filmed as The French Dispatch) – Undated, unspecified FYC script By Wes Anderson (Story By Wes Anderson Roman Coppola Hugo Guinness Jason Schwartzman) – hosted by: Deadline
King Richard – November 19, 2021 final script by Zach Baylin – hosted by: Deadline
Licorice Pizza – by Paul Thomas Anderson – Not available yet

Best Adapted Screenplay
Coda – Undated, unspecified script by Siân Heder (Based on La Famille Bélier) – hosted by: Apple
Dune – June 19, 2020 Salmon Revisions Final Shooting Draft script by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (Based on the novel ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert) – hosted by: Warner Bros
Nightmare Alley – December 1, 2021 Final Shooting script by Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (Based on the Novel by William Lindsay Gresham) – hosted by: Deadline
tick, tick … BOOM! – Undated, unspecified draft script by Steven Levenson (Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson) – hosted by: Deadline
West Side Story – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Tony Kushner (Based on the book for the musical by Arthur Laurents) – hosted by: Deadline

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

Zola – November 2018 unspecified draft script by Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris (Based on the Rolling Stone article “Zola Tells All” by David Kushner & on the inimitable Twitter feed of Aziah “Zola” King) – hosted by: Deadline – in pdf format

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

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Thanks Bob and SW for the heads up on this one:

Spider-Man: No Way Home (written as: Serenity Now) – Undated, unspecified FYC script by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers – hosted by: Deadline – in pdf format

With Spider-Man’s identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

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