Screenplay Explorer

“Shutter Island” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:45:15 +0000

In 1954, U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are assigned to investigate the escape of a patient at the federal maximum security hospital/prison for the criminally insane located on Shutter Island. Once on the island, they find that the hospital and prison staffs aren’t really cooperating with [...]

“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:33:03 +0000

It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance [...]

“Zombieland” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:21:02 +0000

A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), [...]

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:10:29 +0000

Adolescent wizard-in-training Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for another year of schooling and learns more about the dark past of the boy who grew up to become Lord Voldemort in this, the sixth installment of the film series that originated from the writings of author J.K. Rowling. Read Half-Blood Prince screenplay … Is there a current [...]

“Lord of the Rings” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:55:32 +0000

An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order [...]

“Goonies” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:09:36 +0000

Mikey Walsh and Brandon Walsh are brothers whose family is preparing to move because developers want to build a golf course in the place of their neighborhood — unless enough money is raised to stop the construction of the golf course, and that’s quite doubtful. But when Mikey stumbles upon a treasure map of the [...]

“New Moon” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:49:58 +0000

In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful TWILIGHT series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of—only to find herself in greater peril than ever before. Read New Moon screenplay … Is [...]

“Somewhere In Time” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:37:20 +0000

Christopher Reeve got away from Superman and related costume roles in this dramatic fantasy film, adapted from Richard Matheson’s 1960s vintage novel Bid Time Return. A young playwright, Richard Collier (Reeve), is approached by an elderly woman on the occasion of his first triumph in 1972 — all she says to him is “Come back [...]

How to Budget a Movie

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:29:22 +0000

Whether your script is a low budget film or a Hollywood blockbuster movie, investors will always ask for a film budget. Film budgeting refers to managing the cost for a film during its production. Typically a rough budget is produced by filmmakers during script development in order to convince film producers and film studios to [...]

“Terminator Salvation” screenplay

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:22:15 +0000

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide [...]