November 6th 2007: After some polite... and not-so-polite e-mails re: the WGA strike, I'll let a writer (James Gunn, "Dawn of the Dead") address it. As one message said, "your site is dedicated to these writers and their work..." This is very true, however the site is also more or less retired, hence the lack of support. Anyhoo:
"The only reason for the strike - and don't believe anything to the contrary - is that the studios have refused to pay writers (and screen actors, and directors) residuals on new media. When you download a movie from Amazon or a TV show on iTunes, the people who created that content, who devised it, wrote it, acted in it, and directed it, get exactly 0% of the profits. And the studios want it to stay that way.

The WGA was asking for an increase in the residuals made on DVD sales (unlike new media, creators make a small percentage off of DVD and VHS sales, pay-per-view showings, TV sales, etc). For months now the studios have said that this was the reason the contract couldn't be closed. However, at the 11th hour - last night - the WGA took that off the table. It came down to new media and only new media. And the studios refused to budge.

This strike is absolutely not a matter of the rich getting richer. We're not striking because of guys like me who have made numerous feature films, or guys like Greg Daniels who have created popular TV shows. This is for middle-class writers - your regular TV staff writers and people who may have done one or two small feature films. Residuals are a way they can make perhaps a few thousand dollars a year between gigs. This is a way they can put food on the table and pay the rent during downtime - and downtime is something almost all writers (and actors and directors) have." More -->

May 13th 2006: An unspecified, undated -- save "1976" -- draft of "The Hills Have Eyes" by Wes Craven. It's titled "Blood Relations: The Sun Wars." I believe this is the complete script, despite the abrupt ending (will admit; never seen the film).

April 10th 2006: A second draft of "Gremlins," by Christopher Columbus. This script was, as most know, heavily rewritten.
Joe Dante: "[They] basically wanted to have a really nasty horror picture about little monsters that bite your ankles and do terrible things. They cut mom's head off and bounce it down the stairs, they eat the dog, it was pretty gruesome. And when we were making the movie, it just seemed that they were actually so funny--the puppets were so funny when they were doing human things, putting on clothes--that it took a whole different direction. It became much more of a horror-comedy than it was a straight horror picture." Thanks to HorrorLair.

March 29th 2006: Thanks to The Daily Script and 'Vern' for an unspecified draft of "The New World," written by Terrence Malick. This must be one of his first drafts, if not the first. Quite overly theatrical and dissimilar in tone to the final film. Here's some info on the "Malick scripting process" in general from Audrey:
"The 1970's screenplay was honed repeatedly into the version of the shooting script which was registered with the WGA in July 2004. Most of the live dialogue which had been shot has been cut (there now are nearly 20 times the original number of internal monologues). Literally dozens of scripted developmental incidents are not in the finished film. Brief answer [to the similarities between screenplay/film]: the script became a 'serving suggestion.'"

March 22nd 2006: The Director's Shooting Script of "Suspect Zero," written by Billy Ray and Zak Penn. Many thanks to 'J.B.M.," who has a few comments on the script:
"This is, to my knowledge, the shooting draft reviewed by AICN a few years back. While I don't agree it's the "abomination" Moriarty made it out to be, it has some very rough patches. All the interesting aspects of this draft are from Zak Penn and director E. Elias Merhige -- Billy Ray brought nothing but overwriting and pretension. If the studio had gone back to one of Zak Penn's drafts -- or maybe even the Paul Schrader draft leaked online -- the film might have gotten a little more attention."

March 19th 2006: Originally this screenplay was "set" to be released online about 5 years ago, luckily it has held back for various reasons, most of which I forget now. Anyways; with thanks to my old pal 'Anonymous' -- an early draft of "V for Vendetta," by Larry and Andy Wachowski. The $50 mill film took the #1 spot at the Box Office this weekend, earning approx. $26 million.

February 13th 2006: M. Night Shyamalan's infamous, early draft of "The Village." I usually do not directly address screenwriters here, this will be one of the exceptions:    Well, Mr. Shyamalan... now it's out there, a 'proof' of how needless it was calling people liars or denying the obvious. You're a tremendously gifted writer, and I'd advise you to read this again; it's a well-observed piece. "After SIXTH SENSE exploded at the box office, he signed a deal with Disney that gives him a fairly unprecedented level of freedom. He got burned early on with his experiences working on LABOR OF LOVE over at Fox, and as a result, he has managed to form a protective wall around himself to prevent anyone from giving him notes or suggesting revisions. He’s insulated himself from other people’s decisions, and as much as that sounds like exactly what every writer/director wants or needs, it can be a trap, and just as destructive as being involved in filmmaking by committee. There’s a balance to it, as with everything, that must be struck, and the more insulated you are, the more you become vulnerable to your own worst instincts..." Thanks to HorrorLair.

February 9th 2006: An early, February 1st, 2003 draft of the much-requested "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Thanks to The Daily Script.

January 19th 2006: Hey now! J.F. Lawton's unproduced screenplay for "The Adventures of Fartman," the film "...Howard [Stern] was supposed to make before he made "Private Parts." Things didn't work out so Howard and J.F. pulled out of the deal and the script has been sitting dormant ever since." Thanks to MarksFriggin.com.   In other news: Looks like Cameron's "Avatar" will finally be made. So for those who still have it on their script sites, now might be a good time to remove it...for a while.

October 15th 2005: An undated shooting script for "Fantastic Four," by Mark Frost and Michael France. Thanks to 'J.B.M.' - who mentions the following about this draft:

"P.S. Although only Frost and France are the only writers credited here, I am 200% sure Simon Kinberg was the final writer on this draft. His "trademarks" are all over it...the horrible dialogue, cliched interactions between characters, boring and weak action, etc. Y'know, Akiva Goldsman was this guy's mentor -- Kinberg learned the dark arts from the Devil himself.:D

August 12th 2005: "Secret Window" by David Koepp, Feb. 12th 2003 revised draft. Thanks to 'J.B.M.'

August 3rd 2005: An unspecified draft of Eric Red's [cult] classic "The Hitcher." Thanks to 'johnryder.'

August 1st 2005: "Land of the Dead" - an August 24th, 2004 draft by George A. Romero. Many thanks to 'J.B.M.' for sending it this way!

June 25th 2005: The seventh draft of the "Butt ugly. But funny" comedy "Freaked," penned by Tim Burns, Tom Stern, and Alex Winter.

June 23rd 2005: A script for the animated cult classic "Rock & Rule," written by Peter Sauder and John Halfpenny.

June 17th 2005: An early draft of "Hostage," penned by the author of the novel, Robert Crais. Thanks to 'J.B.M.' And now for a quick plug -- check out my new Movie Board; 20 secs to sign up, and you can discuss DVDs, books, music, TV, in addition to, of course, scripts and film.

June 16th 2005: A shooting script for Paul W.S. Anderson's "Event Horizon," credited solely to Philip Eisner. Hmm...could have sworn it was given a rewrite by Andrew Kevin Walker (whatever happened to that guy?). Thanks to Dennis over at The Weekly Script.

June 14th 2005: David Goyer's "Blade: Trinity," unknown draft. Thanks to good ol' Nazardo.

June 10th 2005: A shooting draft for Charlie Kaufman's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," dated February 4th, 2003. Many thanks to Mick over at Being Charlie Kaufman.

June 7th 2005: A revised fourth draft of "The Goonies," by Chris Columbus. Thanks to Simply Scripts and TheGoonies.com.

May 12th 2005: Speaking of mangled, an early draft of Hillary Seitz's script for the limp "Insomnia" remake is available over at The Daily Script. I believe Christopher Nolan gave the script a final production polish. "To me, the original movie is brilliant and I think it's perfectly realized. I don't think there's any ... it's unimprovable and it's complete." Right.

April 31st 2005: Paul Schrader's revision of Zak Penn's famously mangled "Suspect Zero" screenplay. Thanks to The Weekly Script.

April 27th 2005: A year later...the site returns with the script for... Neil Tolkin's "License to Drive." What can I say; it's a nostalgia flick.

May 21st 2004: No, this section isn't dead just yet, as much as it may seem like it. Will be adding an extensive backlog of scripts over the next few days, starting with Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" courtesy of The Daily Script.

February 19th 2004: "The Life of David Gale" -- first draft by Charles Randolph. Many thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

February 3rd 2004: Added a handful of scripts that have surfaced over the past few weeks ("Groundhog Day," "Office Space," "Any Given Sunday," "Donnie Brasco," "Cold Mountain"), with thanks to All Movie Scripts dot Com and Simply Scripts. All the feedback regarding the "WB situation" is also much appreciated. Most messages go something like this.

January 8th 2004: With thanks to 'Anon' - a correctly formatted text version of the first draft for "Pirates of the Caribbean." Read some comments about this draft here.

December 2nd 2003: The A-M page is back, N-Z will follow shortly. A brief explanation of what happened: A while back, completely out of the blue, I received a "Cease & Desist" letter from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., insisting that 100+ scripts should be removed from the site. "2001," "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Badlands," "Lethal Weapon," "A Clockwork Orange," "Seven," "Unforgiven," "The Green Mile," etc., etc. -- all gone.
So there you have it...but despite this 'incident,' the now-mangled script section will still live on.   Oh, and WB, assuming you'll have similar problems with the site in the future, feel free to contact me directly, there's really no need to do this via a certain patent office.

November 18th 2003: Script section is temporarily closed... Meanwhile, have a look at an early draft of "The Italian Job," written by 'The Powers' - Wayne and Donna Powers. Thanks to All Movie Scripts dot Com.

November 6th 2003: The Weekly Script has returned - with a new address, as well as a screenplay many people have requested throughout the years; Shane Black's early draft of "The Long Kiss Goodnight." Thanks to Dennis.

October 31st 2003: An early draft for the latest Coen Bros. film, "Intolerable Cruelty," co-written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone. Thanks to All Movie Scripts dot Com. [Also, with thanks to 'Green Wasabi,' a 1986 draft of "The Witches of Eastwick."]

October 27th 2003: "Thirteen Ghosts" (or "Thir13en Ghosts"), written by Robb White, Neal Marshall Stevens, Richard D'Ovidio, Todd Alcott, and James Gunn. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

October 12th 2003: Larry and Andy Wachowski's shooting script for "The Matrix" finally shows up. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

October 9th 2003: From All Movie Scripts dot Com - an unspecified draft of the underappreciated "Equilibrium," written by Kurt Wimmer.

October 2nd 2003: Stephen Schiff's first revised draft of "True Crime," based on the novel by Andrew Klavan. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

September 18th 2003: "Cellular," by Larry Cohen, Chris Morgan, J. Mackye Gruber, and Eric Bress. Thanks to All Movie Scripts dot Com.

September 15th 2003: The shooting script for Ridley Scott's "Matchstick Men," currently in theaters. Scribes Nick Griffin and Ted Griffin adapted the screenplay. Many thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

September 3rd 2003: An early draft for the original "Fun with Dick and Jane," written by novelist Mordecai Richler. Also the oft-requested "Freddy vs. Jason" - final draft by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Thanks to Dean, Camp Blood, and Simply Scripts.

August 31st 2003: Walter Hill's revised shooting script for "The Getaway," dated February 23rd, 1972. Thanks to All Movie Scripts dot Com.

August 20th 2003: Various drafts of next year's "Sugar," written by Todd Klinck, Jaie Laplante, and John Palmer. Thanks to Lisa.

August 14th 2003: The first draft of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves " - by John Watson & Pen Densham. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

August 4th 2003: "Collateral Damage" - written by Ronald Roose, Nicholas Meyer, David Griffiths & Peter Griffiths, Terry George, and Channing Gibson. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

August 3rd 2003: John Logan's script for "The Last Samurai" (undated, although with revisions by Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, it could be quite recent) has popped up over at Script-Fix. I expect it to be gone within a couple of days...

July 31st 2003: The Academy Award winning screenplay for "The Cider House Rules," by John Irving. Also an early draft - possibly the original spec - of Shane Black's endlessly-quotable "Last Boy Scout." Thanks to The Weekly Script and 'Green Wasabi.'

July 28th 2003: Scripts for "Breakdown" (an underrated film written and directed by Jonathan "T3" Mostow), "Final Destination 2" (by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress), and "25th Hour" (04/30/01 draft by David Benioff). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi' and The Daily Script.

July 7th 2003: A later draft of "Training Day," dated April 2001. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi,' who mentions that "...even though David Ayer's name is the only one on the cover, I do know there are at least two other writers with uncredited polishes on this draft."

July 3rd 2003: Sidney Buchman's "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," production draft. Thanks to The Weekly Script.

June 30th 2003: Firstly; the oft-requested "Punch-Drunk Love," written by Paul Thomas Anderson. Secondly; "Charlie's Angels," fourth draft, by Ed Solomon, John August, and Zak Penn.
Lastly; an early draft of "Halloween II," by John Carpenter and Jon Hamburg. Thanks to Daily Script, 'Green Wasabi,' and J.T.!
[PS: Thanks to 'Cameo93' for letting me know that "...the "Halloween II" script you received was in fact NOT the script by John Carpenter, but a notoriously famous (Online) transcript of the movie by a 'Halloween' fan."]

June 26th 2003: Scripts for "Being Human" (third draft, by Bill Forsyth), "Man Trouble" (shooting draft, by Carole Eastman), and "Memphis Belle" (July 1989 draft, by Monte Merrick). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

June 24th 2003: The fourth draft of "RoboCop," written by Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner. Thanks to Jot and RoboCop Archive.

June 14th 2003: A "clean shooting draft" (?) for Lawrence Kasdan's "The Bodyguard," with thanks to Green Wasabi.

June 13th 2003: An early - possibly spec - draft of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Joss Whedon. Many thanks to 'Alex Moskwa,' who adds that this is a chance for "Buffy" fans to "...bask in its literary glory and see in their heads what we should have been able to see up on screen."

June 10th 2003: "Angel Eyes," seventh draft by Gerald DiPego, dated October 1999. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

June 7th 2003: A script for "Space Cowboys," penned by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner. Next, there's Colin Higgins' "Harold and Maude," May 1970 draft. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi' and 'Anon.'

June 4th 2003: "Maverick" - "A Western by William Goldman," final draft. Also a revised draft of, erm, "Wild Wild West," written by S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman (with a few contributions by Shane Black). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

May 21st 2003: Scripts for "Death to Smoochy" (December 2000 draft by Adam Resnick) and "The Distinguished Gentleman" (production revision, by Marty Kaplan). Thanks to Green Wasabi.

May 20th 2003: Nevermind about that May 7th update -- here's a revised second draft of Charlie Kaufman's "Adaptation," dated November 2000. Thanks to Mick over at Being Charlie Kaufman.

May 18th 2003: Scripts for Quentin Tarantino's "Natural Born Killers" (third draft, dated November 1990) and "True Romance" (August 1992 draft). Thanks to 'The Bride.'

May 13th 2003: "Save the Last Dance," written by Duane G. Adler, the uncredited Toni-Ann Johnson, and Cheryl Edwards. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

May 13th 2003: A production draft for the 1998 "Mighty Joe Young," remake, written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner (based on a screenplay by Ruth Rose). Also a January 5th, 1993 draft of "The Three Musketeers," by David Loughery and Harley Peyton. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

May 11th 2003: Scripts for "Newsies" (revised draft by Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, David Fallon, and Tom Rickman) and "The Flintstones" (early draft, dated September 1987, by Steven E. de Souza). Thanks yet again to 'Green Wasabi.'

May 8th 2003: A script for many people's favorite Steven Seagal movie; "Executive Decision," written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas ("Predator"). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

May 7th 2003: Charlie Kaufman's first draft of "Human Nature," dated May 20th 1995.   More Kaufman scripts may show up sometime down the road, but this is the last one for now (with "Nature," all of CK's films have a draft available online). Thanks to Mick from Being Charlie Kaufman.com.

May 5th 2003: VKN.com, in collaboration with the evil entities at Simply Scripts, bring us screenplays for the following Val Kilmer films; "Real Genius," "Red Planet," "The Saint," and "The Salton Sea."

May 4th 2003: "Innerspace" - Jeffrey Boam's revised first draft, and "Twins," fourth draft, written by William Osborne and William Davies, with revisions by Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, and an uncredited William Goldman. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

April 29th 2003: David Koepp's early draft of "Spider-Man," painstakingly typed by hand from 120 .gif files (courtesy of Spideymovie.20m.com), now available as a single text document.
Many thanks, Marc; you're a real trooper!

April 27th 2003: BeingCharlieKaufman.com has Kaufman's unproduced adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly." Learn more about this project here. Thanks to Mick!

April 26th 2003: A July 1998 draft of "Analyze This," and a June 2002 draft of "Analyze That" (the former penned by Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, and Kenneth Lonergan; the latter by Peter Steinfeld, Harold Ramis, and Peter Tolan). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

April 24th 2003: William Goldman's adaptation of "All the President's Men," pre-rehearsal version, dated March 1975. Thanks to Dennis over at The Weekly Script.

April 21st 2003: A July 2002 draft for "Malibu's Most Wanted," written by Fax Bahr, Adam Small, Jamie Kennedy, and Nick Swardson. Thanks to 'The Xed Man.'

April 15th 2003: Now out on DVD - here's the final draft of
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (dated May 2002, screenplay by Steven Kloves, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling). Thanks to 'The Real Slim Dumbledore.'

April 14th 2003: "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" - third draft, written by Charlie Kaufman. Thanks to BeingCharlieKaufman.com

April 13th 2003: A revised draft of Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses," dated 3/31/00. The film opened this weekend on 595 screens, and according to Box Office Guru, "posted the second-best average among wide releases." Thanks to 'Anon.'

April 12th 2003: Scripts for "City of Joy" (early October 1990 Draft, written by Gerald Brach and Roland Joffe) and "Cobb" (July 1993 Draft by Ron Shelton). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

April 10th 2003: A short script by Stephen King, entitled "General." Many thanks to Marc, who adds that "...fans of King will recognize it as the third act of "Cat's Eye," albeit with several differences from the finished film."

April 6th 2003: Larry Cohen's script for "Phone Booth," the Box Office champ this weekend, earning a nice $15 mill. In addition to that; a July 2000 draft of "Eight Legged Freaks" (at the time titled "Arac Attack"), written by Jesse Alexander and Ellory Elkayem. Thanks to 'Anonymous' and 'Green Wasabi'!

April 4th 2003: The second draft of "Outbreak," dated December 1993, written by Lawrence Dworet and Robert Roy Pool.
Also a script titled "Batman: The Frightening," by an unknown writer(s). To learn more about this project, head over to Batman on Film. Thanks to 'Green Wasabi' and Nazardo.

April 1st 2003: Scripts for "Interview with the Vampire" (April 1992 draft by Anne Rice) and "Queen of the Damned" (August 2000 'late production draft' by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni). Thanks to 'Goth PA Chick.'

March 31st 2003: "Swordfish" - final production draft by Skip Woods (and if you get a chance, be sure to check out his "Thursday"). Thanks to 'Green Wasabi.'

March 29th 2003: Two news scripts, "centered around the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa" -- "A Dry White Season" by Euzhan Palcy (based on the novel by Andre Brink; May 1987 Revised First Draft) and "The Power of One" by Robert Mark Kamen (based on the novel by Bryce Courtenay; February 1990 Draft). Thanks to 'Sue from Waterloo.'

March 26th 2003: A February 1992 draft of "The Fugitive," by David Twohy. Thanks to 'Ares from NYU':

"This story is based in Philadelphia, instead of Chicago, and it ends in a Pennsylvania coal mine instead of a Chicago hotel. It must be one of David N Twohy's first few drafts before the major studio rewrites. It's very interesting to see the changes made to get to the final shooting draft."

March 23rd 2003: With thanks to 'Green Wasabi,' three "good scripts that got [colorful metaphor] during production and fell flat at the box office ... scripts that read well but bombed as movies" -- "Bonfire of the Vanities" (production draft by Tom Wolfe), "Hudson Hawk" (by Steven E. de Souza and Dan Waters), and "The Hudsucker Proxy" (by Joel & Ethan Coen and Sam Raimi).

March 22nd 2003: David Goyer's revised draft of Richard Outten's "Pet Sematary II." Thanks to Marc:

"This draft of "Pet Sematary II," by "Blade" scribe David S. Goyer, is significantly different from Richard Outten's superior original screenplay in several notable ways. Stylistically, Outten's draft is far more understated and thoughtful, content to pierce the heart with a stiletto, where as Goyer's draft is total bombast geared to smash the reader over the head with a 12-pound sledgehammer. The beginning of this draft is completely different from the original script, and it is unfortunate that the changes did not stop there. That said, this is still an interesting read. Goyer is in fine form here, and while far from "high art," this script has an undeniable "cool" factor to it, especially for those who like their horror scripts bloody."

March 21st 2003: "The Replacements" - a second draft for this Keanu Reeves/Gene Hackman flick from a few years back, penned by Vince McKewin. Thanks to 'AVJ.'

March 19th 2003: The final draft of "Lethal Weapon 4," dated May 1998, written by Channing Gibson (with "Story By" credits to Jonathan Lemkin and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar). Thanks to 'Froggie.'

March 16th 2003: In addition to David Seltzer's script for "The Omen," and Nicholas Kazan's "Fallen," ScreenTalk have included a new Hitchcock screenplay to their collection - "North by Northwest" (by Ernest Lehman). Also; a November 1986 draft of "Three Men and a Baby," written by Jim Cruickshank, James Orr, and Coline Serreau. Thanks to Jens and 'GreenWasabi.'

March 12th 2003: A 12/95 draft of "Tin Cup," by John Norville and Ron Shelton, and the shooting script for Barry Levinson's "Tin Men." Thanks to 'GreenWasabi'!

March 6th 2003: Giuseppe Tornatore's shooting script for the wonderful "Cinema Paradiso" is up at The Screenplay Resource. Thanks to Alex.

March 4th 2003: A May 2002 draft of the current "#1 movie" at the Box Office - "Cradle 2 the Grave," written by John O'Brien and Channing Gibson. Thanks to 'GreenWasabi.'

February 14th 2003: An unproduced draft of "The Crow 3" by Steven E. de Souza, entitled "The Crow 3: Resurrection."
de Souza of course being the scribe of "Die Hard," and the forthcoming Eddie Griffin / Breckin Meyer actioner "Blast!" Thanks to Cody.

February 12th 2003: Scripts for the first and fifth films in the "Leprechaun" series, with thanks to Connie's Warwick Davis Fanpage and Leprechaun Center.

February 11th 2003: "The Grapes of Wrath," adapted from John Steinbeck's novel by Nunnally Johnson. Thanks to 'Dabrast' and The Daily Script.   [PS. Links leading to the now-defunct ScreenTalk.org will be updated throughout the week.]

January 13th 2003: With thanks to 'Nazardo' - scripts for "Made" (by Jon Favreau), "Scary Movie 2" (by numerous writers), "American Outlaws" (by Roderick Taylor and John Rogers), and "Next Friday" (by Ice Cube). Also; courtesy of Daily Script and 'PhutureClash' - "Rebel Without a Cause" and the play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June."

January 6th 2003: The shooting script for Christopher Nolan's
BW indie "Following," John Landis' "An American Werewolf in London," and an updated version of "Final Destination." Thanks to 'Nazardo' and Marc!

January 2nd 2003: [Roger] Avary's Domain has posted a March 3rd, 2001 draft of his "Rules of Attraction" screenplay. Thanks to Simply Scripts for the heads-up.

January 1st 2003: To start the New Year with a bang, here are
9 unproduced scripts; "Carnivore" (by Larry and Andy Wachowski), "George Washington" (by David Franzoni), "I am Legend" (John Logan draft), "Labor of Love" (by M. Night Shyamalan), "River Road" (by Andrew Niccol), the ill-fated "Sprockets" (by Mike Myers, Jack Handy & Michael McCullers), "The German Lieutenant" (by Stanley Kubrick & Richard Adams), "The Six Million Dollar Man" (by Kevin Smith), and "With Wings as Eagles" (by Randall Wallace). A million thanks to 'Anonymous'!   The scripts can be found at this location.

December 15th 2002: A reformatted version of the "Star Trek: Nemesis" script, written by John Logan. Thanks to whomever it was it was who typed it up in the first place, and 'Anonymous' for this polished-up copy.

December 3rd 2002: The highly-requested screenplay for "Signs," by M. Night Shyamalan. Thanks again, 'Anonymous'!

December 1st 2002: "Solaris" arrived at the seventh place on this weekend's Box Office chart. Ouch. Do go see it, folks!   Steven Soderbergh has said he did "draft after draft after draft of the script," and with thanks to 'Anonymous,' here is one of them. On a personal note; here's hoping Soderbergh goes through with his plans to release the "longer, colder, more abstract" early version of the film on DVD.

November 25th 2002: Included the script "If I Had a Hammer," the most recent film from writer-director Josh Becker ("Running Time"). It's available for purchase at his web site.

November 10th 2002: A transcript was recently posted at this location, and here's Randall Wallace's first draft of "The Man in the Iron Mask." Much obliged, 'Anonymous'!

November 6th 2002: XiPHiAS Movie Stuff has a partial script for Renny Harlin's upcoming "Mindhunters," penned by Wayne Kramer, Kevin Brodbin, Kario Salem, and Ehren Kruger.

November 4th 2002: A 10/14/97 draft of "The Majestic" (called "The Bijou" at the time), written by Michael Sloane. Many thanks to 'Anonymous'!

October 28th 2002: Mark Hanlon's first draft for "Ghost Ship" [info], the final shooting script for "Jason X," plus a better copy of the first draft. Thanks to 'Anon,' Daily Script, and Marc.

October 20th 2002: A draft of "The Time Machine," by John Logan (dated February 22nd, 2000). Grazie; 'Anonymous'!

October 15th 2002: A script for "Pet Sematary," written by Stephen King. Many thanks to Marc:

"This is the first draft, dated 1986, and it deviates from both King's novel and the finished film in many little ways, most notably the fact that in the script, Jud Crandall's character is an octogenarian "headbanger." (!) George Romero was slated to direct the film at the time when this draft was written, and King's stage-directions reference this at one point with the phrase "George will know what to do." Sadly, the next-to-last page is missing from my hard-copy, but the omission does little to hamper the script."

October 7th 2002: Darren Aronofsky's "Pi" screenplay, based on a story by himself, Sean Gullette, and Eric Watson. Thanks to 'Alex' over at The Screenplay Resource.

September 24th 2002: Scripts for "Near Dark" (by Kathryn Bigelow & Eric Red) and "The Royal Tenenbaums" (by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson). Thanks to 'Anon.'

September 11th 2002: A revised draft of "Minority Report," dated May 16th 2001, by Scott Frank. Thanks to 'Anonymous'!

September 4th 2002: Andrew Niccol's script for his recent Al Pacino comedy "Simone" (aka "S1M0NE"). Thanks yet again to 'Anonymous.'

August 29th 2002: David Koepp's initial 'spec script' for "Panic Room," an early draft (by Jon Cohen -- dated August 1997) of "Minority Report," a 7/12/99 draft of Ehren Kruger's "Scream 3," and the shooting script for "Blade II," written by David Goyer. Thanks to 'Anonymous,' 'Anon,' and 'CH.'

August 12th 2002: A revised shooting script for the recent horror sequel "Halloween: Resurrection," written by Larry Brand and Sean Hood. Thanks to 'Anonymous.'

August 5th 2002: An early draft of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" has surfaced at the following site: m.christakis.btinternet.co.uk.

July 30th 2002: Kevin Smith's shooting script for "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" has found its way online. Thanks to Abdool for the heads-up.

July 19th 2002: From The Screenplay Resource, a fourth draft of "American Psycho," adapted from Bret Easton Ellis' novel by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner. Thanks to Alex.

July 11th 2002: Unproduced draft of "The Shipping News," dated 1999, by Ronald Bass. Thanks to Lontano, who has a few anecdotes to share:

"...very different to the draft by Robert Nelson Jacobs which the movie was ultimately based on [...] this adaptation is entertaining and colourful [...] not perfect -- Bass takes a lot of short cuts, there are too many disconnected scenes and jumps in time (like the first act of WHAT DREAMS MAY COME), and Quoyle's two young daughters (in the novel) are combined into one (rather inconsistent) character."