Few filmmakers explore the American psyche with the same ferocious empathy as Paul Thomas Anderson. His movies always contain ...

Comic books have not had a long and proud history being adapted into movies. But it's rare that they are actually adapted by the original creators, of see them making a significant impact on the ...

Engaging scripts are one of the essential elements of filmmaking, which is why there are two Academy Awards categories for best screenplay. Whether original or adapted, a well-crafted, ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with writer-director Cord Jefferson‘s feature film debut American Fiction. Adapted from Percival ...

There may not be an obvious connection between Damien Chazelle’s horror script “The Last Exorcism Part 2” and “Whiplash,” but the adapted screenplay nominee drew heavily on his training as a ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Neon’s murder mystery Anatomy of a Fall. The Cannes Palme d’Or winner from French filmmaker ...

The screenplay is the birthplace of a movie. It's the source of its ideas, of its world, of its characters, of its themes; it's the basis of everything that a creative team can then make it become. In ...

Film execs have voted for their favourite unproduced US screenplays. A script about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles and a Moon-based roadtrip adventure are both on this year’s Black List of “most ...

Mocking himself, Shah Rukh added, “That could be the best headline – Shah Rukh Khan does not have sense of script and screenplay that is why he makes such awful films.” The 51-year-old was also asked ...

Script Consultant Philip Shelley explains why spec scripts are fundamental to the industry and shares some great advice.