Screenplays are a different beast than a novel or short story. While they are a form of storytelling, scripts aren’t intended to be standalone pieces of work—they are the blueprints for a film or TV ...

The digital, open-source document features new research data and musings from a range of Hollywood voices, including Zazie Beetz, Rosario Dawson and Adam McKay. By Evan Nicole Brown Culture Writer At ...

While many producers have started moving away from the traditional practice of narration, filmmakers are wary of pitching with bound scripts due to concerns over script safety. Sir, open panna…” — for ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. When Chinonye Chukwu was approached to direct Till ...

Young Il Kim is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. I’ve never met her—and now I might be too nervous to—but Hillary Clinton saved me. To be more accurate, Hillary Rodham saved me. Not the globetrotting ...

Alongside his novels, Joe Hill is paid to write a screenplay each year. But he doesn't do it for the money.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Richard Williams became King Richard because of ...

At the helm of the project was a core team of co-writers — Anna Jane Joyner, founder and director of nonprofit story consultancy Good Energy, TV writer Carmiel Banasky and journalist Scott Shigeoka — ...