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ScriptShadow

alby — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:06:38 -0800

ScriptShadow reviews the latest screenplays from Hollywood, usually with links to the screenplays themselves.

The "Sum Of All Fears"

almostcool — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:34:29 -0800

The "Sum Of All Fears" trailer recently went online, and is already causing some heated discussion over major changes from the book. In the wake of 9/11, it seems that terrorists in the film have been changed from Muslim to Neo-Nazi (who then go on to detonate a bomb within the United States). Hollywood knee-jerk reaction or a good call given the timing of things? Discuss...

When the Secret Service agent called him, Ellsworth ad-libbed: "Tony, if you keep telling people, it's not a secret."

magullo — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 05:16:27 -0800

When the Secret Service agent called him, Ellsworth ad-libbed: "Tony, if you keep telling people, it's not a secret." You're in Hollywood, and you're writing scripts, and it's impossible to get anyone to read them. And the cops come in, and the script was right there, and they wouldn't read it!

"We've now reached the point where Hollywood is writing our dialogue."

grumblebee — Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:03:17 -0800

"We've now reached the point where Hollywood is writing our dialogue."

"No way," you say?

"WAY!"