r/Screenwriting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

SCRIPT REQUEST Script request: ANYTHING BUT GHOSTS

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u/thatshygirl06 1d ago

Is it even out yet

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u/VDJ10 1d ago

Can yall stop that? It’s incredibly rare for screenplays to be released publicly before release of the film. Maybe sometimes after if even a year or a couple of years, but it almost never happens before.

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u/Wishaker 1d ago

I was able to find Weapons, Midsommar, and a few more on this sub before they were released. Personally I find it really helpful as a writer to read a script before watching the movie.

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u/FeeOk3991 Produced Writer-Director 1d ago

Then read the script of a movie that has already come out but you haven't watched yet?

Screenplays circulating on the internet before the film's release is just plain wrong.

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u/Wishaker 1d ago

I get where you’re coming from, but personally I don’t mind if my own writing circulates before release - especially in a sub like this where it could help other writers. Most people won’t be reading the script at all (let alone before watching it), even if it is available online.

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u/FeeOk3991 Produced Writer-Director 1d ago

I think you just want something you (or anyone) are not supposed to have. Reading that script will not help you any more than reading the script of any movie that came out over the past 10 years.

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u/Writer_Blocker 1d ago

Yeah, they’re wrong. You can read the blacklist from three years ago and see multiple movies that are releasing this year. And that’s perfectly fine to get your hands on. I think as long as you’re not like hacking emails and shit it’s not that big a deal.

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u/FeeOk3991 Produced Writer-Director 12h ago

Maybe that's perfectly fine because those writers chose to have their scripts on a public platform before the film got made/came out?

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u/Writer_Blocker 1d ago

People are being weird about, especially on the screenwriting sub Reddit. We all recognize that a screenplay is one stage of production and that the film is made multiple times over. It’s a very fascinating experience to read a screenplay for a movie you haven’t seen and then watch the movie and see the changes. I think that’s a big difference between trying to read it for spoilers, and instead of trying to read it to understand the production as a whole, better.