Questions tagged [screenplay]

A script for a movie or a television show.

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Has the prevalence of original film scripts changed?

Obviously, some screenplays are adapted from other works, whereas others are written from scratch. Intuitively, it seems like there would be fewer original scripts now, given the prevalence of superhero films (based on comic books) or adaptations…
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What happens to movies or TV scripts after they're done with them?

What happens to a script after they're done making the movie or TV-Show? I’m assuming they don’t throw them away. Is there some kind of movie script vault?
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Are the scripts published online official?

From time to time I've seen movies' or TV show episodes' scripts posted or quoted online - at first they were The Simpsons episodes, but Star Wars and Harry Potter films too, for example. There's even a question about sites in which to find…
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Why doesn't John Truby write screenplays?

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby is arguably the first book a screenwriter is supposed to study to learn screenwriting. So it is safe to say that the guy knows about screenwriting. And after years of…
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