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Featured Friday: First Features

August 23, 2024 Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at those first screenplays that broke through, got made, and launched some of our favorite writers’ careers.

Our collection includes:

  • 28 Days Later by Alex Garland
  • A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin
  • Badlands by Terrence Malick
  • Blood Simple by Joel and Ethan Coen
  • Bottle Rocket by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
  • Cloverfield by Drew Goddard
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story by Rawson Marshall Thurber
  • Eighth Grade by Bo Burnham
  • Following by Christopher Nolan
  • Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
  • Get Out by Jordan Peele
  • Go by John August
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  • Hereditary by Ari Aster
  • Juno by Diablo Cody
  • Kids by Harmony Korine
  • Little Miss Sunshine by Michael Arndt
  • Palm Springs by Andy Siara
  • Pariah by Dee Rees
  • Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell
  • Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino
  • Rocky by Sylvester Stallone
  • Sense and Sensibility by Emma Thompson
  • sex, lies and videotape by Steven Soderbergh
  • Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
  • Sicario by Taylor Sheridan
  • Sorry to Bother You by Boots Riley
  • Submarine by Richard Ayoade
  • Swingers by Jon Favreau
  • The Babadook by Jennifer Kent
  • The Post by Liz Hannah
  • The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola
  • The Wedding Date by Dana Fox
  • The Witch by Robert Eggers
  • Whiplash by Damien Chazelle

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

Featured Friday: Spies & Secret Agents

August 2, 2024 Apps, Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we enter the clandestine world of spies and secret agents to see how their writers use action, tension and character to keep us on the edge of our seats.

Our collection includes:

  • Argo by Chris Terrio
  • Bridge of Spies by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
  • Burn After Reading by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Charlie’s Angels by Ed Solomon & Ryan Rowe and John August
  • Hanna by Seth Lochhead and David Farr
  • Killing Eve – “Nice Face” by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn
  • Mission: Impossible by David Koepp and Robert Towne
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout by Christopher McQuarrie
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith – “First Date” by Donald Glover & Francesca Sloane
  • Skyfall by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan
  • The Americans – “Pilot” by Joe Weisberg
  • The Bourne Identity by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron
  • The Debt by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan
  • The Night Manager – “Episode 1” by David Farr
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me by Susanna Fogel & David Iserson
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
  • True Lies by James Cameron
  • Turn: Washington’s Spies – “Pilot” by Craig Silverstein & Mitchell Akselrad

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

Featured Friday: Emmy Nominees

July 26, 2024 Apps, Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at the series nominated across all categories at the upcoming 76th Emmy Awards. (In some cases, we’re using the pilot, so you don’t worry about spoilers for later seasons.)

Our collection includes:

  • 3 Body Problem – “Countdown” by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss & Alexander Woo
  • Abbott Elementary – “Pilot” by Quinta Brunson
  • All the Light We Cannot See – “Episode 1” by Steven Knight
  • Baby Reindeer – “Episode 1” by Richard Gadd
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Funkhouser’s Crazy Sister” by Larry David
  • Fargo – “The Tragedy of the Commons” by Noah Hawley
  • Fellow Travelers – “You’re Wonderful” by Ron Nyswaner
  • Girls5eva – “Pilot” by Meredith Scardino
  • Griselda – “Paradise Lost” by Doug Miro and Giovanna Sarquis & Ingrid Escajeda
  • Hacks – “There Is No Line” by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky
  • Lessons in Chemistry – “Introduction to Chemistry” by Lee Eisenberg
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith – “A Break-Up” by Donald Glover & Francesca Sloane
  • Only Murders in the Building – “True Crime” by Steve Martin & John Hoffman
  • Palm Royale – “Maxine Goes to Palm Beach” by Abe Sylvia
  • Reservation Dogs – “Deer Lady” by Sterlin Harjo
  • Ripley – “I – A Hard Man to Find” by Steven Zaillian
  • Shōgun – “Anjin” by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks
  • The Bear – “Fishes” by Christopher Storer & Joanna Calo
  • The Crown – “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” by Peter Morgan
  • The Gentlemen – “Refined Aggression” by Guy Ritchie & Matthew Read
  • The Morning Show – “In the Dark Night of the Soul It’s Always 3:30 in the Morning” by Kerry Ehrin and Jay Carson
  • The Other Two – “Pilot” by Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider
  • The Righteous Gemstones – “Pilot” by Danny McBride
  • True Detective: Night Country – “Part 6” by Issa López
  • What We Do in the Shadows – “Pilot” by Jemaine Clement

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

Featured Friday: Childhood Escapism

July 19, 2024 Apps, Weekend Read

Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at stories told through the lens of a child’s imagination, and how those fantastical fictions can help them overcome real-life adversity.

Our collection includes:

  • A Little Princess by Richard LaGravenese
  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild by Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
  • Coraline by Henry Selick
  • Heavenly Creatures by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
  • Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
  • The Secret Garden by Caroline Thompson
  • The Wizard of Oz by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

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