as in script
the written form of a story prepared for film production
each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study
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Recent Examples of screenplay
Here’s a look back at that winner, plus the films and people who took home prizes for director, and adapted and original screenplays.
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Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Amy Huckabay will write the screenplay.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Collins will play Hepburn during the filming of the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, with Dickinson creator Alena Smith adapting the screenplay.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
The Discovery Prize represents an expansion of the Sloan film program to six public universities who each submit an original screenplay that has not previously won a Sloan prize.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
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Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Amy Huckabay will write the screenplay.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Collins will play Hepburn during the filming of the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, with Dickinson creator Alena Smith adapting the screenplay.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
The Discovery Prize represents an expansion of the Sloan film program to six public universities who each submit an original screenplay that has not previously won a Sloan prize.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenplay
script
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That bond over comedy would grow into finding his favorite online creators and television content, to studying film after high school, to the kinds of scripts he’s drawn to writing as a young filmmaker.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Later, after Mahmoudian, too, was free, Panahi invited him to collaborate on a script that would draw on their collective experience in Iran’s prison system.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Screenplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenplay. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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