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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Émilie Noblet is directing from Fanny Herrero’s screenplay.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, with a screenplay by Vicente Leñero, the film was produced by the legendary Alfredo Ripstein, whose Alameda Films is now run by his grandson, Daniel Birman Ripstein.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
The company also struck a distribution deal last year for its screenplay books, lavish tomes immortalizing A24’s most successful scripts, which are now available in bookstores around the world.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by JT Mollner, and starring primo nepo baby Cooper Hoffman along with David Jonsson.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, with a screenplay by Vicente Leñero, the film was produced by the legendary Alfredo Ripstein, whose Alameda Films is now run by his grandson, Daniel Birman Ripstein.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
The company also struck a distribution deal last year for its screenplay books, lavish tomes immortalizing A24’s most successful scripts, which are now available in bookstores around the world.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by JT Mollner, and starring primo nepo baby Cooper Hoffman along with David Jonsson.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenplay
script
Noun
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But in 2025, that script is breaking down.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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And it was appreciated that Redford was concentrating on the script and the actors and directing with stylistic restraint and professional anonymity.—
Stephen Galloway,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Screenplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenplay. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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