Synonyms of screenplays

screenplays

noun

plural of screenplay

as in scripts

the written form of a story prepared for film production

each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scripts
• scenarios
• texts
• stories
• shooting scripts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of screenplays

One example is its partnership with The Wallis on programming including Live Reads, which brings together film and performing-arts audiences and artists for one-night only staging of screenplays. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

One of them was Tony, a Black List script (an annual list of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood) written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe that centered on Bourdain’s formative time as a dishwasher and budding cook in Provincetown. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

The Mendes movie’s release window is currently April 2028, and as Deadline exclusively reported, Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne are writing the screenplays for the biopics. — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Braun’s script was on the Black List, a collection of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, which tends to reward hooky, high-concept projects, often to mixed results. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Hughes wrote dozens of movies over the span of three decades, and some of his most successful screenplays that were filmed by other directors include Home Alone, Pretty in Pink, and the first three movies in the Vacation series. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026

In addition to acting, Beaumont wrote screenplays, radio scripts, and short stories for magazines. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026

Russell started out writing screenplays and working as a production manager and assistant director on independent films. — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 24 July 2026

The man has written countless novels, screenplays, pieces of journalism, started McSweeney’s, and founded multiple schools and nonprofits that support writers and the arts more broadly. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 July 2026