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

The site’s clients can be almost anyone — students and academics looking for help with research papers; business people needing proposals and projects written or edited; and/or writers of books, screenplays and other manuscripts. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

Kolbrenner’s producing credits include client spec screenplays for The Gorge, Free Guy, The Tomorrow War, Prisoners and The Christmas Chronicles franchise. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Davis had been working on a few screenplays while teaching, and his agent told him needed to move closer to the action to network and take meetings. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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

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