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
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Recent Examples of screenplays
In an industry where roughly one in 4,000 screenplays leads to a profitable theatrical outcome, my take is that people who don’t need a framework are the outliers.
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Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
The screenplays were written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and María Camila Arias.
—Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Koepp has written original and adapted screenplays across a wide array of genres.
—Darryn King, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
The operation will create ‘reverse adaptations‘ to allow producers and screenwriters to turn screenplays into novels at an early stage of development.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 May 2026
Another literary giant who wrote screenplays was Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967).
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
In the writing categories, the rules now formally codify that screenplays must be human-authored to qualify.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026
More information about each of this year’s screenplays, provided by the Purple List team, follows.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
His movies and screenplays are baked into our culture, our daily conversations, like mortar.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
The screenplays were written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and María Camila Arias.
—Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Koepp has written original and adapted screenplays across a wide array of genres.
—Darryn King, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
The operation will create ‘reverse adaptations‘ to allow producers and screenwriters to turn screenplays into novels at an early stage of development.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 May 2026
Another literary giant who wrote screenplays was Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967).
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
In the writing categories, the rules now formally codify that screenplays must be human-authored to qualify.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026
More information about each of this year’s screenplays, provided by the Purple List team, follows.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
His movies and screenplays are baked into our culture, our daily conversations, like mortar.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenplays
scripts
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But then the scripts started coming in.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 May 2026
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One of Every's PowerPoint automation workflows involves 24 skills and 18 scripts and costs $62 in tokens per deck.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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“Screenplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenplays. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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