screenplays

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

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Recent Examples of screenplays To this end, Newell envisioned staging faithful performances of screenplays, tightened and adapted with pop culture and history salted in as needed. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 Paulo Cursino wrote the films’ screenplays and Camisa Listrada produced them. Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025 There was a lot of back and forth and a lot of outlines and even a lot of screenplays. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 His subsequent screenplays for Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994), each won the national award for best screenplay, the most awards for anyone in the screenplay category. Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024 His movies and screenplays are baked into our culture, our daily conversations, like mortar. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 The movie is set to be written by John Hamburg, who wrote the screenplays for the original 2000 movie Meet the Parents as well as its sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024 See the full list of screenplays below, as separated by genre. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024 The performer earned Oscar nominations for his performance in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and for his work on the screenplays for Borat and its 2020 sequel. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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scripts
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  • Bots should clearly signal automation and offer easy escalation, and engineers must be empowered to deviate from scripts.
    Mukul Garg, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Watching modern casts perform the timeless scripts from Lear’s series was a reminder that while the world may change, the good and bad of humanity doesn’t.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Screenplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenplays. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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