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Filmmakers, Screenwriters, & Movie Fans –

Thank you to everyone who supported Amazon Studios in our first year. Over 7,000 scripts and 700 test movies were shared with movie fans around the world. Today, we launch our second year of development with some exciting changes.

We are changing the script submission process in three ways. Starting today, writers can submit scripts publicly on the site, as before, or privately to our development staff. When you upload your script, we have a 45-day option and evaluation period. If, during that time, we don’t buy your script or pay you $10,000 to extend our option, you get back your rights to sell the script.

In 2012, we will regularly offer Open Writing and Directing Assignments for projects on our Development Slate. Paid writing assignments are currently open for 12 Princesses and I Think My Facebook Friend Is Dead. Visit the Opportunities page for more information. Filmmakers, stay tuned.

Fifteen projects discovered on the Amazon Studios site in 2011 comprise our Development Slate. Throughout the year, we intend to continue adding projects to the Development Slate and attaching top talent to help advance these promising stories.

If you are a WGA writer, you can learn more about opportunities offered through Amazon Studios production arm, People’s Production Company.

We look forward to working with you to turn original stories into great movies!

The Amazon Studios Team

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Premise War

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Premise War

These are battles between actual movie ideas at Amazon Studios. Click the title to learn more about a project. See the battle results for any premise on its project page.

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Which movie would you rather see?

The Money Tree

(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Comedy) Crippled by poverty, a wildly-inventive and good-hearted young man assumes his troubles are over when a money tree magically appears in the middle of his room. Little does he know his real troubles are just beginning - for this "free" money does not come without a cost.

Ninth Wave

(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Action and Adventure) The most fantastic expedition of the 19th century was buried and forgotten, until a young historian discovers the clues to a journey who's intergalactic reach should have been impossible.
 
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Projects on the Development Slate

Our goal at Amazon Studios is to make theatrical motion pictures from great stories. These are the projects we're actively developing to make into a movie. Check them out and tell us what you think.

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The Alchemist Agenda

Development Slate
› Writer: Marty Weiss

(Action and Adventure) When nautical treasure hunters discover a sunken WWII U-boat off the coast of New York, it spawns an international pursuit to u...

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The Detourist

Development Slate
› Writer: James Nash

(Action and Adventure, Kids and Family) On a Hawaiian dream vacation, a down-on-his-luck dad discovers his rented van was the getaway car for a recent heist and the GP...

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Darkest Before Dawn

Development Slate
› Writer: Sean Lynch

(Horror) A renegade group of corrupt cops attempt to curb crime by employing a bloodthirsty vampire, but when the creature turns on his ...

  • See all 15 projects on the Development Slate
  • See open, paid assignments on the Development Slate

Projects on the Consider List

These projects have potential, but were not added to the Development Slate. Reactions from film fans and feedback from other writers can help make them stronger.

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Pack Behavior

Consider
› Writer: Michael Ezell

(Horror, Action and Adventure) A disgraced social worker with a heroin problem stumbles upon a group of homeless teenage boys on the fringes of Los Angeles. ...

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Cody & The Cubnappers

Consider
› Writer: Bill S.

(Action and Adventure, Kids and Family) After a bookish 12-year-old boy struggling with the death of his mother saves a rare Florida Panther cub from a blackmarket ani...

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America’s Ben Franklin in: The Electrocution String

Consider
› Writer: Jason Ungate

(Comedy, Action and Adventure) Before James Bond, there was Benjamin Franklin: inventor, philanthropist, and the single largest exporter of kicking British as...

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Loved Ones

Consider
› Writer: Vicki Speegle

(Drama) A lonely young girl who sells Polaroids of herself through ads. An alcoholic haunted by the sins of her past. And a cynical 17-...

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74 Hours

Consider
› Writer: Dan Hall

(Thriller and Suspense, Action and Adventure) A retired CIA hitman is given seventy four hours to assassinate a corrupt African dictator before his own family is murdered.

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Grand Theft UFO

Consider
› Writer: Chris Keaton

(Science Fiction and Fantasy, Kids and Family) When two nerdy kids find a UFO and take it for a joy ride, they're pulled into a galactic war and must fight to save their home...

› See all 17 projects on the Consider List

Top Reviewers

A sampling of the top reviewers at Amazon Studios, who help moviemakers and writers revise their work and make great story choices.

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Antony Inglis

Top Reviewer
(Valencia, Spain)

Writer, Interviewer/presenter (documentary)

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Anthony Ingoglia

Top Reviewer
(Long Island)

Screenplays

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Matthew Aaron Schwartz

Top Reviewer
(Atlanta, GA)

Writer

Semifinalist: Best Script, Best Sci-Fi/Action Script
 
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Lyle Weldon

Top Reviewer
(Los Angeles)

Screenwriter

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pete mitchell

Top Reviewer
(los angeles)

Writer, Musician, Actor, Filmmaker, Painter

 
› See all top reviewers
 
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Make Your Pitch For a Paid Assignment

Writers, we’ve got your next project. Pitch your take on one of these stories with open writing assignments that pay up to $33,000 each. Click on a title below for more details.

  • 12 Princesses
  • I Think My Facebook Friend is Dead

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Winners
February 2012 Winners announced.
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Finalists
February 2012 Finalists announced.
16 days ago
 
Semifinalists
February 2012 Semifinalists announced.
22 days ago
 
Winners
Trailerfest (Week 8: Horror / Thriller) Winners announced.
about 1 month ago
 
Winners
January 2012 Winners announced.
about 1 month ago
 

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