Film Scripts

Stuck in development hell, this unproduced Hollywood satire had an all star cast attached. Jack Black, Steve Carell, Kevin Kline, Catherine Keener, Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Banks, Jackie Weaver... The film has never been able to find funding.

The first draft of Human Nature is, unlike most of Charlie's first drafts, very similar to the finished product. Whether or not that's a good thing, you can decide for yourself.

This draft of I'm Thinking of Ending Things--adapted from the novel by Iain Reid--is dated 3-12-19. It's believed this is the draft submitted for consideration in that season's various awards, so it's close to the final draft.

Written by a former colleague of Charlie's, Rick Cunningham, this semi-fictional comedy shows what happens when your friend goes off to become one of Hollywood's big-name screenwriters.

This is a Farsi translation of the Eternal Sunshine shooting script, thanks to Araz Barseghian. Araz is the editor of Filmnegar, Iran's only professional screenwriting magazine.

This is the first draft of Orion and the Dark, an adaptation of Emma Yarlett's 2014 children's picture book. The animated feature was relesed on Netflix 2nd February, 2024.

This is the first draft of Synecdoche, New York. (Ignore the "Schenectady, New York" title scrawled on the first page; evidently it was put there by whoever smuggled the screenplay out of the studio, and they got the title wrong. Schenectady, New York was never going to be the title.)

This is a meticulous and very professionally-done Spanish translation of Synecdoche, New York screenplay (1st draft). Big thanks to Rob Mata!

(Note: despite earlier suppositions, and despite what it says on the title page, "Synecdoche, New York" was the script's original title - not "Schenectady, New York")

The July '07 draft of Charlie's Synecdoche, New York screenplay was completed - surprisingly - one month after the June draft. Numerous scenes have been added/altered, and all changes are in a different-coloured typeface. The minister's speech near the end of the movie - a highlight, according to many viewers - is included.

Roughly the same length as the first draft, this version of the Synecdoche, New York screenplay nonetheless feels more streamlined and flows a little better. The film began shooting just a couple months after this draft was completed.