This year features 74 unproduced screenplays. Here are another 10, indexed alphabetically, from G to I.
Looking for more weekend reads? I think we can help you with that. These scripts are considered as some of the best "2022: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them. Here is the third of seven parts.
For Your Consideration, we have the next batch of 10 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Vikash Shankar's "Gather the Ashes," Cerina Aragones' "It's Britney, Bitch," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2022 Unproduced Scripts.
Some of the scripts listed here may have since been optioned and produced. However, at the time of "voting" they were not.
Also, like all of the screenplays on this site, copyrights remain with the writer(s). 8FLiX does not claim ownership of any screenplay, nor were we involved in voting for, or choosing what makes them the "best of" a particular year.
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Gather the Ashes
Written by: Vikash Shankar
Votes: 7
Two brothers, Dev and Siddharth, hope to break free of London’s foster care system when they inherit their estranged family’s old farmhouse in India, but they find something sinister lies in the roots of their family tree as they attempt to discover their past.
Goat
Written by: Zack AkersSkip Bronkie
Votes: 16
A promising first-round draft pick is invited to train at the private compound of the team’s legendary but aging quarterback. Over one week, the rising star witnesses the horrific lengths his hero will go to to stay at the top of his game.
Going For Two
Written by: Kevin Arnovitz
Votes: 10
An openly gay NFL quarterback finds his meticulously-planned life upended on and off the field when he falls for a charming high school teacher during the most important season of his career.
A Guy Goes to Therapy
Written by: Shane Mack
Votes: 19 (6th overall in 2022)
When an emotionally stunted townie with no direction is left by his longtime girlfriend, he has no choice but to turn to an option he would have never considered: Therapy. As a result, his entire existence is thrown into flux and his life gets a whole lot worse before it can get better.
Himbo
Written by: Jason Hellerman
Votes: 7
A naive male stripper attempting to start his life over finds himself in the crosshairs of his boss’ increasingly violent divorce.
The Homestead
Written by: Bradley Kaaya Jr.
Votes: 8
A troubled bi-racial, inner-city teen is sent to live with his white, conservative grandfather on his ranch for the summer. Things take a turn when the two are forced to overcome their generational and racial differences while defending the ranch from a ruthless, backcountry gang.
The House in the Crooked Forest
Written by: Ian Shorr
Votes: 10
A mother and her young son fleeing Nazi-occupied Poland are forced to take shelter from a blizzard in an isolated manor, where they discover the Nazis may be the least of their worries.
I Love You Now and Forever
Written by: Robert Machoian
Votes: 8
After exhausting all financial options to save their dying daughter, Frank and Abby are forced into a final act of desperation: rob a local bank.
It's A Wonderful Story
Written by: Alexandra Tran
Votes: 9
In the aftermath of WWII, a traumatized Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart use the making of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE to attempt to find a way back into normalcy.
It's Britney, Bitch
Written by: Cerina Aragones
Votes: 7
A dramatic and musical character study of global pop icon Britney Spears, leading up to her very public unraveling at a Tarzana hair salon, and her recent courtroom victory to win her freedom back.
