screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā 
: the script and often shooting directions of a story prepared for movie production
Examples of screenplay in a Sentence
an award for best screenplay
each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study
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Jake Schreier directed from a screenplay by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Joe Russo wrote the screenplay for both films and produced along with Anthony, Gitter, and Schwerin.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Nick Stahl, Irene Bedard, Lane Factor and Kimberly Guerrero round out the ensemble cast of the film, which is based on a screenplay by Zach Montague.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Word had begun to spread that the guy who’d made Barbarian had a new screenplay that was equally wild, and twice as ambitious.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Joe Russo wrote the screenplay for both films and produced along with Anthony, Gitter, and Schwerin.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
Nick Stahl, Irene Bedard, Lane Factor and Kimberly Guerrero round out the ensemble cast of the film, which is based on a screenplay by Zach Montague.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Word had begun to spread that the guy who’d made Barbarian had a new screenplay that was equally wild, and twice as ambitious.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screenplay
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screenplay
noun
screen·play
ˈskrēn-ˌplā
: the written form of a story prepared for film production
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