Shane Black Screenplays have been studied for decades now. He’s the screenwriter of Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang just to name a few. For a time he held the record for the biggest payday of any screenwriter in Hollywood History (The Long Kiss Goodnight for $4 Million). He started the crazy 90’s spec script gold rush where spec scripts were being sold for millions almost on a weekly schedule.
If you want to learn how to write hard-boiled dialog and amazing action Shane Black screenplays are required reading. Watch the view below to see how Shane Black reveals his characters.
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LETHALWEAPON (1986)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
THE MONSTER SQUAD(1987)
Screenplay by Fred Dekker and Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
LAST ACTION HERO (1993)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the screenplay!
IRON MAN 3 (2013)
Screenplay by Shane Black – Read the transcript!
THE NICE GUYS (2016)
Screenplay by Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi – Read the screenplay!
THE PREDATOR (2018)
Screenplay by Fred Dekker and Shane Black – Read the screenplay!