How to Use screenplay in a Sentence

screenplay

noun
  • Hell, hire her to write your screenplay, too.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • Eva Henger wrote the screenplay.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Michael Finch writes the screenplay.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If the screenplay is key, so will be its writers.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Father and son worked on and off for years on the screenplay.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Solomon wrote the screenplay with the actor in mind.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Liu read the screenplay two years later.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But yeah, the film is very, very faithful to the screenplay.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Akin wrote the screenplay with Hark Bohm.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Robin Wright from a screenplay by Roth.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Ohnooy and Lee Tae-young penned the screenplay.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But [my screenplay] follows the book.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sutton, who stars in the film and wrote the screenplay, drew most of the art for it as well.
    — Natalie Meade, The New Yorker, 14 July 2021
  • Coogler has the wind at his back in original screenplay.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Not great screenplays, but decent enough ideas to not have me get evicted.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • On the night of the awards, Spike won the one for best adapted screenplay.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Read the screenplay below, and watch the house montage scene above.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
  • In terms of original screenplays, that’s where the life is.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
  • Amy Huckabay will write the screenplay.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
  • It is based on a screenplay by Ingo Rasper.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Rushdie offered her the rights for $1 and wrote the screenplay himself.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Kosky co-wrote the screenplay with Justina Law.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Greengrass wrote the screenplay.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Almereyda wrote the screenplay.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There were some stories in there that inspired me to finish the screenplay.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • Troy Abruzzise joined Young in adapting the screenplay.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Refn wrote the film’s screenplay with Esti Giordani.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • Kara Holden penned the screenplay.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Wayans wrote the screenplay with Rick Alvarez.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Owen Egerton adapted the screenplay from his own short story.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026

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