First Draft

First Draft: 15 Outside-the-Box Screenplays That Found Box Office Success

Published by
Ken Miyamoto

3. Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Alexander Dinelaris (based on a play by Raymond Carver)

A washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, attempts to revive his career by writing and starring in his very own Broadway play.

Why It’s Innovative: The story takes place in relative real time and plays with the notion of an actor losing his mind as he confronts his inner demon in the form of a superhero he used to play. While the script itself could have been a simple story of a has-been movie star trying to showcase his talent through a play he wrote, the writers managed to shake things up with a surreal narrative.

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