Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Drumline”
The Writers
The screenplay for the film was written by two women, the story and concept by Shawn Schepps and the screenplay by Tina Gordon Chism. Schepps was a former child actress who decided to start writing stories about people and time periods that are often neglected in the media. She’s known for writing the screenplay for Pauly Shore’s Son In Law. Schepps who was in the marching band, originally wrote the story about a kid who plays in the band in the Midwest. Tina Gordon Chism, who also wrote the screenplay for ATL and the upcoming We The Peeples.