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The Black List 2021: Daniel Jackson, Lily Hollander & Rebecca Webb Earn Top Honors

December 13, 2021 2:00 pm

Every year, there are a ton of original scripts that float around Hollywood without a film deal attached to them. And every year, to help honor those unproduced screenplays, the folks over at The Black List pr...

Ken Kobayashi’s ‘Move On’ Leads The 2019 Black List Of Unproduced Screenplays

Charles Barfield

December 16, 2019 3:03 pm

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Every year, screenwriters always hope to see their names on the Black List. Of course, many would just be happy to have their scripts go into production, but for those that are hoping to sell their idea to a st...

Black List Founder Franklin Leonard On Changing Hollywood For Screenwriters [Qumra 2019]

Jessica Kiang

April 13, 2019 9:41 am

Festivals, Interviews, News

Qumra is an industry event comprising lectures, masterclasses, labs, and mentoring sessions, held annually in the Qatari capital Doha for the benefit of emerging filmmakers from the region and worldwide, sponso...

2017 Black List Topped By Gal Gadot WWII Movie Plus Biopics Of J.K. Rowling, John Hughes, More

Kevin Jagernauth

December 11, 2017 4:04 pm

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Well, credit to the folks behind The Black List for making writing a lede for this pretty damn easy. So here goes: this morning, the Golden Globes nominations were announced, and now come the scripts that are h...

Black List-Topping Madonna Biopic ‘Blond Ambition’ Moving Forward At Universal

Oliver Lyttelton

April 25, 2017 3:14 pm

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It’s a valuable resource that has launched countless careers and contained work that led to great movies, but taking first place on the annual Black List — a collection of the best unmade screenplays in Hollywo...

30-Minute Podcast Explores Hollywood’s Career Changing The Black List

Kevin Jagernauth

January 26, 2017 10:44 am

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"Here's to the fools that dream," goes the tagline for "La La Land," and it's a perfect summary of Los Angeles and Hollywood, where the cliché that every busboy is a screenwriter and every bartender is an actre...

Max Landis Responds To “Self Indulgent, Masturbatory” Black List Script ‘Untitled Lax Mandis Project’

Kevin Jagernauth

December 13, 2016 10:43 am

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There are few screenwriters in Hollywood who are quite as loud with their personality and opinions as Max Landis. The filmmaker is not afraid to get candid on social media about almost every topic under the sun...

Madonna Biopic ‘Blond Ambition’ Leads 2016 Black List Of Best Unproduced Screenplays

Kevin Jagernauth

December 12, 2016 4:39 pm

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This morning the Golden Globe nominations were revealed, providing your guide to the movies you need to catch up with if you want to stay in the awards season conversation. But if you want to get an idea of the...

Watch: Elizabeth Banks, Daniel Radcliffe, Rian Johnson & More Announce 2014 Black List, Plus Full Ranking Of Scripts

Kevin Jagernauth

December 15, 2014 3:47 pm

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Watch: Elizabeth Banks, Daniel Radcliffe, Rian Johnson & More Announce 2014 Black List, Plus Full Ranking Of Scripts

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