Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing them to screen. Today we have this year’s edition, as voted on by more than 375 film executives.
Topping the 2023 edition is Travis Braun’s Bad Boy, which follows a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. Other scripts include The Great Pretender, a drama which imagines the kidnapping of Tom Hanks; the Super Bowl-set sniper drama The Nest; the Area 51 thriller 10/24/02; a Hans Christian Andersen meets Charles Dickens fantasy; plus films about Patsy Cline, Didier Drogba, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, Ftx’s downfall, and more.
See the list below via Deadline (and Pdf here), ranked from top to bottom by number of votes.
Topping the 2023 edition is Travis Braun’s Bad Boy, which follows a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. Other scripts include The Great Pretender, a drama which imagines the kidnapping of Tom Hanks; the Super Bowl-set sniper drama The Nest; the Area 51 thriller 10/24/02; a Hans Christian Andersen meets Charles Dickens fantasy; plus films about Patsy Cline, Didier Drogba, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, Ftx’s downfall, and more.
See the list below via Deadline (and Pdf here), ranked from top to bottom by number of votes.
- 12/11/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Black List has revealed its 2023 list of best unproduced screenplays, with scripts that include a biopic of country singer Patsy Cline, the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried crypto empire Ftx, and an action-comedy about Tom Hanks and his doppelganger.
Topping this year’s list is a feature script from Travis Braun titled Bad Boy, with a logline that reads: “A rescue dog suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer.”
Elsewhere on the list is a screenplay about the Broadway playwright behind notorious disaster Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark from writer Hunter Toro, and a script focused on soccer star Didier Drogba from Jackson Kellard.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
Topping this year’s list is a feature script from Travis Braun titled Bad Boy, with a logline that reads: “A rescue dog suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer.”
Elsewhere on the list is a screenplay about the Broadway playwright behind notorious disaster Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark from writer Hunter Toro, and a script focused on soccer star Didier Drogba from Jackson Kellard.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
- 12/11/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing them to screen. Today we have this year’s edition, as voted on by over 300 film executives.
Topping the 2022 edition is Catherine Schetina’s Pure, with a logline as follows: “Obsessed with food purity, Hannah’s trip to her sister’s destination wedding descends into madness when she contracts a mysterious foodborne illness that threatens to destroy her from within.”
Other scripts feature a look at the employees of Four Seasons Total Landscaping on November 7, 2020, the makings of It’s a Wonderful Life and the Madden videogame, a dark comedy about the Hindenburg Disaster, biopics on Dolly Parton, Michael Phelps, and Jerry Springer, and quite a heaping of sci-fi stories.
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Topping the 2022 edition is Catherine Schetina’s Pure, with a logline as follows: “Obsessed with food purity, Hannah’s trip to her sister’s destination wedding descends into madness when she contracts a mysterious foodborne illness that threatens to destroy her from within.”
Other scripts feature a look at the employees of Four Seasons Total Landscaping on November 7, 2020, the makings of It’s a Wonderful Life and the Madden videogame, a dark comedy about the Hindenburg Disaster, biopics on Dolly Parton, Michael Phelps, and Jerry Springer, and quite a heaping of sci-fi stories.
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- 12/13/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Black List, an annual ranking of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, has released its 2022 rankings — a list crawling with juicy biopics about superstar singers and sports world redemption tales.
Founded by Franklin Leonard, the list surveys 300 studio executives who weigh in with the strongest screenplays to have crossed their desks over the year. An individual script must be mentioned at least six times to warrant inclusion. The year’s most popular is “Pure,” a psychological thriller that would set Gwyneth Paltrow on edge.
“Obsessed with food purity, Hannah’s trip to her sister’s destination wedding descends into madness when she contracts a mysterious foodborne illness that threatens to destroy her from within,” reads the official longline.
Other notable projects include: “Dumb Blonde,” an origin story of Dolly Parton’s rise in the male-dominated country music landscape of the ’60s, by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe; “Resurfaced,...
Founded by Franklin Leonard, the list surveys 300 studio executives who weigh in with the strongest screenplays to have crossed their desks over the year. An individual script must be mentioned at least six times to warrant inclusion. The year’s most popular is “Pure,” a psychological thriller that would set Gwyneth Paltrow on edge.
“Obsessed with food purity, Hannah’s trip to her sister’s destination wedding descends into madness when she contracts a mysterious foodborne illness that threatens to destroy her from within,” reads the official longline.
Other notable projects include: “Dumb Blonde,” an origin story of Dolly Parton’s rise in the male-dominated country music landscape of the ’60s, by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe; “Resurfaced,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Screenwriter Catherine Schetina has topped the 2022 Black List — the annual roundup of Hollywood’s most-liked unproduced screenplays — with her script, Pure.
Unveiled on Monday morning, the 2022 Black List consists of 74 scripts by 80 writers, which were selected by 300+ film executives. Among the titles selected are films on such notable figures as John Madden, alleged alien abductees Barney and Betty Hill, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, country icon Dolly Parton, escape artist Harry Houdini, GOP strategist Lee Atwater, It’s a Wonderful Life collaborators Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart, tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer, and pop star Britney Spears .
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The synopsis for Pure, which led the list with 25 votes,...
Unveiled on Monday morning, the 2022 Black List consists of 74 scripts by 80 writers, which were selected by 300+ film executives. Among the titles selected are films on such notable figures as John Madden, alleged alien abductees Barney and Betty Hill, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, country icon Dolly Parton, escape artist Harry Houdini, GOP strategist Lee Atwater, It’s a Wonderful Life collaborators Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart, tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer, and pop star Britney Spears .
Related Story The Black List 2022 Scorecard: CAA, Bellevue Productions Top Agency And Management Lists Related Story Sony Pictures Animation and The Black List Announces Fredrick Leach As Inaugural Writers Program Fellow Related Story Alex Liu Receives Blind Feature Film Script Deal Through MGM & The Black List Partnership
The synopsis for Pure, which led the list with 25 votes,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Black List, an annual ranking of Hollywood’s best unproduced screenplays, has unleashed its 2021 edition — a smattering of delicious pop biopics, true crime and even a psychodrama about Mickey Rourke appearing on “The Masked Singer.”
Founded in 2005 by Franklin Leonard, the list surveys top studio and development executives asking them to share the scripts they adored but haven’t yet greenlit. The rankings are then cross-referenced, and popularity is calculated by the frequency a title appears (the “mentions”).
The top script on this year’s list is “Cauliflower,” an intense drama from writer Daniel Jackson.
“Under the cruel guidance of a mysterious coach, an ambitious high school wrestler struggles to become a state champion while battling a bizarre infection in his ear that both makes him dominant in his sport and threatens his sanity,” the synopsis reads. The script was mentioned 32 times across rankings. Jackson is repped by UTA and Bellevue.
Founded in 2005 by Franklin Leonard, the list surveys top studio and development executives asking them to share the scripts they adored but haven’t yet greenlit. The rankings are then cross-referenced, and popularity is calculated by the frequency a title appears (the “mentions”).
The top script on this year’s list is “Cauliflower,” an intense drama from writer Daniel Jackson.
“Under the cruel guidance of a mysterious coach, an ambitious high school wrestler struggles to become a state champion while battling a bizarre infection in his ear that both makes him dominant in his sport and threatens his sanity,” the synopsis reads. The script was mentioned 32 times across rankings. Jackson is repped by UTA and Bellevue.
- 12/13/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: German model and actress Toni Garrn (Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer), Annabel Mullion (Patrick Melrose), and Richard Pettyfer (Bleak House) are joining the cast of sci-fi thriller movie Warning.
They join previously announced cast Kylie Bunbury, Alice Eve, Rupert Everett, Thomas Jane, Tomasz Kot, Charlotte Le Bon, Garance Marillier, Alex Pettyfer, Benedict Samuel, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Annabelle Wallis. The film follows separate lives which collide in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.
Agata Alexander is making her directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller, based on an original screenplay by her, Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Produced by Cybill Lui (After The Dark) of Anova Pictures, the film is currently shooting n Poland. Staszek
Dziedzic from Film Produkcja (Mr. Jones) is also producing in association with Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska (High Life).
Zachery Ty Bryan, Derrick Eppich and Steve Mao are executive producing. The Exchange has international sales rights. ICM Partners is handling North America.
They join previously announced cast Kylie Bunbury, Alice Eve, Rupert Everett, Thomas Jane, Tomasz Kot, Charlotte Le Bon, Garance Marillier, Alex Pettyfer, Benedict Samuel, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Annabelle Wallis. The film follows separate lives which collide in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.
Agata Alexander is making her directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller, based on an original screenplay by her, Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Produced by Cybill Lui (After The Dark) of Anova Pictures, the film is currently shooting n Poland. Staszek
Dziedzic from Film Produkcja (Mr. Jones) is also producing in association with Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska (High Life).
Zachery Ty Bryan, Derrick Eppich and Steve Mao are executive producing. The Exchange has international sales rights. ICM Partners is handling North America.
- 4/9/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury and Garance Marillier also added to cast.
Patrick Schwarzenegger and Rupert Everett are among the new cast members to join Agata Alexander’s sci-fi thriller Warning, which is currently shooting in Warsaw, Poland.
Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury and Garance Marillier have also signed up to the film, joining previously announced cast members Alex Pettyfer, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Benedict Samuel, Charlotte Le Bon and Thomas Jane.
Principal photography began in Warsaw on March 13; all filming and post-production will take place in Poland.
The film is Alexander’s directorial debut, based on an original screenplay she wrote...
Patrick Schwarzenegger and Rupert Everett are among the new cast members to join Agata Alexander’s sci-fi thriller Warning, which is currently shooting in Warsaw, Poland.
Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury and Garance Marillier have also signed up to the film, joining previously announced cast members Alex Pettyfer, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Benedict Samuel, Charlotte Le Bon and Thomas Jane.
Principal photography began in Warsaw on March 13; all filming and post-production will take place in Poland.
The film is Alexander’s directorial debut, based on an original screenplay she wrote...
- 3/27/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Patrick Schwarzenegger (Daniel Isn’t Real), Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince), Cold War star Tomasz Kot, Kylie Bunbury (Game Night) and Raw star Garance Marallier are joining the cast of sci-fi thriller Warning, which is now underway in Poland.
Already aboard Agata Alexander’s feature debut are Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike), Alice Eve (Star Trek: Into Darkness), Annabelle Wallis (Boss Level), Benedict Samuel (The Walk), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk) and Thomas Jane(The Predator).
Pic is based on an original screenplay by Alexander, Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Cybill Lui (After The Dark) of Anova Pictures is producing while Staszek Dziedzic from Film Produkcja (Mr. Jones) is producing in association with Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska (High Life) of Nem Corp. Derrick Eppich is executive producer.
According to the production, Warning “explores the meaning of life when disparate lives collide in interweaving stories set in the near-future earth.” The Exchange has international sales rights.
Already aboard Agata Alexander’s feature debut are Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike), Alice Eve (Star Trek: Into Darkness), Annabelle Wallis (Boss Level), Benedict Samuel (The Walk), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk) and Thomas Jane(The Predator).
Pic is based on an original screenplay by Alexander, Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Cybill Lui (After The Dark) of Anova Pictures is producing while Staszek Dziedzic from Film Produkcja (Mr. Jones) is producing in association with Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska (High Life) of Nem Corp. Derrick Eppich is executive producer.
According to the production, Warning “explores the meaning of life when disparate lives collide in interweaving stories set in the near-future earth.” The Exchange has international sales rights.
- 3/27/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
James D’Arcy, Laura Harrier and Mena Massoud are starring in the independent science-fiction drama “Warning,” to be shot in Romania.
Agata Alexander will be directing based on an original screenplay she wrote with Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Cybill Lui of Anova Pictures will produce the project and is setting a winter start date in Romania.
Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has acquired the international sales rights and will introduce the project to foreign buyers during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. ICM Partners is handling North America.
The story is in the style of Netflix’s “Black Mirror” sci-fi anthology series and explores loneliness, death and the meaning of life when vastly disparate lives collide in interweaving stories set in a near future Earth.
Alexander, who is making her feature film debut, has worked with artists such as Marilyn Manson, Skrillex and Diplo. Clint Mansell will arrange the film score.
Agata Alexander will be directing based on an original screenplay she wrote with Rob Michaelson and Jason Kaye. Cybill Lui of Anova Pictures will produce the project and is setting a winter start date in Romania.
Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange has acquired the international sales rights and will introduce the project to foreign buyers during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. ICM Partners is handling North America.
The story is in the style of Netflix’s “Black Mirror” sci-fi anthology series and explores loneliness, death and the meaning of life when vastly disparate lives collide in interweaving stories set in a near future Earth.
Alexander, who is making her feature film debut, has worked with artists such as Marilyn Manson, Skrillex and Diplo. Clint Mansell will arrange the film score.
- 9/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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