Genre: PeriodPremise: In the dead of winter in the middle of the U.S. Civil War, a young man tries to hide the gold he stole from rogue soldiers who have taken over his remote house.About: With 13 votes, The Isolate Thief was one of the top 2009 Black List scripts. Lefler has no previous credits […]

This is the official announcement for the Logline Contest Top 25, a free contest I held that started with nearly 1000 logline entries, and is now down to the Top 25 scripts. To catch up on the contest, go here to read the original post, and here to read the Top 100 loglines. Well, here […]

So how’s the future of cinema shaping up? Ummm… Don’t have a concrete answer for you. But I will say this. It’s a lot more shapely today than it was yesterday. Watching Avatar felt like the first time you had ice cream. Or the first time you tasted cherry coke. There were times where I […]

Genre: True Story/BiopicPremise: The true life story of a man with multiple personality disorder who pleaded insanity in three rape cases back in the 1970s.About: Titanic director James’ Cameron’s treatment of the true life story of Billy Milligan. Supposedly, when this looked like it was going to be a go movie, Milligan claims to have […]

Genre: BiopicPremise: The life story of chess legend Bobby Fischer leading up to his historic world championship match against Boris Spassky.About: With 17 votes, this ended up number 13 on the 2009 Black List. Steve Knight, the writer, wrote 2007’s gritty “Eastern Promises.”Update: David Fincher is now said to be directing this.Writer: Steve KnightStatus: Unknown.Details: […]