So a reader wrote in with an interesting suggestion, and an idea I’ve actually toyed with myself: A list of the top UNREPPED screenplays. What I told him, which is the big problem I run into whenever I entertain the idea, is that while the pool of scripts competing for the Black List is relatively […]
Sorry, no link. :( Genre: Drama/ThrillerPremise: When a man’s wife is accused of murder, he takes drastic measures to get her out of prison.About: This is Paul Haggis’ next project which will star Russel Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, and Liam Neeson. It is an adaptation of the French film, “Pour Elle.”Writer: Paul Haggis (adapted from the […]
Genre: DramaPremise: A reclusive gardener’s life is turned upside-down when he’s given a unique plant thought to be extinct.About: I originally thought this was the project Chris Weitz was doing next, but it turns out this is an older script that got some heat back in the day but never made it over the hump. […]
Genre: Period DramaPremise: In the early 1900s, after their family is brutally murdered, two brothers choose different paths in life, one becoming an FBI agent, the other a criminal.About: The 19th ranked script on last year’s Black List (right behind “Going The Distance” and above “Nowhere Boy”), The American Way was purchased by Anonymous Content […]
What are you doing??? Only six hours left and some of you haven’t sent me your 10 pages yet. Hurry up!