Genre: Paranoid ThrillerPremise: A man becomes entangled in a secret society that forces him to murder.About: Finished with 5 votes on the 2009 Black List. Will star Nicholas Cage, Guy Pearce, and January Jones. Shooting right now. Directed by The Bank Job’s Roger Donaldson and produced by Toby Maguire’s production company.Status of project: ProductionStatus of […]
Genre: ComedyPremise: A liberal New Yorker realizes he isn’t as open-minded as he thinks he is and sets out to make a black friend.About: This finished with 10 votes on the 2009 Black List (same as Balls Out). I don’t know much about these writers but I can tell you this. Adam Cole-Kelley wrote for […]
Genre: ComedyPremise: A guy decides to stalk his ex-girlfriend.About: Carnes & Gilbert were on Variety’s “Top Ten Screenwriters To Watch” list of 2005. They sold “Stalker: A Love Story” to Paramount for 1.75 million dollars. The two also wrote Mr. Woodcock. More info here.Writers: Michael Carnes & Josh Gilbert For those of you who have […]
Genre: Drama/Coming-of-AgePremise: A thirteen year old outcast finds a mixtape that belonged to her deceased parents, accidentally destroys it, and uses the song list to find all the music.About: Finished with 14 votes on this year’s Black List. Mixtape may have finished even higher had it officially gone out. If there’s a script that truly […]
Not all the Black List scripts smell like roses. Inevitably, you’re going to run into a script with some thorns. It’s not that the script is “bad.” I like to think of it as you and the writer have different gardens in mind. I’ve stepped into a few of these gardens. And not surprisingly, they’re […]
