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: […]

note: scroll down for today’s review Ugh, just what we need. Another freaking list right? Well, in light of trying to figure out my own “Green List”, as well as after bouncing around the internet the last few days, reading through Nikki Finke’s comment section, along with my own and others, there seems to be […]

Genre: ComedyPremise: After a woman sends an indignant email to her new beau, who’s gone radio silent post sex, she discovers he’s comatose in a Mexican hospital and races south of the border with her friends in tow to intercept the email before he recovers.About: This is the number 8 script on 2009’s Black List. […]

Genre: Drama/IndependentPremise: A disturbed man with a good heart is tormented by his talking pets, who convince him to do things he’d rather not do.About: This is the number 3 script on the 2009 Black List. For those of you scratching your heads and saying the name “Michael R. Perry,” sounds familiar, that’s because it […]

For those of you consumed with all the Avatar chatter coming in after the big London premiere, you may have missed out on some way bigger news. Yeah, I’m talking about the release of this year’s Black List. I gave my thoughts on the list’s entries on Friday, and Saturday I did a quick breakdown […]