I’m still on my Staycation, so I don’t know if I’ll get to my annual breakdown of each and every Black List logline. But I wanted to get this up here so that everybody could have a chance to discuss it. Here is the list! BEST SELLER by Matisse Haddad In New York’s literary scene, […]

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The final newsletter of the year will be landing in your inbox in the next couple of days, so keep an eye out. There will be a Blood and Ink update, some Osculum talk, and a script review from a writer who created one of my favorite scripts of all time. It’s going to […]

Today I will share the single most important screenwriting tip you will ever learn A little update. Technically, I’m supposed to be on vacation for two weeks but that vacation fell apart for a couple of frustrating reasons. The problem is, my mind hasn’t accepted this yet and, therefore, I’m in denial. My brain is […]

Genre: Drama Premise: Recently dumped Ezra Green accidentally brings a terminally ill woman home to Bridgehampton for a long weekend with his eccentric family. Don’t judge–he needs to cope with his estranged father who just got out of white-collar prison. About: This script finished with 10 votes on last year’s Black List. Writer: Jeremy Leder […]

In the immortal words of LL Cool J, “DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK!” Or maybe do! The box office is firing on all cylinders as it hits the home stretch of 2025. First Wicked For Good killed it. And now Zootopia makes a half-a-billion dollars worldwide in a single weekend! Oh, and if you think […]