This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (May 2017) () The Black List Created 2004; 13 years ago ( 2004) Location Author(s) Purpose Ranking of top unproduced screenplays The Black List is an annual of the 'most liked' motion picture not yet produced. It has been published every year since 2005 on the second Friday of December by, a development executive who subsequently worked at and 's. Gta 5 Weapons Cheat Pc.

The website states that these are not necessarily 'the best' screenplays, but rather 'the most liked', since it is based on a survey of and executives. Of the approximately 1000 screenplays The Black List has included since 2005, nearly a third have been later produced as theatrical films, including successful and award-winning examples such as,,,,,,, and. The produced films have all together grossed well over $25.54 billion, and have been nominated for 241 and 205, winning 48 and 40, respectively. As of the 88th Academy Awards, four of the last eight best picture Oscars went to scripts featured on a previous Black List, as well as ten of the last 20 screenwriting Oscars ( and ). In addition, writers whose scripts are listed often find that they are more readily hired for other jobs, even if their listed screenplays still have not been produced, such as and, two of the writers of the Oscar-winning screenplay of, who had an earlier screenplay make the list. Columnist David Haglund has written that the list's reputation as a champion for 'beloved but challenging' works has been overstated, since 'these are screenplays that are already making the Hollywood rounds. And while, as a rule, they have not yet been produced, many of them are already in production.'

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The first Black List was compiled in 2005 by Franklin Leonard, at the time working as a development executive for 's production company,. He emailed about 75 fellow development executives and asked them to name the 10 best unproduced screenplays they read that year. To thank them for participating, he compiled the list and sent it to the respondents. The name The Black List was a nod to his heritage as an African American man, and also as a subtle reference to the writers who were barred during the era as part of the. The screenplays to top The Black List, from 2005 to 2017 respectively, are:; The Brigands of Rattleborge;;;; College Republicans;;; Holland, Michigan; Catherine the Great; Bubbles; Blond Ambition; and Ruin. Structure [ ] The Black List tallies the number of 'likes' various screenplays have been given by development executives. Screenplays are ranked based on how many likes each of them get.

Mar 19, 2011. Let's say a writer takes things seriously studies the books (Trottier, Snyder, Field, etc.) signs up for a few classes on the Writer's Store to be evaluated by professionals. [He] writes a screenplay sends it in for coverage from a professional coverage service. Revises it based off their notes, sends it in.

The most likes received by a single screenplay is The Imitation Game, with 133 upon topping the 2011 list; it went on to win the. Films on the Black List [ ] More than 300 screenplays have been put into production after appearing on The Black List. • Sperling, Nicole (December 10, 2008)... Retrieved April 25, 2013. • Sperling, Nicole (September 19, 2012)...

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• Finke, Nikki.. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 November 2013. • Nicole Sperling,,, December 10, 2008. • Ben Child,,, December 13, 2011.

The Black List. Retrieved 2016-03-05. • David Haglund,,, December 13, 2011. • Vox (2017-09-14),, retrieved 2017-09-14 •. Retrieved 2014-12-15.

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