The Black List (survey)

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The Black List
Created2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Locationblcklst.com/lists/
Author(s)Franklin Leonard
PurposeRanking of top unproduced screenplays

The Black List is an annual survey of the "most-liked" motion picture screenplays not yet produced. It has been published every year since 2005 on the second Friday of December by Franklin Leonard, a development executive who subsequently worked at Universal Pictures[1] and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.[2][3][4] The website states that these are not necessarily "the best" screenplays, but rather "the most liked", since it is based on a survey of studio and production company executives.[5]

Of the more than 1,000 screenplays The Black List has included since 2005, 440 have been produced as theatrical films,[6] including Argo,[7] American Hustle, Juno,[1] The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire,[8] Spotlight,[9] The Revenant, The Descendants, and Hell or High Water. The produced films have together grossed over $30 billion,[9] and been nominated for 241 Academy Awards and 205 Golden Globe Awards, winning 50[10] and 40 respectively. As of the 92nd Academy Awards, four of the last 10 Academy Awards for Best Picture went to scripts featured on a previous Black List, as well as 12 of the last 20 screenwriting Oscars (Original and Adapted Screenplays).[11] Additionally, 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 Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, two of the writers of the screenplay for The Descendants, who had an earlier screenplay make the list.[3] Slate 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."[12]

On January 27, 2019, at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, it was announced that the LGBT media advocacy group GLAAD had partnered with The Black List to create The GLAAD List, a new curated list of the most promising unmade LGBT-inclusive scripts in Hollywood.[13]

History

A Black List live script reading panel at the 2018 ATX Television Festival (pictured from L–R): Moderator Franklin Leonard, with Matt Lauria, James Lafferty, Jason George, Katherine Willis, Taylor Dearden, Nick Wechsler, Tyrel Jackson Williams, and Riley Scott.

The first Black List was compiled in 2005 by Franklin Leonard, at the time working as a development executive for Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way Productions. He emailed about 75 fellow development executives and asked them to name the ten best unproduced screenplays they read that year.[14] 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 McCarthy era as part of the Hollywood blacklist.[15]

The screenplays to top The Black List, from 2005 to 2021 respectively, are: Things We Lost in the Fire; The Brigands of Rattleborge; Recount; The Beaver; The Muppet Man; College Republicans; The Imitation Game; Draft Day; Holland, Michigan; Catherine the Great; Bubbles; Blond Ambition; Ruin; Frat Boy Genius; Move On; Headhunter; and Cauliflower.

Structure

The Black List tallies the number of "likes" various screenplays are given by development executives, and then ranks them accordingly. The most-liked screenplay is The Imitation Game, which topped the list in 2011 with 133 likes; it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.[16]

Films on the Black List

Main article: List of produced films included in The Black List

More than 440 screenplays have been put into production after appearing on The Black List.[11] These include:

2005 Black List

(120/286 screenplays have been put in production)

2006 Black List

(40/87 screenplays have been put into production)

2007 Black List

2008 Black List

(39/105 screenplays have been put into production)[18]

2009 Black List

(42/97 screenplays have been put into production)[19]

2010 Black List

(44/76 screenplays have been put into production)[20]

2011 Black List

(28/71 screenplays have been put into production)[8][21]

2012 Black List

2013 Black List

2014 Black List

(17/70 screenplays have been put into production)[22]

2015 Black List

(15/81 screenplays have been put into production)[23]

2016 Black List

(14/73 screenplays have been put into production)[24]

2017 Black List

(10/76 films have been put into production[25])

  • All My Life (2021)
  • American Tabloid
  • Arc of Justice
  • Ballerina
  • Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
  • Brosio
  • Call Jane (2022)
  • Cancer Inc.
  • Come As You Are
  • Daddio
  • Don't Be Evil
  • Dorothy & Alice
  • Escape
  • Escape From the North Pole
  • The Expansion Project
  • The Fifth Nixon
  • Finch (2021) – then titled Bios
  • Fubar
  • Gadabout
  • George
  • The Great Nothing
  • Greenland
  • Green Rush
  • The Grownup
  • Hack
  • Health and Wellness
  • Heart of the Beast
  • Hughes
  • Infinite (2021)
  • Innocent Monsters
  • Jellyfish Summer
  • Jihotties
  • Kate (2021)
  • Keeper of the Diary
  • Key of Genius
  • Kill Shelter
  • The Kingbreaker
  • Let Her Speak
  • Liberation
  • Lionhunters
  • Little Boy
  • The Lodge (2019)
  • Mad, Bad, And Dangerous to Know
  • The Man From Tomorrow
  • Meat
  • The Mother
  • Moxie (2021)
  • Newsflash
  • On
  • One Thousand Paper Cranes
  • The Other Lamb
  • Panopticon
  • The Poison Squad
  • Power
  • The Prospect
  • Queen Elizabeth
  • Rodney & Sheryl
  • Ruin
  • Ruthless
  • The Saviors
  • Skyward
  • The Sleepover (2020)
  • Sleep Well Tonight
  • Social Justice Warrior
  • Strongman
  • The Survivor (2021) – then titled The Boxer
  • The Thing About Jellyfish
  • This Is Jane
  • Trapline
  • Valedictorian
  • V.I.N.
  • When In Doubt, Seduce
  • When Lightning Strikes
  • Where I End
  • The White Devils
  • Wyler

2018 Black List

(8/73 screenplays have been put into production)[26]

  • (Please) Maternity Leave
  • 29th Accident
  • 73 Seconds
  • AMA (Ask Me Anything)
  • Analytica
  • At Risk
  • Bag Man
  • The Beast
  • The Biscuit
  • Black Flies
  • Blur
  • Bolsa Negra
  • The Broodmare
  • CI-34
  • Cobweb (TBA)
  • Conviction
  • Dark
  • Dead Dads Club
  • The Defender
  • Drudge
  • Escher
  • The Fastest Game
  • Frat Boy Genius
  • Get Home Safe
  • Grace
  • Gunfight
  • The Half of It
  • Happy Anniversary
  • Happy Little Trees
  • Hare
  • In Retrospect
  • Infidels
  • Inhuman Nature
  • The Interventionist
  • Isleworth
  • Just the Facts
  • Just Girl
  • The High Note (2020) – then titled Covers
  • The Half of It (2020)
  • Harry's All Night Hamburgers
  • Kill the Leopard
  • King Richard (2021)
  • The Kings of Cool
  • The Liberators
  • Little Fish (2021)
  • Mamba
  • Me & Tammy Faye at the Betty Ford Clinic
  • Meet Cute (2022)
  • Naked Is the Best Disguise
  • Nobody Nothing Nowhere
  • One Night in Mississippi
  • Our Condolences
  • Popular
  • Promising Young Woman (2020)
  • Queen
  • Queen & Slim (2019)
  • Queens of the Stoned Age
  • Ride
  • Rub & Tug
  • Saddam & Me
  • The Second Life of Ben Haskins
  • The Seventh
  • Sharon
  • Spark
  • Tillman
  • To the Extreme
  • The United States of America v. Bill Gates
  • Untitled Coast Guard
  • Untitled Syria Project
  • Welcome to the Neighborhood
  • Wendi
  • The Worst Guy of All Time (And the Girl Who Came to Kill Him)
  • Young. Wild. Free.
  • Your Boy

2019 Black List

(9/66 screenplays have been put into production)[27]

  • 10-31
  • 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
  • Affairs of State
  • An Aftermath
  • Apex – by Aja Gabel and MJ Wesner
  • Apex – by Stephen Vitale
  • Assisted Living
  • Atlanta Onfire
  • Barron: A Tale of Love, Loss, & Legacy
  • Betty Ford – adapted to television
  • Black Mitzvah
  • Blue Slide Park
  • Breathe
  • The Broker
  • Can You Tell Me How?
  • Cicada
  • The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
  • Dollhouse
  • Doll Wars
  • Don't Go in the Water
  • Don't Worry Darling (2022)
  • Field of View
  • First Ascent – adapted to television
  • First Harvest
  • Girlfriend on Mars
  • Grandma Wants to Die
  • Helldiver
  • High On Christmas
  • The House is Not for Sale
  • I Heart Murder
  • Klein
  • Knock at the Cabin (2023) – then titled The Cabin at the End of the World
  • The Laborer
  • A Magical Place Called Glendale
  • The Man in the Woods
  • Meet Cute
  • The Menu (2022)
  • The Mother (2022)
  • Move On
  • My Boyfriend's Wedding
  • No Good Deed
  • Nomads
  • The Perdition in Liege
  • Pod
  • The Process
  • Refuge
  • The Repossession
  • Resurrection (2022)
  • Ripple
  • Rumours
  • Say Something Nice
  • The Searchers
  • The Showrunner
  • Sister
  • Shut In (2022)
  • Stampede
  • Super Dad
  • The Swells
  • T
  • They Cloned Tyrone (2022)
  • This Is Going To Hurt
  • Til Death
  • The Traveler
  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
  • Voicemails for Isabelle
  • Wayward

2020 Black List

(6/80 screenplays have been put into production)[28]

  • 1MDB
  • Annalise & Song
  • Anything's Possible (2022) – then titled What If?
  • Bella
  • A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey
  • Bikram
  • Birdies
  • The Black Belt
  • Blood Ties
  • Borderline
  • The Boy Who Died
  • Bring Me Back
  • Bubble & Squeak
  • Chang Can Dunk (2023)
  • Cosmic Sunday
  • Crush on You
  • The Culling
  • Dust
  • Earworm
  • Emancipation (2022)
  • Emergency (2022)
  • Enemies Within
  • Excelsior
  • Fight or Flight
  • Fish in a Tree
  • Flight Risk
  • Forever Hold Your Peace
  • Frenemy
  • Gabi Seems Different
  • Generation Leap
  • Get Lite
  • Good Chance
  • The Gorge
  • Gusher
  • Handsome Stranger
  • Headhunter
  • Here Come the Bandits
  • High Society
  • Horsegirl
  • I.S.S. (TBA)
  • If You Were the Last (TBA)
  • Lurker
  • Magazine Dreams (TBA)
  • The Man in the Yard
  • Margot
  • May December (TBA)
  • Mouse
  • Murder in the White House
  • My Dear You
  • Nanny (2022)
  • Neither Confirm Nor Deny
  • The Neutral Corner
  • Occupied
  • The Peak
  • Plush
  • Possum Song
  • Reality
  • Reptile Dysfunction
  • Rewired
  • Ripper
  • Ruby
  • St. Simmons
  • Saturday Night Ghost Club
  • The Sauce
  • Sharper (TBA)
  • A Single Point of Failure
  • State Lines
  • Story
  • Suncoast
  • Tin Roof Rusted
  • Towers
  • Trespasser
  • Two Faced
  • The U.S.P.S.
  • Uncle Wick
  • Viceland
  • Video Nasty
  • War Face
  • The Women of Route 40
  • Yom Kippur

2021 Black List

(1/73 screenplays have been put into production)[11]

  • Abbi and the Eighth Wonder
  • Air Jordan
  • Apex – by Jeremy Robbins
  • Ballast
  • Barron's Cove
  • Believe Me
  • Bella
  • Blackpill
  • Candlewood
  • Carriage Hill
  • Cauliflower
  • Challengers
  • Chicago For One
  • Cruel Summer
  • The College Dropout
  • The Dark
  • Dennis Rodman's 48 Hours in Vegas
  • The Devil Herself
  • Divorce Party
  • False Truth
  • The Family Plan
  • Fiendish
  • The Fire Outside
  • Follow
  • Four Assassins (and a Funeral)
  • From Little Acorns Grow
  • Go Dark
  • Grizz
  • Hard To Get
  • Hello Universe
  • Homecoming
  • Hot Girl Summer
  • Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel
  • A Hufflepuff Love Story
  • An Ideal Woman
  • Idol
  • Indigo
  • In The End
  • It Was You
  • Jellyfish Days
  • Killer Instinct
  • Killers and Diplomats
  • Lady Krylon
  • Lift
  • Loud
  • The Masked Singer
  • Max and Tony's Epic One-Night Stand
  • Mercury
  • Michael Bay: The Epic Biopic
  • Mimi
  • Mr. Benihana
  • A Nice Indian Boy
  • Operation Milk & Cookies
  • Rabbit Season
  • Sandpiper
  • See How They Run
  • Shania!
  • Skeleton Tree
  • Sleep Solution
  • St. Mary's Catholic School presents The Vagina Monologues
  • Symphony of Survival
  • Thicker Than Ice
  • The Villain
  • Ultra
  • The Unbound
  • Wait List
  • The Way You Remember Me
  • Ways to Hide in Winter
  • Weird
  • Wheels Come Off
  • Whittier
  • Worst. Dinner. Ever
  • Yasuke

Notes

  1. ^ Initially greenlit as a narrative feature, it was shifted during development into a documentary.
  2. ^ Written by Matthew Wilder, this screenplay never went into production. The 2013 film Lovelace is based on a screenplay written by Andy Bellin and is not connected to Wilder's script.
  3. ^ Bomback was eventually replaced by another writer for the film adaptation, which never came to fruition. A separate television adaptation, The Umbrella Academy (2019), was later developed for Netflix, with the pilot episode written by Jeremy Slater.

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