Read the "Black List: 2014" Screenplays
The 10th edition of "The Black List" features 70 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 8, indexed alphabetically, from S toT.
We continue our look at the 10th edition of the "Black List: 2014" scripts.
So, Four Your Consideration, we have the next 8 scripts that made the List, indexed alphabetically, from S through S! (we thought by adding additional content to this section would slow your browsing experience.) Read Spencer Mondshein's "The Search", to Mark Heyman's "Syndrome (E)", and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2014" scripts were chosen by more than 250 film-industry executives.
What is "The Black List" you ask? To find out how it all works, scroll down a little bit.
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Discover more about the "Black List: 2014" scripts
Unsure about exactly what is "The Black List"? Read on.
Consider the name ironic. This isn't a list of scripts written by those who are unwelcome in the industry. Rather, "The Black List" is a compilation of "most liked" unproduced screenplays from a certain year. Screenwriters, young and old, repped or voiceless, submit their works for consideration.
Annually, since 2005, film industry executives read hundreds of screenplays and choose which ones are their favorite. Referred to as a "mention", favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2014".
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and become movies. Past picks include: "Bird Box", and "The Fault in Our Stars."
The Search
Written by: Spencer Mondshein
Mentions: 13
An expert tracker battles his demons while on a journey to rescue his estranged older brother who has vanished in the uncharted wilderness of the Northwest.
The Secret Ingredients of Rocket Cola
Written by: Mike Vukadinovich
Mentions: 10
Twin brothers with opposite personalities are separated at a young age and go on to live drastically different lives, eventually being reunited in the effort to save the company 'Rocket Cola' despite their love of the same woman.
Seducing Ingrid Bergman
Written by: Arash Amel
Mentions: 6
Based on Chris Greenhalgh’s eponymous novel. Ingrid Bergman and war photographer Robert Capa engage in a passionate, life-changing romance in post-World War II Paris.
Shadow Run
Written by: Joe Gazzam
Mentions: 8
A viral attack puts lives in danger, forcing a CIA agent to initiate a secret prisoner exchange of Russia’s most notorious spy for the American scientist who can create a cure.
The Shower
Written by: Jac Schaeffer
Mentions: 10
At a baby shower for their longtime friend, the attendees suddenly find themselves in the middle of a different type of shower: meteors that release a vapor turning men into blood-hungry aliens.
Situation Comedy
Written by: Cat Vasko
Mentions: 24 (9th overall in 2014)
A young woman, feeling directionless, stumbles upon a mysterious courtyard where she is transported into a sitcom-like universe, becoming a major character on this 'TV show.'
The Swimsuit Issue
Written by: Randall Green
Mentions: 35 (3rd overall in 2014)
A nerdy high schooler, who fancies himself an amateur photographer, attempts to create a “Swimsuit Issue” featuring his high school classmates in hopes of raising enough money to go to summer camp.
Syndrome (E)
Written by: Mark Heyman
Mentions: 12
A detective solving the case of a disturbing film with subliminal images that is killing people who come in contact with it discovers a greater evil.