Read the "Black List: 2016" Screenplays
The 12th edition of "The Black List" features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 11, indexed alphabetically, from C to F.
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We have all 73 of the 73 selected scripts from the 12th edition.
And, Four Your Consideration, we have the next batch of 11 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically, from C through F, for quick access. From Harry Tarre's "Captain Infinity," to Trey Selman's "Fruitcake," and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2016" 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: 2016" 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: 2016".
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and become movies. Past picks include: "Blades of Glory," and "Don't Worry Darling."
Captain Infinity
Written by: Harry Tarre
Mentions: 6
When his comic book obsessed five-year-old brother is diagnosed with cancer, Oscar Ruiz attempts to shield him from the truth by convincing him that his “treatment” is all part of a top secret program to become a superhero.
Carnada
Written by: Katharine Werner
Mentions: 6
Based on true events. In post-Cuban Missile Crisis Miami, an ambitious young CIA agent receives a career making opportunity in becoming the case officer for a charismatic Cuban ambassador offering to help eliminate Fidel Castro. As their relationship grows, however, he begins to question the mission and the true motives of his superiors.
Contingency Protocol
Written by: Mark Townend
Mentions: 8
When futuristic technology renders the Federal Witness Protection Program obsolete, the U.S. Government begins using Time Travel to hide high-profile witnesses in the Past. When a security breach occurs, a U.S. Marshal and her witness struggle to find their way back to the Present Day while evading assassins.
Dark Money
Written by: Matt Fruchtman
Mentions: 21 (9th overall in 2016)
The true story of a young stock trader who goes to work for billionaire tycoon Steve Cohen and gets involved in the biggest insider trading scandal in history.
A Deconstruction of Reality
Written by: Mattson Tomlin
Mentions: 8
Tasked with finding a game changing take for the sixth Jason Bourne movie, Tom Milton goes deep down the rabbit hole of cracking the story. With the guidance (and abuse) of a professor from his past and Bourne himself, Tom begins workshopping scenes that begin to bleed into real life in unexpected ways.
Donziger
Written by: Jay Carson | Matt Bai
Mentions: 6
After twenty years, Steven Danziger wins a $19 billion verdict against Chevron for poisoning rural lands in Ecuador. Chevron responds by hiring heavy hitter Randy Mastro determined to have the entire verdict thrown out.
Escape From Sarajevo
Written by: Vanya Asher
Mentions: 6
Based on the author’s father’s escape from Sarajevo in 1992, the harrowing and heartbreaking tale of one man’s mission to get back to his family.
Fairy Godmother
Written by: Chiara Atik
Mentions: 15
When sought after Fairy Godmother Faye is hired by a mind-bogglingly gorgeous teenage client, Kenzie, to find her true love with the hottest prince in the land, Faye finds herself facing an unfamiliar challenge when the prince starts falling for her instead.
The Fall
Written by: Pete Bridges
Mentions: 7
Finding themselves in the middle of an alien invasion, a newly divorced couple must survive a dangerous real-time journey on foot from downtown Atlanta to the suburbs, where their young children are home alone.
Fruitcake
Written by: Trey Selman
Mentions: 8
The remarkable true story of an unremarkable church-going accountant who stole $17 million in the biggest fruitcake heist of all time.