The 13th edition of the "Black List" features 76 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 9, indexed alphabetically, from I to K.
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For Your Consideration, we have the next 9 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Ian Shorr's "Infinite," Andrew Bozalis' and Derek Mether's "The Kingbreaker," and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2017" scripts were chosen by more than 275 film-industry executives.
What is "The Black List" you ask? To find out how it all works, scroll down a little bit.
Unsure about exactly what is the "Black List"? Read on.
The name is sort of 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 particular 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" (a vote), favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2017." And, you may have already noticed that a great number of screenplays featured on The List have since been produced.
Past picks include "Superbad," and "The Prestige."
Infinite (2021)
Written by: Ian Shorr
Mentions: 10
Based on the The Reincarnationist Papers written by D. Eric Maikranz. The hallucinations of a schizophrenic are revealed to be memories from past lives where he obtained talents that he still has to this day. IMDb
Innocent Monsters
Written by: Elaina Perpelitt
Mentions: 9
A writer struggling to crack her second novel starts to lose her sense of reality as the book bleeds into her life...and her life bleeds back.
Jellyfish Summer
Written by: Sarah Jane Inwards
Mentions: 12 (20th overall in 2017)
A young black girl’s family in 1960s Mississippi decides to harbor two human-looking refugees who have mysteriously fallen from the sky.
Jihotties
Written by: Molly Prather
Mentions: 7
In an effort to fund their start-up, two women catfish ISIS and get more than they bargained for when the CIA recruits them as spies.
Kate (2021)
Written by: Umair Aleem
Mentions: 10
When a veteran hitwoman is mysteriously poisoned on her last assignment in Tokyo, she has 24 hours to track down her killer before she dies. IMDb
Keeper of the Diary
Written by: Samuel FrancoEvan Kilgore
Mentions: 32 (4th overall in 2017)
Chronicles Otto Frank’s journey, with the help of a junior editor at Doubleday Press, to find a publisher for the diary his daughter Anne wrote during the Holocaust.
Key of Genius
Written by: Daniel PersitzDevon Kliger
Mentions: 10
The story of Derek Paravicini, a blind, severely autistic boy who needed an incredible teacher to help realize his world-class musical ability.
Kill Shelter
Written by: Eric BeuGreg Martin
Mentions: 10
A darkly comic crime thriller concerning three groups of people dealing with blackmail gone wrong.
The Kingbreaker
Written by: Andrew BozalisDerek Mether
Mentions: 9
A CIA operative experienced in taking down kings and installing their replacements is brought in to take down a dictator he helped install a few years prior.
