Read the "Black List: 2017" Screenplays
The 13th edition of the "Black List" features 76 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 11, indexed alphabetically, from L to N.
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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 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", favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2017".
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and become movies. Past picks include: "My Friend Dahmer," and "Demolition."
Let Her Speak
Written by: Mario Correa
Mentions: 42 (2nd overall in 2017)
The story of Senator Wendy Davis and her 24-hour filibuster to save 75% of abortion clinics in Texas.
Liberation
Written by: Darby Kealey
Mentions: 9
The story of Nancy Wake, the most decorated servicewoman in World War II, who led resistance fighters in a series of dangerous missions in Nazi-occupied France.
Lionhunters
Written by: Will Beall
Mentions: 8
A rogue cop suffers a gunshot wound in 1987 and wakes from a coma thirty years later, where he is partnered with a mild-mannered progressive detective–his son.
Little Boy
Written by: Hayley Schore | Roshan Sethi
Mentions: 6
The true story of the man who dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and his unexpected journey back to ground zero.
Mad, Bad, And Dangerous To Know
Written by: Jade Bartlett
Mentions: 12
Based on the book trilogy Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by Chloe J. Esposito. An underdog identical twin accidentally kills her too-perfect sister only to discover murder suits her as she becomes compulsively embroiled in the life of a mafia assassin.
The Man from Tomorrow
Written by: Jordan Barel
Mentions: 10
The story of visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk, who after being ousted from PayPal, guides SpaceX through it turbulent early years while simultaneously building Tesla.
Meat
Written by: Logan Martin
Mentions: 7
A misanthropic man notices bizarre changes in himself, his wife, and the animals inhabiting the territory around their homestead as they attempt to survive self-imposed isolation.
MOXIE
Written by: Heather Quinn
Mentions: 10
To combat crime in near-future Los Angeles, the FBI creates supercops based on specific genetic sequences. To their shock, their best candidate is a vulgar stripper named Moxie.
Newsflash
Written by: Ben Jacoby
Mentions: 15
On November 22nd, 1963, Walter Cronkite puts everything on the line to get the story right as a president is killed, a frightened nation weeps, and television comes of age.