The 17th edition of "The Black List" features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 9, indexed alphabetically, from E to G.
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If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2021" scripts were chosen by more than 375 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.
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" (or a vote), favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2021."
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and, perhaps, become movies. Past picks include: "8-Bit Christmas," and Oscar-winner "King Richard."
False Truth
Written by: Thomas BerryIsaac GabaeffNathan Gabaeff
Mentions: 7
The life of a cynical San Francisco criminal lawyer at the top of his career unravels when he agrees to represent a father accused of killing his infant son in an extraordinary case that challenges widely accepted medical beliefs, a biased justice system, and his own personal worldview. Based on true events.
The Family Plan
Written by: David Coggeshall
Mentions: 7
A former top assassin living incognito as a suburban dad must take his unsuspecting family on the run when his past catches up to him.
Fiendish
Written by: Edgar Castillo
Mentions: 9
While meeting her boyfriend’s dysfunctional family at their ancestral manor, a young woman finds herself entangled in a bizarre and terrifying mystery when the family’s patriarch claims to have been cursed by a demon.
The Fire Outside
Written by: Yumiko Fujiwara
Mentions: 8
Peter, a seventeen-year-old painter, lives with his controlling mother in a lonely house in the wilderness. When he meets a mysterious stranger, he begins to question the reality he was raised to believe, gathers the courage to leave his mother, and unveils the sinister truth behind his upbringing.
Follow
Written by: Michael Kujak
Mentions: 10
When a social media influencer meets a fan at a meet-and-greet, she’s so taken with her cleverness and vulnerability that she invites the fan to intern with her for the summer. At first, they’re an unstoppable team, but soon, the influencer is forced to wonder who she has let into her life.
Four Assassins (And A Funeral)
Written by: Ryan Hooper
Mentions: 8
The adoptive daughter of a legendary assassin returns home for his funeral... and finds herself in the crosshairs of her four highly trained, highly dangerous siblings.
From Little Acorns Grow
Written by: Laura Kosann
Mentions: 8
After a woman becomes one of the first female presidents of a 1950s publishing house in New York, she draws a former college classmate into her orbit, who soon finds her literary empire is not what it appears to be.
Go Dark
Written by: Josh MarentetteSpencer Marentette
Mentions: 8
A team of black-ops soldiers use an experimental technology to travel into the afterlife and rescue their dead teammate.
Grizz
Written by: Connor Barry
Mentions: 15 (12th overall in 2021)
A car accident strands a young paramedic in the rugged Pacific Northwest where she is hunted by a ravenous grizzly bear.
