The Oscars are coming up, the Sundance and Berlin film festivals are just around the corner, and Hollywood is already taking the long distance view of the movies that will wow us in years to come. But it all starts with a good script, and today the annual The Black List is upon us, highlighting the very best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.
Voted on by executives and insiders, winding up on the list can lead to a tremendous career boost. Since 2005, Black List scripts have gone on to earn 196 Oscar nominations, resulting in 37 wins. In short, the players in Hollywood pay attention, as evidenced this year by a raft of big names—John August, Elizabeth Banks, Travis Beacham, Max Borenstein, Aline Brosh McKenna, Scott Z Burns, Ty Burrell, Damien Chazelle, Ava Duvernay, Nathan Fillion, Seth Grahame-Smith, Rian Johnson, Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, Simon Kinberg, Brian Koppelman, Alex Kurtzman, Allan...
