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EXCLUSIVE: WIF (Women In Film Los Angeles) and the Black List revealed the six aspiring screenwriters set to participate in the 2021 Feature Residency. The program, a joint effort between both organizations, provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women and non-binary screenwriters over the course…

EXCLUSIVE: Just over six months after The Black List and MGM unveiled their feature film script writing partnership, we have our first winner. The Michael De Luca run studio has selected Narendra Henry to receive a two-step Guild minimum blind script deal, I've learned. "I've been toiling in production assistant life…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired a package built around Ian MacAllister McDonald’s Black List script Rodney & Sheryl. Anna Kendrick comes attached to star and Chloe Okuno to direct a drama based on the true story of the time that a serial killer competed on and won a date on the popular TV game show The Dating Game…

EXCLUSIVE: Six New Zealand screenwriters have been chosen to participate in the inaugural Black List New Zealand Project. The project, stemming from a partnership between the Black List and the New Zealand Film Commission, is a professional development workshop and mentorship series. Bolstered by the presence of…

EXCLUSIVE: Ranging in subject matter from coronavirus lockdown to local politics inspired by AOC and the Squad, sibling revelations, winning the lottery and more, the 10 scripts that make up Hollywood's first ever Muslim List were revealed Tuesday. Agents, start dialing – see the full list below. First reported last Se…

EXCLUSIVE: MACRO and The Black List have teamed with Warner Bros. Pictures to launched The MACRO x The Black List Feature Screenwriter Incubator, a new initiative that offers writers of color the opportunity to develop a film idea to pitch to a WB executive. The mission of the program is to discover and empower the…

The Black List and Cassian Elwes have selected Aemilia Scott as the 2021 Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellow. She will join them at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Splitting her time between Los Angeles and Chicago, Scott is a writer/director whose first short film, Best If Used By  won a BAFTA LA award…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List is partnering with the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) for the Black List New Zealand Project (BLNZP). The new initiative is a one-off fund script development workshop designed to foster the creative relationship between writers and producers and stimulate international opportunities for…

UTA leads all agencies with the most screenplays 2020’s The Black List, which was announced Monday. The agency had a total of 17 scripts on the annual list of the year’s most-liked unproduced screenplays. It was followed by Verve, which had 8.5 scripts on the list. Verve was No. 1 last year with 10.5 screenplays…

The 16th annual The Black List was announced this morning by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, and below are the rankings of the year’s hot unproduced (or on the verge of being produced) screenplays. Leading this year’s list with 29 votes is Sophie Dawson’s Headhunter, which follows a high-functioning cannibal who selects…

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero of Desus & Mero fame are set to announce 16th annual Black List. Yup, you heard that right, The Bodega Boys are set to blow our minds as they host the unveiling of The Black List, which is a collection of Hollywood’s best unproduced scripts written by the most talented screenwriters that…

EXCLUSIVE: The Black List, along with IllumiNative and the Sundance Institute have selected the nine scripts for the inaugural Indigneous List, which spotlights some of the best (if not the best) Indigenous film and television writers living and working within the U.S. Submissions for The Indigenous List kicked off in…