Black List 2012: Final
We followed it live as the 78 scripts were unveiled today on Twitter beginning at 9AM Pacific. Here are some comments from Franklin Leonard:
We’re incredibly happy with the release of yet another year’s list, especially this year which has featured so much exciting change and expansion for us as an organization. We’d also very much like to thank our partners in this endeavor Twitter, the Writers Guild of America, East, Screenwriting Tips…You Hack, and Go Into the Story.
This year’s list is a wide range of writing from several dozen writers who exciting up and comers. There are some riveting biopics, hilarious romantic comedies, and flat out novel scripts on this year’s list. I, for one, am looking forward to reading many of them, and I don’t think I’m alone in that.
As always, we’re interested in your thoughts, comments, questions, rants, etc. Please tweet at us at @theblcklst or contact us via the email addresses at our About site. We’ll do our best to respond to every inquiry though for obvious reasons, there might be a slight time lag.
Here are some stats about this year’s list:
5 writers (or teams) on the #BlackList2012 do not have an agent. 10 do not have a manager.
37.1% of the scripts on this year’s list do not yet have a producer attached.
69.2% of the scripts on this year’s list do not yet have financing in place.
9 writers on the #BlackList2012 have been on the Black List before.
A logline word cloud from #BlackList2012 twitter.yfrog.com/obpjecp
Black List scripts by agency.
Black List scripts by managers.
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Here is the list of 78 scripts with links for spec scripts that sold in 2012:
A COUNTRY OF STRANGERS by Sean Armstrong
ALL-NIGHTER by Brad Ingelsby
ALMANAC by Jason Pagan, Andrew Stark
AMERICATOWN by Ben Poole
BALLAD OF PABLO ESCOBAR, THE by Matt Aldrich
BLACK BOX by David Guggenheim
BLEEDING KANSAS by Russell Sommer, Dan Frey
BORDER COUNTRY by Jonathan Stokes (@jonathanwstokes)
BROKEN, THE by John Glosser
CHERRIES by Brian Kehoe, Jim Kehoe
CLIVE by Natasha Pincus
COMANCHERIA by Taylor Sheridan
COME AND FIND ME by Zack Whedon (@zdubdub)
CONVERSION by Marissa Jo Cerar
DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE by Mark Hogan
DEVILS AT PLAY by James Dilapo
DISCIPLE PROGRAM, THE by Tyler Marceca (@TylerMarceca)
DON’T MAKE ME GO by Vera Herbert (@veraherbert)
DOPPELGANGERS by Evan Mirzai (@evan_almight), Shea Mirzai (@shea_butter)
DRAFT DAY by Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman (@scottmrothman)
EEL, THE by Roberto Bentivegna (@EmperorPasta)
EL TIGRE by Aaron Buchsbaum, Teddy Riley
EQUALIZER, THE by Richard Wenk
EX BOYFRIEND OF THE BRIDE by Matt Hausfater
EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE by Michael Werwie
FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS by Brad Desch
FAULT IN OUR STARS, THE by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
FINAL BROADCAST, THE by Chris Hutton, Eddie O’Keefe (@TheTeenageHead)
FLOWER by Alex McAulay (@AlexMcAulayYeah)
FROM NEW YORK TO FLORIDA by Austin Reynolds (@reynoldsaustin)
FUCK MARRY KILL by Neel Shah (@fneel), Alex Blagg (@alexblagg)
GEORGE by Jeff Shakoor
GLIMMER by Carter Blanchard (@cartblanch)
GOODBYE, FELIX CHESTER by Max Taxe (@taxe)
GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM by Jason Micallef (@micallefjason)
HEY, STELLA! by Tom Shephard
HIBERNATION by Will Frank, Geneva Robertson-Dworet
HOLD ON TO ME by Brad Ingelsby
HOOVERVILLE DEAD, THE by Brantley Aufill (@iseefrants)
IF THEY MOVE… KILL ‘EM! by Kel Symons
JOJO RABBIT by Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi)
JUDGE, THE by Bill Dubuque
KEEPING ROOM, THE by Julia Hart
KILLING SPREE, THE by Derek Elliott, Jack Donaldson
KING OF HEISTS by Will Staples
LIGHTHOUSE, THE by Eric Kirsten (@erickirsten)
MAN OF TOMORROW by Jeremy Slater (@boner_mountain)
MCCARTHY by Justin Kremer (@Kremsicles)
ME & EARL & THE DYING GIRL by Jesse Andrews (@_jesse_andrews_)
MIDNIGHT AT NOON by Nathaniel Halpern
MONSOON by Matt Ackley
MURDER CITY by Will Simmons (@willsimmons_)
ONE THAT GOT AWAY, THE by April Prosser
OUR NAME IS ADAM by T.S. Nowlin (@tsnowlin)
OUT OF STATE by Eric Pearson
OUTSKIRTS, THE by Dominique Ferarri, Suzanne Wrubel
PAPER MAN, THE by Sean O’Keefe
PENNY DREADFUL by Shane Atkinson
PESTE by Barbara Marshall
PORTLAND CONDITION, THE by Dan Cohn, Jeremy Miller
RODHAM by Young Il Kim
SAND CASTLE by Chris Roessner
SEUSS by Eyal Podell, Jonathan Stewart
SHUT IN by Christina Hodson
SOMACELL by Ashleigh Powell
STOCKHOLM, PENNSYLVANIA by Nikole Beckwith (@nikolebeckwith)
STORY OF YOUR LIFE by Eric Heisserer (@HIGHzurrer)
SURVIVALIST, THE by Stephen Fingleton (@sfingali)
SWEET VIRGINIA by Paul China, Benjamin China
TIMES SQUARE by Taylor Materne, Jake Rubin
TITANS OF PARK ROW by Mitch Akselrad
TRANSCENDENCE by Jack Paglen
UNTITLED COPS SCRIPT by Blake McCormick
WHALEMEN by Tucker Parsons
WHIPLASH by Damien Chazelle
WHO FRAMED TOMMY CALLAHAN? by Harry Kellerman
WINTER KILLS, THE by Ben Carney
WUNDERKIND by Patrick Aison
Congratulations, writers!
Here are the top 10 scripts:
#1–65 mentions. DRAFT DAY by Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman
#2–43 mentions. A COUNTRY OF STRANGERS by Sean Armstrong
#2–43 mentions. SEUSS by Eyal Podell, Jonathan Stewart
#4–39 mentions. RODHAM by Young Il Kim
#5–35 mentions. STORY OF YOUR LIFE by Eric Heisserer
#6–33 mentions. WUNDERKIND by Patrick Aison
#7–31 mentions. EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE by Michael Werwie
#8–29 mentions. GLIMMER by Carter Blanchard
#8–29 mentions. ME & EARL & THE DYING GIRL by Jesse Andrews
#10–28 mentions. DEVILS AT PLAY by James DiLapo
Congratulations to the 2012 Black List writers!
Next year, I hope you are on the List!
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