The Black List 2020: Scripts About Cannibals, Billionaires, and Tabloid Faves Make the Cut
The annual account of the industry’s best-liked but unproduced screenplays—announced by Desus and Mero, featuring cameos by Bong Joon Ho and Taika Waititi—has finally arrived.
—Variety
The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on why picking winners doesn’t mean making losers
Tech and Hollywood don’t cross-pollinate that often, but when it comes to Franklin Leonard’s way of looking at things, maybe they should.
Leonard is best known as the creator of The Black List, a curated collection of the most underrated screenplays of the year. What began as a side project in 2005 is now a full-fledged hit-making machine. Four of the last 13 Best Picture winners came from the list. Overall, 54 movies from The Black List went on to win Oscars and more than 300 have been nominated. And according to box office numbers, films from the list rake in more revenue, too.
— Tech Crunch
Franklin Leonard, Founder of The Black List, Discusses This Moment and Movies
Franklin Leonard occupies a unique position in Hollywood. As the founder of The Black List, an online community and survey that props up the best unproduced screenplays in town, the 41-years-old Harvard graduate has been a champion and steward of stories and storytellers in an industry where the finest work doesn’t always rise to the top.
— Interview Magazine