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nymag.com - 12/10/2008

The Black List 2008: The Full List -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine

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Today saw the release of the annual Black List, an index of the year's best-liked, not-yet-produced screenplays. To compile it, more than 250 film executives were polled and each script had to be mentioned four times to warrant inclusion. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke has posted the top-ten list of ...

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deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 12/10/2008

THE BLACK LIST 2008: Top Screenplays

— deadlinehollywooddaily.com — 2ND UPDATE: Below is the full index followed by an expanded Top 10. Universal film executive Franklin Leonard's THE BLACK LIST 2008 "was compiled from the suggestions of over 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of ... (more) THE BLACK LIST 2008: Top Screenplays

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firstshowing.net - 12/18/2008

The 2008 Black List - Most Popular Unproduced Screenplays

— firstshowing.net — The Black List for 2008 has finally been unveiled, courtesy of Nikki Finke on Deadline Hollywood , and contains this year's selection of the most popular unproduced screenplays. The list is "compiled from the suggestions of over 250 film ... (more) The 2008 Black List - Most Popular Unproduced Screenplays

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ew.com - 12/10/2008

Steve Carell | Exclusive! The 10 Best Unproduced Scripts in Hollywood, a.k.a., the Black List | ...

— ew.com — 1. THE BEAVER, Kyle Killen IT'S ABOUT Walter Black, a depressed toy manufacturer, loses his family and his business. But then Walter tries on a hand puppet — a chatty British rodent called ''The Beaver'' — and his personality is transformed. It's all ... (more) Steve Carell | Exclusive! The 10 Best Unproduced Scripts ...

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The 2008 Black List - "Best Liked" Unproduced Screenplays From Hollywood - Arrives
:: The Playlist :: — ... Vulture has copied and pasted out the whole list. Nikki Finke has posted the Top 10 list of screenplays with the most mentions over at her ...

Favorite Black Scripts
Hollywood Elsewhere — Favorite Black Scripts My five favorite Black List titles/synopses , just by the sound and attitude of them: (a) The Beaver by Kyle Killen -- "a depressed man finds hope in a beaver puppet that he wears on his hand" (b) The Oranges by Jay Reiss & Ian Helfer -- "A man has a romantic relationship with the daughter of a family friend, which turns their lives upside down"; (c) Fuckbuddies by Liz Meriwether -- "A guy and a girl struggle to have an exclusively sexual relationship as they both come to realize they want much more"; (d) Winter's Discontent by Paul ...

'Butter' On The Menu For Craig Gillespie And Jennifer Garner
:: The Playlist :: — ... 'Butter' was penned by first timer writer Jason Micallef and was third on The Black List of 2008, a list of the industry's favourite not-yet-produced scripts. Micallef gained inspiration for the script during a five-hour detour on a post-college road trip in the hot August sun that led him to a refrigerated building at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines that housed prized butter sculptures. Regarding the film's motives, Micallef added: "I wanted to do a political satire and I was looking for some venue that people take very seriously but is also ...