Transcription of The Black List
1 The Black ListThe Black List was compiled from the suggestions of more than 375 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten favorite feature film screenplays that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2020 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year, scripts had to receive at least seven mentions to be included on the Black reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2020 has been said many times, but it s worth repeating:The Black List is not a best of list.
2 It is, at best, a most liked list. But they who speak to the feelings, who enter the soul s deepest meditations, holding the mirror up to nature, revealing the profoundest mysteries of the heart by the magic power of action and utterance to the eye and ear, will be sure of an audience. Frederick DouglassPictures and Progress186129 HEADHUNTERS ophie DawsonA high-functioning cannibal selects his victims based on their Instagram popularity, but finds his habits shaken by a man who wants to be ENTERTAINMENTAGENTSMATTHEW BALICK, CJ FIGHT, BRETT ROSEN, SARAH SELFMANAGEMENTBELLEVUE PRODUCTIONSMANAGERSJOHN ZAOZIRNY, ZACK ZUCKERFINANCIERPRODUCERS28 CHANG CAN DUNKJ ingyi ShaoA young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his GOTHAM GROUPMANAGERSMAX GOLDFARB, PETER MCHUGHFINANCIERDISNEY+PRODUCERSHILLMAN GRAD.
3 MAKEREADY26 NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENYDave CollardAn adaptation of David Sharp s book The CIA s Greatest Covert Operation that chronicles the clandestine CIA operation that risked igniting WWIII by recovering a nuclear-armed Soviet Sub, the K-129, that sunk to the bottom of the ocean in BRECHER EHRICH LIVINGSTONAGENTSJIM EHRICHMANAGEMENTFOURTHWALL MANAGEMENTMANAGERSRUSSELL HOLLANDERFINANCIERPRODUCERSNEW SPARTA FILMS, SCOTT FREE25IF YOU WERE THE LASTA ngela BourassaTwo astronauts who think they ve been lost in space forever fall in love, becoming content with their isolated lives, only to suddenly have to return to TALENT AGENCYAGENTSENI AKINTADE, HOUSTON COSTA, MIKEY SCHWARTZ-WRIGHT, CAROLYN SIVITZ, HOPE WATSONMANAGEMENTFOURWARDMANAGERSJON LEVIN, SEAN WOODSFINANCIERPRODUCERSDEPTH OF FIELD25 TWO FACEDCat WilkinsA high school senior attempts to get her principal fired after observing racist behavior, but she quickly learns he won t go down without a TALENT AGENCYAGENTSJESSICA KANTOR, LUKE MURPHYMANAGEMENTECHO LAKE ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSTRENT HUBBARDFINANCIERBRONPRODUCERSSHARLA SUMPTER BRIDGETT, BRON,THE STORY COMPANY.
4 TPH ENTERTAINMENT22 BRING ME BACKC rosby SelanderWhen a woman on an interstellar voyage falls in love with someone during a cryosleep simulation, she attempts to discern whether the man is a real passenger on the ship or just a figment of her ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSAARON KAPLAN, BEN NEUMANNFINANCIERLEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENTPRODUCERSLEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT21 BUBBLE & SQUEAKEvan TwohyTwo newlyweds traverse a fictional country on their honeymoon but slowly realize they re yearning to take separate ARTISTS AGENCYAGENTSCHRISTINA CHOU, JOSH PEARLMANAGEMENTGRANDVIEWMANAGERSMERIDETH BAJANAFINANCIERPRODUCERSCHRIS STORER, UNIVERSAL REMOTE21 EMERGENCYKD DavilaReady for a night of partying, a group of Black and Latino college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an 360 MANAGERSREILLY MARTIN, MARC MOUNIER, CLIFFORD MURRAYFINANCIERAMAZON STUDIOSPRODUCERSTEMPLE HILL ENTERTAINMENT19 FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACEEmma DudleyTwenty-four-year-old, quiet, self-conscious Hazel has struggled with her sexuality ever since her conservative dad walked in on her kissing a girl at a middle school sleepover and flipped his absolute shit.
5 On the way back to her hometown for her dad s wedding, Hazel gets drunk and makes out with an older, attractive female flight attendant. She s thrilled to have moved past her hang-ups and had some fun until she arrives home and realizes that the flight attendant is her dad s GERSH AGENCYAGENTSSAM MASARU SEKOFF, AMANDA JO SMITHMANAGEMENTWRIT LARGEMANAGERSLAUREN DINELEYFINANCIERPRODUCERSLORD MILLER18 VIDEO NASTYC hris Thomas DevlinThree teenagers who rent a cursed VHS tape are pulled into an 80s slasher movie that threatens to trap them TALENT AGENCYAGENTSCHARLES FERRAROMANAGEMENTBELLEVUE PRODUCTIONSMANAGERSJEFF PORTNOY, JOHN ZAOZIRNYFINANCIERLIONSGATEPRODUCERSPOINT GREY PICTURES, STAMPEDE VENTURES17 SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUBS teve Desmond.
6 Michael ShermanAfter being haunted by a terrifying entity, a twelve-year-old boy teams up with his eccentric uncle and three other misfits to form their own ghost club, investigating all the paranormal sites in town so that he can find and confront the ghost that s tormenting FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSAGENTSADAM PERRY, SHERYL PETERSENMANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERSJILL MCELROY, MARC MOUNIER, GEOFF SHAEVITZFINANCIERPRODUCERSFULLY FORMED ENTERTAINMENT17 THE SAUCEChaz HawkinsA depressed, selfish Black man fights for his life after taking a job at a white-owned beauty parlor, whose monstrous owners concocted a wildly popular shampoo that requires a sickening ENTERTAINMENTAGENTSCHELSEA DERN, NICK HOAGLAND, PERRY WEITZNERMANAGEMENTHEROES AND VILLAINS ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSAARON LIPSETTFINANCIERPRODUCERSSCOTT FREE PRODUCTIONS16 BIRDIESC olin BannonWhen Tabitha, a struggling foster kid, wins a contest to become part of the BIRDIES, a popular daily YouTube channel featuring the radiant and enigmatic Mama Bird and her diverse brood of adopted children, she soon learns that things get dark when the cameras turn TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCYAGENTSPARKER DAVIS.
7 ADAM LEVINEMANAGEMENTHOPSCOTCH PICTURESMANAGERSSUKEE CHEWFINANCIERPRODUCERSHOPSCOTCH PICTURES16 POSSUM SONGI saac AdamsonAfter discovering his secret songwriting partner dead, a country music star struggling to record new material makes a Faustian bargain with a family of possums who have taken up residency within his STOBBY ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSLEE STOBBYFINANCIERPRODUCERSISAAC ADAMSON, LEE STOBBY ENTERTAINMENT17 SHARPERB rian Gatewood, Alessandro TanakaA chain of scam artists goes after one wealthy family with the perfect plan to drain them of their funds. But when love, heartbreak, and jealousy slither their way into the grand scheme, it becomes unclear whether the criminals are conning or the ones being TALENT AGENCYAGENTSDAN ERLIJ, JAY GASSNER, LILY SAFRAN, JULIEN THUAN, HOPE WATSONMANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERSERYN BROWNFINANCIERAPPLE TV+PRODUCERSA24, GATEWOOD & TANAKA, JULIANNE MOORE, PICTURESTART15 THE Black BELTR andall GreenEighth grader Simon Paluska dreams of being a Taekwondo Black Belt, but he s not allowed to take lessons.
8 So he buys a Black Belt on Amazon for twenty-five bucks. Then, he has to use TALENT AGENCYAGENTSAMANDA HYMSON, BLAIR KOHANMANAGEMENTBRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSMANAGERSGEORGE HELLERFINANCIERMONARCHPRODUCERSINDIVISIB LE15 RIPPERD ennis MaGee FallonLondon, 1888: When their friends begin dying at the hands of a brutal killer, an all-female crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, must work together to take down the predator stalking them - Jack The ENTERTAINMENTAGENTSTANYA COHEN, BRETT ROSENMANAGEMENTBELLEVUE PRODUCTIONSMANAGERSJOHN ZAOZIRNY, ZACK ZUCKERFINANCIERPRODUCERSATLAS ENTERTAINMENT, BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS14A BIG, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL JOURNEYSeth ReissAfter both attending the same wedding solo, David and Sarah embark on a big, bold.
9 Beautiful journey with a little help from their 1996 Passat GPS and a little bit of magic for the road trip of their TALENT AGENCYAGENTSALEX RINCONMANAGEMENTBRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERSMANAGERSBRAD PETRIGALA, TIM SARKESFINANCIERPRODUCERSLOVE & SQUALOR, RED HOUR, SETH REISS14 ENEMIES WITHINCat VaskoIn the 1950 s, Joseph McCarthy and his right hand man Roy Cohn sit at the height of their influence, casting aside democratic norms unchecked - until the Army s lowest-level lawyer, John G. Adams, stumbles upon the shocking truth behind their power grab, and makes it his mission to reveal this to the FROGNOWSKI, MATT ROSENFINANCIERENDEAVOR CONTENTPRODUCERSAUTOMATIK14 THE MAN IN THE YARDSam StefanakWhen a dangerous stranger shows up at her front door, a depressed widow must confront her own past in order to protect her two KOLODNY, VARUN MONGAMANAGEMENTEPICENTERMANAGERSALLARD CANTOR, ANASTASIYA KUKHTAREVA, JARROD MURRAYFINANCIERBLUMHOUSEPRODUCERSBLUMHOU SE14 SUNCOASTL aura ChinnA awkward teenage outcast comes of age against the backdrop of the hospice where her brother (and coincidentally, Terri Schiavo)
10 Are TALENT AGENCYAGENTSSUSIE FOXMANAGEMENT3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSJOSH LIEBERMAN, OLY OBSTFINANCIERPRODUCERS3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT13 FISH IN A TREEJeff StockwellBased on the eponymous novel by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. A young girl in an intimidating new school finally faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her learning and in her social life when she crosses paths with an energetic-but-inexperienced substitute TALENT AGENCYAGENTSCHARLES FERRAROMANAGEMENTKAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENTMANAGERSTOBIN BABST, ALEX LERNERFINANCIERNETFLIXPRODUCERSFEZZIWIG STUDIOS13 THE NEUTRAL CORNERJ ustin PiaseckiA Nevada court judge who moonlights reffing high-profile boxing matches must face his demons when he s assigned to the Olympic fight of an ex-con he d previously sentenced for TALENT AGENCYAGENTSETHAN NEALE.
