• The 2011 Black List: The Year's Best Unproduced Screenplays

    By Angie Han December 12th, 2011

    Each December since 2004, studio executive Franklin Leonard has compiled the best unproduced screenplays of the year, as voted by hundreds of execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars…

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  • Legendary's Latest Acquisition, 'Spectral,' Is Like A Gritty 'Ghostbusters'

    By Germain Lussier November 4th, 2011

    As the script for Ghostbusters 3 gathers dust on Bill Murray's desk, another writer is taking the idea and running in a whole other direction. Legendary Pictures, the company who is producing The Dark Knight Rises, Man of Steel and Pacific Rim, has just purchased a project by writer Ian Fried called Spectral. The idea…

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