• The 2012 Black List: The Year's Hottest Unproduced Screenplays

    By Angie Han December 17th, 2012

    Just as we're enjoying the last of 2012's cinematic offerings, the latest edition of the Black List has hit the web. The annual survey highlights the hottest unproduced screenplays of the year, as based on the votes of hundreds of executives. The term "unproduced" is used rather vaguely here. Some of these scripts (like Ivan…

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  • 'The Lincoln Lawyer' Director Brad Furman The Latest To Tackle Pablo Escobar's Story

    By Russ Fischer August 1st, 2011

    The life of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is something that more than one filmmaker has attempted to capture in the past few years. But with respect to dramatic portrayals, none have succeeded. Oliver Stone and Joe Carnahan both tried to mount productions (Escobar and Killing Pablo, respectively) and both failed. Now Brad Furman, who…

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