The incredible true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl living in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped. PRODUCER: Misha Green, Vertigo Entertainment
The story of writer-director John Hughes, whose emotionally honest high school movies helped to define American culture in the 1980s – but who, at the very height of his success, abruptly abandoned filmmaking for reasons that have never been fully explained. PRODUCER: Madhouse Entertainment, Stampede VenturesĪs Alex Haley struggles to write the autobiography of Malcolm X, his editor at Playboy assigns him a new interview: George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi PartyĪn idealistic young woman’s life begins to unravel when her job in social media exposes her to the darkest corners of humanity, sending her on a violent mission to take down not just the web’s most vicious content, but its creators as well.ĪGENTS: Sue Carls, Jon Cassir, Praveen Pandian On November 22nd, 1963, Walter Cronkite puts everything on the line to get the story right as a president is killed, a frightened nation weeps, and television comes of age.
The true story of the early relationship between Elaine May and Mike Nichols.Ī rookie Marine gets stranded on a hostile planet during humanity’s space colonization with nothing but her exo-suit that’s running out of fusion power. What begins as a homework assignment blossoms into an unlikely friendship and a new appreciation for life that neither will forget.Ī captive boy’s lifestyle is upended when his abductor asks for his help kidnapping a second child. The true story of 25-year-old Joanne Rowling as she weathers first loves, unexpected pregnancies, lost jobs, and depression on her journey to create Harry Potter.ĪGENTS: Lindsay Aubin, Tanya Cohen, Hannah Davis, Joanna KorshakĪGENTS: Lindsay Dunn, Nick Hoagland, Andrew Mathes, Meyash Prabhuīehind the walls of a maximum security prison, a naive teenage inmate and a rookie correctional officer are forced into a drug-smuggling operation, while a looming conflict between rival gang members threatens to boil over.Ī grieving thirteen-year-old girl hires a terminally ill, acerbic philosophy professor to prevent flunking the seventh grade. In a world where your life can be saved, uploaded to a computer, and restarted in the case of your untimely demise, a husband returns from the dead, suspecting his wife may have been involved in his death. MANAGER: Franco: Jeff Portnoy Kilgore: Mia Chang MANAGEMENT: Franco: Bellevue Productions Kilgore: Tunnel Post
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PRODUCERS: Fortis Films, Escape Artists, Showkat ProductionsĪ passenger and her cab driver reminisce about their relationships on the way from the airport to her apartment in New York.ĪGENTS: Dana Harris, Hylda Queally, Bill ZottiĬhronicles Otto Frank’s journey, with the help of a junior editor at Doubleday Press, to find a publisher for the diary his daughter Anne wrote during the Holocaust. MANAGEMENT: Heroes and Villains Entertainment The true story of Senator Wendy Davis and her 24-hour filibuster to save 75% of abortion clinics in Texas.ĪGENTS: Jordan Cerf, Ryan Feldman, Phil Raskin Here’s this year’s list with final rankings by vote total:Ī nameless ex-Nazi captain must navigate the ruins of post-WWII Germany to atone for his crimes during the war by hunting down and killing the surviving members of his former SS death squad.
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Among those tied for second: the Pentagon Papers movie The Post, the Liz Hannah script that is now firmly in the Oscar buzz mix as a Steven Spielberg-directed movie starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Strep, and Dan Fogelman’s Life, Itself, to which Amazon just won rights. Last year, Elyse Hollander’s Madonna biopic of sorts Blond Ambition was the top-ranked script. It chronicles Otto Frank’s journey with the help of a junior editor at Doubleday Press, to find a publisher for the diary his daughter Anne wrote.Īmong the notable names on this year’s list: Aquaman and Gangster Squad scribe Will Beall made the list with Lionhunters. Another is Keeper of the Diary, Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore’s script that is at Fox Searchlight with Kenneth Branagh attached to direct. Who Reps The Black List 2017 Scripts: The ChartsĪlso in the mix were screenplays that are in the works as films including Newsflash, the Ben Jacoby script that Deadline just broke today will star Seth Rogen as Walter Cronkite and his day on Novemwhen President Kennedy was assassinated.