Tag Team: Ranking This Year’s Black List in Terms of Listlessness

Written by Laremy / 12.21.12

Tag team, back again! The last time out Vince MANcini and I looked at the Sundanciest titles we could get our grubby little hands on. This time we’re weighing the pros and cons of the infamous Black List, a collection of the “most liked” screenplays that still seem to be struggling to find production budgets. Some of these projects are undoubtedly winners, while others could very well be turkeys. But who will sort through this quagmire? Are there even any real writer-men left to discuss this important issue, what in this economy?

There are, and you have found them. I present 20 Black Listed scripts for your consideration, as voted upon by 290 film executives, chosen at random to ensure that the most “buzzy” scripts weren’t the only ones getting love. You go cram it, buzz!

Since none of these movies have been made yet, we’ve chosen banner pictures by doing a shutterstock search for the title and choosing the best picture. For instance, the picture above came from “making a list” and the picture is called “journalist making an expression.” Now, let’s get it on …

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A guy named “Boner Mountain” wrote an award-winning script

Written by Vince Mancini / 12.17.12

(This is not Boner Mountain, this is the guy who created the award won by Boner Mountain)

The Black List is an annual poll of Hollywood execs on their favorite unproduced scripts. The list tends to run the gamut of actual, interesting movies you might want to see (Argo, Looper, and Chronicle were all Black List scripts, for instance) and exactly the kind of ridiculous-sounding crap you’d expect movie execs to love - Snow White and the Huntsman, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Abduction. This year, The Black List (created by Franklin Leonard – pictured) announced its winners this morning via Twitter. We should have a full breakdown for you soon enough, but in the meantime, let’s just bask in the fact that one of the winners’ Twitter handles is “Boner_Mountain.”

Mr. Slater, I don’t pretend to know what your movie is about, but I like your style. Now, one thing I’ve always heard about Boner Mountain is that it’s in a heavily wooded area. Is this true?

I’d like to see The Band write a sequel to “Up on Cripple Creek” about Boner Mountain.

I hope this Man of Tomorrow is just a guy in a silver jumpsuit with a huge boner. BONER MOUNTAIN 2: A FIST FULL OF BONERS.

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