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Live Poll: 2014 Film Black List
Every December, The Black List surveys over 600 production company and
film financier executives about their most liked screenplays and
aggregate the responses for the industry and the public. These are the
35 favorite screen plays for 2014. Which screen play would you most want
to see made into a film?
Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/tLv8-aXipvY/
List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls074799964/#1
The Black List: https://blcklst.com/lists/
2014 Black List: http://5e22c74089f3ead9fb3a-826e8a392aaf48b70eb85d8703df9872.r30.cf2.rackcdn.com/2014_black_list_rev6.pdf
Note: Some of these screenplays are under development and a few are in production. To avoid biasing the poll, I have intentionally not indicated which ones are under development or in production.
I've selected the favorites of the production company and film financier executives. I've included a link to the full list. If you see a screenplay that you would rather see than the 35 listed below, please indicate which screenplay you would like in the poll and which one should be removed.
I would like to thank Les (horn-5) and alioth4 for their great suggestions. I believe the poll now has appropriate images for all of the choices. Please tell me if you find a more suitable image for any of the choices.
01 CATHERINE THE GREAT -
Kristina Lauren Anderson -
Sophia Augusta takes control of her life, her marriage, and
her kingdom becoming Russia's most celebrated and beloved
monarch: Catherine the Great.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4083005184/tt0025746
02 ROCKINGHAM -
Adam Morrison -
A look into the mania of the OJ Simpson trial, through the eyes
of Simpson's sports agent Mike Gilbert and Los Angeles Police
Department Detective Mark Fuhrman.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2094970368/tt1754296
03 THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE -
Randall Green -
A nerdy high schooler, who fancies himself an amateur
photographer, attempts to create a "Swimsuit Issue" featuring his
high school classmates in hopes of raising enough money to go
to summer camp.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1689166848/nm0930565?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_15
04 THE BABYSITTER -
Brian Duffield -
A lonely twelve year old boy in love with his babysitter discovers
some hard truths about life, love, and murder.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1066190592/tt0939002
05 ROTHCHILD -
John Patton Ford -
A young, well-educated loner kills the members of his mother's
estranged family one-by-one in hopes that he will inherit the
family's vast fortune.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3353711104/tt0041546?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_prd_7
06 THE WALL -
Dwain Worrell -
A sniper and his spotter must kill and avoid being killed,
separated from an enemy sniper by only a 16x6ft prayer wall.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm233373184/rg133274368
07 THE CASCADE -
Kieran Fitzgerald -
Based on the documentary style film "The Day Britain Stopped"
directed by Gabriel Range, an oil tanker collides with an Iranian
patrol boat in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a chain of tragic
disastrous events.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2388832512/tt1776309?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_1
08 AETHER -
Krysty Wilson-Cairns -
In near future London, a revolutionary technology has been
invented that can record sounds hours after they were made.
Detective Harry Orwell, inventor of this technology, is part of a
pilot program where investigators record and analyze past sound
waves and finds himself the prime suspect while investigating a
string of brutal murders.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3446124032/tt2415372?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_pos_3
09 SITUATION COMEDY -
Cat Vasko -
A young woman, feeling directionless, stumbles upon a
mysterious courtyard where she is transported into a sitcom-like
universe, becoming a major character on this "TV show."
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2811283712/tt0043208?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_135
10 TAU -
Noga Landau -
A woman held captive in the futuristic smart house of a serial
kidnapper realizes that her only hope of escape lies in turning
the house's sentient computer against its creator.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2031353600/tt0470752?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_14
11 ECHO -
Chris McBride -
A CIA drone coordinator battles his own psychological health
while trying to decipher whether his wife has been replaced.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3067192320/nm3229579
12 MENA -
Gary Spinelli -
In the late 1970s to mid 1980s, Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited
by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning
communist threat in Central America finds himself in charge of
one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the
United States, one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel
and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House
with the Iran Contra scandal.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2215159296/nm0003996
13 DODGE -
Scott Wascha -
A genre bending action comedy about a pill popping thug who
begins to develop superpowers.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3278736384/tt0317705?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_19
14 NORTH OF RENO -
Ablakhad Banipal, Ablakhad Benhur -
A down and out prison guard attempts to murder a recently released
inmate and steal a half million dollars in hidden heist money.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4139749888/tt0066448?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_prd_10
15 ON THE BASIS OF SEX -
Daniel Stiepleman -
The story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as she faced numerous
obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm650151680/nm0046029?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_1
16 MOONFALL -
David Weil -
The investigation of a murder on a moon colony.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm9803776/tt0062622?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_47
17 THE MUNCHKIN -
Will Widger -
A little person private eye investigates the disappearance of
a young actress in 1930s Hollywood, leading him to uncover
conspiracies involving THE WIZARD OF OZ and Metro Goldwyn
Mayer brass.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3531179008/tt0032138?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_16
18 MATRIARCH -
Eric Koenig -
A prison psychologist has 48 hours to convince a serial killer to
tell her the location of her final victim before she is executed.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3991255552/tt0051758?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_2
19 THE DEFECTION -
Ken Nolan -
After the Edward Snowden affair, an intelligence contractor defects
to North Korea, taking a mysterious bag with him, and the CIA hires
an expert trained during the Cold War to help with the case.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm104956928/tt0056218?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_5
20 THE LONG HAUL -
Dan Stoller -
A self-destructive trucker estranged from his son travels cross
country with a problematic nephew whom he barely knows.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1536923392/nm0752741
21 BERLINER -
F. Scott Frazier -
As the Berlin Wall is being constructed at the height of the Cold
War, a veteran CIA agent searches for a Soviet mole who has already
killed several fellow agents, including a young agent he's mentored.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm508854784/tt0059749?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_pbl_1
22 ONE FELL SWOOP -
Greg Scharpf -
A self-centered divorce attorney's life takes an unexpected turn
when he is guilted into spending time with the family of a one
night stand who dies in a freak accident.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2305988608/nm0001661?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_pbl_102
23 BIRD BOX -
Eric Heisserer -
A woman tries to lead her children to safety after the world is
invaded by monsters who turn you insane upon sight.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2380971008/nm2257390
24 HUNTSVILLE -
Anthony Ragnone II -
A girl tracks down the man responsible for her father's death and
avenges him.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm478989824/tt0065126?ref_=ttmd_md_nxt
25 IN THE DEEP -
Anthony Jaswinski -
A lone surfer attacked by a shark and stranded on a reef must
find a way back to shore before succumbing to her injuries.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3648560384/tt0450326
26 THE FOUNDER -
Robert D. Siegel -
The origin story of McDonald's and Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm701930752/tt0390521?ref_=tt_ov_i
27 THE SEARCH -
Spencer Mondshein -
An expert tracker battles his demons while on a journey to
rescue his estranged older brother who has vanished in the
uncharted wilderness of the Northwest.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm456772608/tt0068762?ref_=ttmd_md_nxt
28 YELLOWSTONE FALLS -
Daniel Kunka -
After an apocalyptic event, a mother wolf is separated from her
mate and the rest of the pack, and has to protect her cubs from
swarms of mutated humans.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3878287104/tt2909116?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_1
29 SYNDROME (E) -
Mark Heyman -
A detective solving the case of a disturbing film with subliminal
images that is killing people who come in contact with it
discovers a greater evil.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3178757376/rg2197068544
30 BEEF -
Jeff Lock -
The manager of a fast food chain in Muncie, Indiana gets in over
his head with some bookies.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2312345856/tt0460792
31 BLACK WINTER -
Jonathon E. Stewart, Jake Crane -
On the eve of a US-Soviet disarmament treaty, a British scientist
and a NATO medical investigator discover a secret Soviet plot to
unleash a terrifying biological weapon.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm259627008/tt0066769?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_bts_11
32 CARTOON GIRL -
Randall Green -
When a young boy finds out that the cartoon character he's in
love with is based on a real girl, he drags his single father on a
road trip to track her down.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4036931584/tt0096438?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_10
33 ROAD TO OZ -
Josh Golden -
The early days of brilliant, whimsical author L. Frank Baum, who
gave the world The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3615065088/tt0032138?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_11
34 BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE -
Jason Orley -
A sixteen year old virgin with a growth deficiency slowly gets
corrupted by his hero, an aimless college dropout.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2614736896/tt0094737?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_3
35 LBJ -
Joey Hartstone -
Lyndon Johnson goes from powerful Senate Majority Leader,
powerless Vice President to President of the United States
following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1040419840/tt1549069?ref_=tt_ov_i
This is my 72th live poll!
As of 6-Jul-2015 12:00 AM Pacific my polls have 216,434 or more votes, for an average of 3,006 votes per poll.
2874th Live Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/tLv8-aXipvY/
This is the 663rd Image poll. Such polls have a total of 1,403,032 votes for an average of 2,116 votes per poll.
Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/tLv8-aXipvY/
List: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls074799964/#1
The Black List: https://blcklst.com/lists/
2014 Black List: http://5e22c74089f3ead9fb3a-826e8a392aaf48b70eb85d8703df9872.r30.cf2.rackcdn.com/2014_black_list_rev6.pdf
Note: Some of these screenplays are under development and a few are in production. To avoid biasing the poll, I have intentionally not indicated which ones are under development or in production.
I've selected the favorites of the production company and film financier executives. I've included a link to the full list. If you see a screenplay that you would rather see than the 35 listed below, please indicate which screenplay you would like in the poll and which one should be removed.
I would like to thank Les (horn-5) and alioth4 for their great suggestions. I believe the poll now has appropriate images for all of the choices. Please tell me if you find a more suitable image for any of the choices.
01 CATHERINE THE GREAT -
Kristina Lauren Anderson -
Sophia Augusta takes control of her life, her marriage, and
her kingdom becoming Russia's most celebrated and beloved
monarch: Catherine the Great.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4083005184/tt0025746
02 ROCKINGHAM -
Adam Morrison -
A look into the mania of the OJ Simpson trial, through the eyes
of Simpson's sports agent Mike Gilbert and Los Angeles Police
Department Detective Mark Fuhrman.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2094970368/tt1754296
03 THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE -
Randall Green -
A nerdy high schooler, who fancies himself an amateur
photographer, attempts to create a "Swimsuit Issue" featuring his
high school classmates in hopes of raising enough money to go
to summer camp.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1689166848/nm0930565?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_15
04 THE BABYSITTER -
Brian Duffield -
A lonely twelve year old boy in love with his babysitter discovers
some hard truths about life, love, and murder.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1066190592/tt0939002
05 ROTHCHILD -
John Patton Ford -
A young, well-educated loner kills the members of his mother's
estranged family one-by-one in hopes that he will inherit the
family's vast fortune.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3353711104/tt0041546?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_prd_7
06 THE WALL -
Dwain Worrell -
A sniper and his spotter must kill and avoid being killed,
separated from an enemy sniper by only a 16x6ft prayer wall.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm233373184/rg133274368
07 THE CASCADE -
Kieran Fitzgerald -
Based on the documentary style film "The Day Britain Stopped"
directed by Gabriel Range, an oil tanker collides with an Iranian
patrol boat in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a chain of tragic
disastrous events.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2388832512/tt1776309?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_1
08 AETHER -
Krysty Wilson-Cairns -
In near future London, a revolutionary technology has been
invented that can record sounds hours after they were made.
Detective Harry Orwell, inventor of this technology, is part of a
pilot program where investigators record and analyze past sound
waves and finds himself the prime suspect while investigating a
string of brutal murders.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3446124032/tt2415372?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_pos_3
09 SITUATION COMEDY -
Cat Vasko -
A young woman, feeling directionless, stumbles upon a
mysterious courtyard where she is transported into a sitcom-like
universe, becoming a major character on this "TV show."
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2811283712/tt0043208?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_135
10 TAU -
Noga Landau -
A woman held captive in the futuristic smart house of a serial
kidnapper realizes that her only hope of escape lies in turning
the house's sentient computer against its creator.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2031353600/tt0470752?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_14
11 ECHO -
Chris McBride -
A CIA drone coordinator battles his own psychological health
while trying to decipher whether his wife has been replaced.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3067192320/nm3229579
12 MENA -
Gary Spinelli -
In the late 1970s to mid 1980s, Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited
by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning
communist threat in Central America finds himself in charge of
one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the
United States, one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel
and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House
with the Iran Contra scandal.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2215159296/nm0003996
13 DODGE -
Scott Wascha -
A genre bending action comedy about a pill popping thug who
begins to develop superpowers.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3278736384/tt0317705?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_19
14 NORTH OF RENO -
Ablakhad Banipal, Ablakhad Benhur -
A down and out prison guard attempts to murder a recently released
inmate and steal a half million dollars in hidden heist money.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4139749888/tt0066448?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_prd_10
15 ON THE BASIS OF SEX -
Daniel Stiepleman -
The story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as she faced numerous
obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm650151680/nm0046029?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_1
16 MOONFALL -
David Weil -
The investigation of a murder on a moon colony.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm9803776/tt0062622?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_47
17 THE MUNCHKIN -
Will Widger -
A little person private eye investigates the disappearance of
a young actress in 1930s Hollywood, leading him to uncover
conspiracies involving THE WIZARD OF OZ and Metro Goldwyn
Mayer brass.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3531179008/tt0032138?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_16
18 MATRIARCH -
Eric Koenig -
A prison psychologist has 48 hours to convince a serial killer to
tell her the location of her final victim before she is executed.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3991255552/tt0051758?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_2
19 THE DEFECTION -
Ken Nolan -
After the Edward Snowden affair, an intelligence contractor defects
to North Korea, taking a mysterious bag with him, and the CIA hires
an expert trained during the Cold War to help with the case.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm104956928/tt0056218?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_5
20 THE LONG HAUL -
Dan Stoller -
A self-destructive trucker estranged from his son travels cross
country with a problematic nephew whom he barely knows.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1536923392/nm0752741
21 BERLINER -
F. Scott Frazier -
As the Berlin Wall is being constructed at the height of the Cold
War, a veteran CIA agent searches for a Soviet mole who has already
killed several fellow agents, including a young agent he's mentored.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm508854784/tt0059749?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_pbl_1
22 ONE FELL SWOOP -
Greg Scharpf -
A self-centered divorce attorney's life takes an unexpected turn
when he is guilted into spending time with the family of a one
night stand who dies in a freak accident.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2305988608/nm0001661?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_pbl_102
23 BIRD BOX -
Eric Heisserer -
A woman tries to lead her children to safety after the world is
invaded by monsters who turn you insane upon sight.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2380971008/nm2257390
24 HUNTSVILLE -
Anthony Ragnone II -
A girl tracks down the man responsible for her father's death and
avenges him.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm478989824/tt0065126?ref_=ttmd_md_nxt
25 IN THE DEEP -
Anthony Jaswinski -
A lone surfer attacked by a shark and stranded on a reef must
find a way back to shore before succumbing to her injuries.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3648560384/tt0450326
26 THE FOUNDER -
Robert D. Siegel -
The origin story of McDonald's and Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm701930752/tt0390521?ref_=tt_ov_i
27 THE SEARCH -
Spencer Mondshein -
An expert tracker battles his demons while on a journey to
rescue his estranged older brother who has vanished in the
uncharted wilderness of the Northwest.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm456772608/tt0068762?ref_=ttmd_md_nxt
28 YELLOWSTONE FALLS -
Daniel Kunka -
After an apocalyptic event, a mother wolf is separated from her
mate and the rest of the pack, and has to protect her cubs from
swarms of mutated humans.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3878287104/tt2909116?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_1
29 SYNDROME (E) -
Mark Heyman -
A detective solving the case of a disturbing film with subliminal
images that is killing people who come in contact with it
discovers a greater evil.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3178757376/rg2197068544
30 BEEF -
Jeff Lock -
The manager of a fast food chain in Muncie, Indiana gets in over
his head with some bookies.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2312345856/tt0460792
31 BLACK WINTER -
Jonathon E. Stewart, Jake Crane -
On the eve of a US-Soviet disarmament treaty, a British scientist
and a NATO medical investigator discover a secret Soviet plot to
unleash a terrifying biological weapon.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm259627008/tt0066769?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_bts_11
32 CARTOON GIRL -
Randall Green -
When a young boy finds out that the cartoon character he's in
love with is based on a real girl, he drags his single father on a
road trip to track her down.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4036931584/tt0096438?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_10
33 ROAD TO OZ -
Josh Golden -
The early days of brilliant, whimsical author L. Frank Baum, who
gave the world The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3615065088/tt0032138?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_11
34 BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE -
Jason Orley -
A sixteen year old virgin with a growth deficiency slowly gets
corrupted by his hero, an aimless college dropout.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2614736896/tt0094737?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_3
35 LBJ -
Joey Hartstone -
Lyndon Johnson goes from powerful Senate Majority Leader,
powerless Vice President to President of the United States
following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1040419840/tt1549069?ref_=tt_ov_i
This is my 72th live poll!
As of 6-Jul-2015 12:00 AM Pacific my polls have 216,434 or more votes, for an average of 3,006 votes per poll.
2874th Live Poll: http://www.imdb.com/poll/tLv8-aXipvY/
This is the 663rd Image poll. Such polls have a total of 1,403,032 votes for an average of 2,116 votes per poll.
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