Favorite Black Scripts
My five favorite Black List titles/synopses, just by the sound and attitude of them: (a) The Beaver by Kyle Killen -- "a depressed man finds hope in a beaver puppet that he wears on his hand" (b) The Oranges by Jay Reiss & Ian Helfer -- "A man has a romantic relationship with the daughter of a family friend, which turns their lives upside down"; (c) Fuckbuddies by Liz Meriwether -- "A guy and a girl struggle to have an exclusively sexual relationship as they both come to realize they want much more"; (d) Winter's Discontent by Paul Fruchbom -- "When Herb Winter's wife of fifty years dies, the faithful but sexually frustrated widower moves into a retirement community to start living the swinging single life" and (e) Nowhere Boy by Matt Greenhalgh -- "The story of John Lennon's rise from lonely, Liverpool teenager to iconic rock star."
If anyone has any PDFs of these, please send along.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 10, 2008 at 1:56 PM
comment #1
actionman
says ...
Hey Wells -- did you notice that Foxcatcher made the list?
FOXCATCHER by E Max Frye & Dan Futterman
“Based on the true story of John du Pont, a paranoid schizophrenic who was heir to the du Pont fortune. After building a wrestling training facility named Team Foxcatcher on his Pennsylvania estate, Du Pont shot and killed Olympic gold medal-winning grappler David Schulz.”
Posted by actionman
at December 10, 2008 2:09 PM
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actionman
says ...
The Beaver sounds like Lars and the Real Girl 2. I'll pass on that one I think. Though with Steve Carrell rumored to be starring, it might be funny.
There's a lot of interesting-sounding stuff on this list.
Child 44 (which Ridley is gonna direct) sounds cool. The Low Dweller (which got a lot of early buzz) might be good in a NCFOM way. There seemed to be way too many teen sex comedies on this list. And also, as much as I love watching 'em, there's a lot of CIA/spy/real-world terrorist themed stuff that paying, regular-joe audiences will ignore.
Posted by actionman
at December 10, 2008 2:12 PM
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DavidF
says ...
I like that there are multiple scripts that involve a guy and girl dealing with the fact they actually love each other.
For some reason my favourite was:
KNIGHTS by Nick Confalone & Neal Dusedau
“A kickass British adventure where knighted celebrities (an entrepreneur, a soccer player, a musician, and an actor) are called upon to defend their country.”
Can we get Connery out of retirement, playing himself? I'd buy that for a dollar.
BAD TEACHER sounds week, except that it's by the guys behind The Office (and, apparently, Ghostbusters III).
Lastly, am I doing a doubletake or is there a film in there actually based on Grand Theft Auto??
Posted by DavidF
at December 10, 2008 2:58 PM
comment #4
TVMCCA
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(c) Fuckbuddies by Liz Meriwether -- "A guy and a girl struggle to have an exclusively sexual relationship as they both come to realize they want much more
Memo to Dane Cook and Kate Hudson--contact your respective agencies.
Posted by TVMCCA
at December 10, 2008 4:55 PM
comment #5
Drew McWeeny
says ...
Whoa. KNIGHTS is the exact same premise as ROUNDTABLE by Brian K. Vaughn, which was a wickedly well executed commercial idea. Only one of those fuckers is getting made, that's for sure.
Posted by Drew McWeeny
at December 10, 2008 6:44 PM
comment #6
lipranzer
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I would go see FUCK BUDDIES if I had a guarantee they wouldn't change the title.
Posted by lipranzer
at December 10, 2008 10:21 PM
comment #7
lipranzer
says ...
I would go see FUCK BUDDIES if I had a guarantee they would keep the title upon release.
Posted by lipranzer
at December 10, 2008 10:24 PM
comment #8
lipranzer
says ...
Apologize if this is a triple post, but I've been having problems on Internet Explorer. What I've been trying to say is: I would go see FUCK BUDDIES only if I had a guarantee they wouldn't change the title for release.
Posted by lipranzer
at December 10, 2008 10:27 PM
comment #9
ZayTonday
says ...
I don't know about YOU guys, but I can't WAIT for "The Untitled Channing Tatum Project". If anyone has a PDF of it I NEED to read it.
Posted by ZayTonday
at December 10, 2008 11:53 PM
comment #10
ZayTonday
says ...
I don't know about YOU guys, but I can't WAIT for "The Untitled Channing Tatum Project". If anyone has a PDF of it I NEED to read it.
Posted by ZayTonday
at December 10, 2008 11:53 PM
comment #11
CitizenKanedforChewingGum
says ...
(c) Fuckbuddies by Liz Meriwether -- "A guy and a girl struggle to have an exclusively sexual relationship as they both come to realize they want much more
Isn't this about every modern romantic-comedy made since, say, 1996?
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at December 11, 2008 10:27 AM
comment #12
malibugigolo
says ...
Citizen you bet it is, it used to all about the freshest cliches, or now, it seems the skankiest cliches.
And all of these flicks sound like one long first act movies. At least the ones I read were.
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Posted by malibugigolo
at December 11, 2008 6:12 PM
comment #13
dd
says ...
Citizen you bet it is, it used to all about the freshest cliches, or now, it seems the skankiest cliches.
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at May 10, 2010 11:39 PM
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janee
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