The Black List (2014)

The Black List 2014

Firstly, congratulations!
Must be a great feeling to get on this.

Lots of interesting scripts this year. Based purely on the titles and loglines, these are the ones that stand out.


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.

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.

DODGE
Scott Wascha

A genre bending action comedy about a pill popping thug who begins to develop superpowers.

MOONFALL
David Weil

The investigation of a murder on a moon colony.

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.

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.

ROAD TO OZ
Josh Golden

The early days of brilliant, whimsical author L. Frank Baum, who gave the world The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

SHADOW RUN
Joe Gazzam

A viral attack puts lives in danger, forcing a CIA agent to initiate a secret prisoner exchange of Russia’s most notorious spy for the American scientist who can create a cure.

THE EDEN PROJECT
Christina Hodson

When a race of genetically modified humans living secretly among us declare war on Man, the fate of the world is in the hands of a rogue “Synthetic” named Eve and a young girl who is about to discover she’s not all human.

A GARDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Gary Graham

In a post-apocalyptic world, a recluse, trying to recreate trees to produce new life, takes in a young girl who is on the run from some bad men, including her father.

If you want to see the full list, go here.