You've heard of the Black List, now here's the Blue List. New York City's Columbia University has announced its list of six exceptional unproduced screenplays they'll support. The competition was started by Columbia Film Mfa students and screenwriters Tesia Walker and Emily Shesh, who modeled their idea after the Black List, which highlights exceptional unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, many of which are eventually developed into acclaimed features. Previous Black List selections include "Juno," "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," and "In Bruges." The scripts were selected by a panel which included Glenn Close, Michael Mann, screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg, UTA Agent Peter Benedek, Wme agent Tom Wellington, screenwriter Jim Hart, producer Dan Powell, producer Jenette Kahn, manager Dan Halsted, manager George Heller, Preferred Content agent Abby Davis, Preferred Content partner Ross M. Dinerstein, and NBC executive Joey Chavez. Walker and Shesh hope that the six screenplays...
- 4/10/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
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