The Black List 2020 Unveiled: Sophie Dawson’s ‘Headhunter’ Tops List

Refresh for updates: The 16th annual The Black List was announced this morning by Deus Nice and The Kid Mero, and below is the ranked list of hot unproduced (or on the verge of being produced) screenplays. Leading this year’s list with 29 votes is Sophie Dawson’s Headhunter which follows a high-functioning cannibal who selects his victims based on their Instagram popularity. However, he finds his habits shaken by a man who wants to be eaten.

Taking a glance at this year’s list such projects as Kat Wood’s Ruby (7 votes) have already been snatched up for development by Amazon and 87North. Fight or Flight (8 Votes) was recently acquired by Thunder Road. Apple and A24 already have Sharper in the works (17 votes) starring Still Alice Oscar winner Julianne Moore as a a con artist in Manhattan’s billionaire echelon.

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The list has historically had a track record of great projects that have gone to notable success, i.e. I, Tonya, or critical impact, i.e. Queen & Slim (from Black List 2018). Since The Black List was released in 2005, 440+ Black List scripts have been produced grossing $30 billion at the global box office.

Some Black List titles that have been turned into movies and awaiting release, i.e. Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn’s 20th Century Studios action comedy Free Guy which was delayed by the pandemic into 2021. There’s also Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, from Black List 2018, which made its world premiere at Sundance this year and finally opens via Focus Features on Dec. 25. Last year’s list touted Katie Silberman, Carey and Shane Van Dyke’s Don’t Worry Darling at 19 votes, which New Line quickly acquired for Olivia Wilde to direct and star in; the pic currently in production.

Read the list of titles below ranked by votes, with agents, managers, producers and studios listed where applicable. Please send any corrections or edits to [email protected]

29 Votes

HEADHUNTER Sophie Dawson A high-functioning cannibal selects his victims based on their Instagram popularity, but finds his habits shaken by a man who wants to be eaten. AGENCY – WME ENTERTAINMENT AGENTS MATTHEW BALICK, CJ FIGHT, BRETT ROSEN, SARAH SELF MANAGEMENT – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS – JOHN ZAOZIRNY, ZACK ZUCKER

28 Votes

CHANG CAN DUNK Jingyi Shao A young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother. MANAGEMENT- THE GOTHAM GROUP MANAGERS – MAX GOLDFARB, PETER MCHUGH FINANCIER – DISNEY+ PRODUCERS – HILLMAN GRAD, MAKEREADY

26 VotesNEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY Dave Collard An adaptation of David Sharp’s book The CIA’s Greatest Covert Operation that chronicles the clandestine CIA operation that risked igniting WWIII by recovering a nuclear-armed Soviet Sub, the K-129, that sunk to the bottom of the ocean in 1968. AGENCY – ROTHMAN BRECHER EHRICH LIVINGSTON AGENTS – JIM EHRICH MANAGEMENT – FOURTHWALL MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – RUSSELL HOLLANDER PRODUCERS – NEW SPARTA FILMS, SCOTT FREE

25 Votes

IF YOU WERE THE LAST Angela Bourassa Two astronauts who think they’ve been lost in space forever fall in love, becoming content with their isolated lives, only to suddenly have to return to Earth. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ENI AKINTADE, HOUSTON COSTA, MIKEY SCHWARTZ-WRIGHT, CAROLYN SIVITZ, HOPE WATSON MANAGEMENT – FOURWARD MANAGERS – JON LEVIN, SEAN WOODS PRODUCERS -DEPTH OF FIELD

TWO FACED Cat Wilkins A high school senior attempts to get her principal fired after observing racist behavior, but she quickly learns he won’t go down without a fight. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – JESSICA KANTOR, LUKE MURPHY MANAGEMENT – ECHO LAKE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – TRENT HUBBARD FINANCIER – BRON PRODUCERS – SHARLA SUMPTER BRIDGETT, BRON, THE STORY COMPANY, TPH ENTERTAINMENT

22 VotesBRING ME BACK Crosby Selander When a woman on an interstellar voyage falls in love with someone during a cryosleep simulation, she attempts to discern whether the man is a real passenger on the ship or just a figment of her imagination. MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – AARON KAPLAN, BEN NEUMANN FINANCIER – LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCERS – LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT

21BUBBLE & SQUEAK Evan Twohy Two newlyweds traverse a fictional country on their honeymoon but slowly realize they’re yearning to take separate journeys. AGENCY – CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY AGENTS – CHRISTINA CHOU, JOSH PEARL MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – MERIDETH BAJANA PRODUCERS – CHRIS STORER, UNIVERSAL REMOTE

EMERGENCY KD Davila Ready for a night of partying, a group of Black and Latino college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an emergency. MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – REILLY MARTIN, MARC MOUNIER, CLIFFORD MURRAY FINANCIER – AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS – TEMPLE HILL ENTERTAINMENT

19 Votes

FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE Emma Dudley Twenty-four-year-old, quiet, self-conscious Hazel has struggled with her sexuality ever since her conservative dad walked in on her kissing a girl at a middle school sleepover and flipped his absolute shit. On the way back to her hometown for her dad’s wedding, Hazel gets drunk and makes out with an older, attractive female flight attendant. She’s thrilled to have moved past her hang-ups and had some fun until she arrives home and realizes that the flight attendant is her dad’s fiance. AGENCY – THE GERSH AGENCY AGENTS – SAM MASARU SEKOFF, AMANDA JO SMITH MANAGEMENT – WRIT LARGE MANAGERS – LAUREN DINELEY PRODUCERS – LORD MILLER

18 Votes

VIDEO NASTY Chris Thomas Devlin Three teenagers who rent a cursed VHS tape are pulled into an 80s slasher movie that threatens to trap them forever. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – CHARLES FERRARO MANAGEMENT – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS – JEFF PORTNOY, JOHN ZAOZIRNY FINANCIER – LIONSGATE PRODUCERS – POINT GREY PICTURES, STAMPEDE VENTURES

17 Votes

SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB Steve Desmond, Michael Sherman After being haunted by a terrifying entity, a twelve-year-old boy teams up with his eccentric uncle and three other misfits to form their own ghost club, investigating all the paranormal sites in town so that he can find and confront the ghost that’s tormenting him. AGENCY – AGENCY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AGENTS – ADAM PERRY, SHERYL PETERSEN MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – JILL MCELROY, MARC MOUNIER, GEOFF SHAEVITZ PRODUCERS – FULLY FORMED ENTERTAINMENT

THE SAUCE Chaz Hawkins A depressed, selfish black man fights for his life after taking a job at a white-owned beauty parlor, whose monstrous owners concocted a wildly popular shampoo that requires a sickening ingredient. AGENCY – WME ENTERTAINMENT AGENTS – CHELSEA DERN, NICK HOAGLAND, PERRY WEITZNER MANAGEMENT – HEROES AND VILLAINS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – AARON LIPSETT PRODUCERS – SCOTT FREE PRODUCTIONS

SHARPER Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka A chain of scam artists goes after one wealthy family with the perfect plan to drain them of their funds. But when love, heartbreak, and jealousy slither their way into the grand scheme, it becomes unclear whether the criminals are conning or the ones being conned. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – DAN ERLIJ, JAY GASSNER, LILY SAFRAN, JULIEN THUAN, HOPE WATSON MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – ERYN BROWN FINANCIER – APPLE TV+ PRODUCERS – A24, GATEWOOD & TANAKA, JULIANNE MOORE, PICTURESTART

16 Votes

BIRDIES Colin Bannon When Tabitha, a struggling foster kid, wins a contest to become part of the BIRDIES, a popular daily YouTube channel featuring the radiant and enigmatic Mama Bird and her diverse brood of adopted children, she soon learns that things get dark when the cameras turn off. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – PARKER DAVIS, ADAM LEVINE MANAGEMENT – HOPSCOTCH PICTURES MANAGERS – SUKEE CHEW PRODUCERS – SUKEE CHEW

POSSUM SONG Isaac Adamson After discovering his secret songwriting partner dead, a country music star struggling to record new material makes a Faustian bargain with a family of possums who have taken up residency within his walls. MANAGEMENT – LEE STOBBY ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – LEE STOBBY PRODUCERS – ISAAC ADAMSON, LEE STOBBY ENTERTAINMENT

15 Votes

THE BLACK BELT Randall Green Eighth grader Simon Paluska dreams of being a Taekwondo Black Belt, but he’s not allowed to take lessons. So he buys a Black Belt on Amazon for twenty-five bucks. Then, he has to use it. AGENCY -UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – AMANDA HYMSON, BLAIR KOHAN MANAGEMENT – BRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS MANAGERS – GEORGE HELLER FINANCIER – MONARCH PRODUCERS – INDIVISIBLE

RIPPER Dennis MaGee Fallon London, 1888: When their friends begin dying at the hands of a brutal killer, an all-female crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, must work together to take down the predator stalking them – Jack The Ripper. AGENCY – WME ENTERTAINMENT AGENTS – TANYA COHEN, BRETT ROSEN MANAGEMENT – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS – JOHN ZAOZIRNY, ZACK ZUCKER PRODUCERS – ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT, BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS

14 Votes

A BIG, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY Seth Reiss After both attending the same wedding solo, David and Sarah embark on a big, bold, beautiful journey with a little help from their 1996 Passat GPS and a little bit of magic for the road trip of their lives. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ALEX RINCON MANAGEMENT – BRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS MANAGERS – BRAD PETRIGALA PRODUCERS – LOVE & SQUALOR, RED HOUR, SETH REISS

ENEMIES WITHIN Cat Vasko In the 1950’s, Joseph McCarthy and his right hand man Roy Cohn sit at the height of their influence, casting aside democratic norms unchecked – until the Army’s lowest-level lawyer, John G. Adams, stumbles upon the shocking truth behind their power grab, and makes it his mission to reveal this to the public. MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – ZAC FROGNOWSKI, MATT ROSEN FINANCIER – ENDEAVOR CONTENT PRODUCERS – AUTOMATIK

THE MAN IN THE YARD Sam Stefanak When a dangerous stranger shows up at her front door, a depressed widow must confront her own past in order to protect her two children. AGENCY – KAZARIAN, SPENCER & ASSOCIATES AGENTS – MICHAEL KOLODNY, VARUN MONGA MANAGEMENT – EPICENTER MANAGERS – ALLARD CANTOR, ANASTASIYA KUKHTAREVA, JARROD MURRAY FINANCIER – BLUMHOUSE PRODUCERS – BLUMHOUSE

SUNCOAST Laura Chinn An awkward teenage outcast comes of age against the backdrop of the hospice where her brother (and coincidentally, Terri Schiavo) are dying. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – SUSIE FOX MANAGEMENT – 3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – JOSH LIEBERMAN, OLY OBST PRODUCERS – 3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT

13 Votes

FISH IN A TREE Jeff Stockwell Based on the eponymous novel by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. A young girl in an intimidating new school finally faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her learning and in her social life when she crosses paths with an energetic-but-inexperienced substitute teacher. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – CHARLES FERRARO MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – TOBIN BABST, ALEX LERNER FINANCIER – NETFLIX PRODUCERS – FEZZIWIG STUDIOS

THE NEUTRAL CORNER Justin Piasecki A Nevada court judge who moonlights reffing high-profile boxing matches must face his demons when he’s assigned to the Olympic fight of an ex-con he’d previously sentenced for murder. AGENCY – PARADIGM TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ETHAN NEALE, MATT SNOW MANAGEMENT – ZERO GRAVITY MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – JEFF BELKIN PRODUCERS – AGGREGATE FILMS

12 Votes

GUSHER Abigail Briley Bean Based on the story of Anna Nicole Smith, a shrewd young mother rises out of a small Texas town to become a famous Playboy centerfold, but when she falls in love with an eighty-nine-year-old billionaire, his son and the entire world believe she’s nothing but a gold digger. MANAGEMENT – THE VENDETTA GROUP MANAGERS – JASPER GREY PRODUCERS – COVESIDE FILMS

11 Votes

BIKRAM Silpa Kovvali In the truly unbelievable story of Bikram Choudhury, his young wife Rajashree catapults the yoga guru to the heights of fame and fortune, and is left fighting for her survival when he brings their brand toppling down. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ABBY GLUSKER, ALYSSA LANZ, JORDAN LONNER MANAGEMENT – BRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS MANAGERS – GEORGE HELLER

BORDERLINE Jimmy Warden A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles. MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – MERIDETH BAJANA PRODUCERS – LUCKYCHAP

LURKER Alex Russell An obsessed fan maneuvers his way into the inner circle of his hip hop idol and will stop at nothing to stay in. MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW & ELIXR GLOBAL MANAGERS – MERIDETH BAJANA, ERICK MENDOZA & ETHAN JONES PRODUCERS – CHRIS STORER, LEE SUNG JIN

MY DEAR YOU Meghan Kennedy Based on a short story by Rachel Khong. A love story set in the afterlife about our struggle to let go of the past, even when our present is heaven… literally. Tess keeps searching for the love of her life without realizing he’s right there next to her the whole time, helping her look. MANAGEMENT – WRIT LARGE MANAGERS – BRITTON RIZZIO, NOAH ROSEN, GREG SHEPHARD PRODUCERS – WRIT LARGE

OCCUPIED Tara Cavanagh When a tactless Nordstrom’s store manager denies two trans women access to the bathroom, Fran and Althea seek restitution and occupy the ladies room in protest. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – JESSICA KANTOR, HOPE WATSON MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – ERYN BROWN, MARC MOUNIER PRODUCERS – GATEWOOD AND TANAKA

REPTILE DYSFUNCTION Creston Whittington A chemical leak in a local water supply in Central Florida wreaks havoc on the invasive population of pythons, leading a family to the fight of their life to survive. MANAGEMENT – HEROES AND VILLAINS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – GARY VENTIMIGLIA

ST. SIMMONS Greg Wayne When a very fat and possibly gay boy from New Orleans is visited by an angel called Barbra Streisand, he sets out on a holy crusade in daytime television to touch and save the soul of every obese person in America before his demons consume him – if only to make his daddy proud. It’s the true gospel of Richard Simmons. MANAGEMENT – MUTINY MANAGERS – RYAN CASEY

THE U.S.P.S. Perry Janes Following in his murdered mother’s footsteps, Michael Griffiths enlists in the United States Postal Service… only to discover a mail route full of surprises and a job that means maybe, just maybe, saving the world. MANAGEMENT – WRIT LARGE MANAGERS – BASH NARAN FINANCIER – AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS – CHRONOLOGY, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT

10 Votes

ANNALISE & SONG SJ Inwards Annalise is a girl who quite literally “sees the world differently” than everyone else and finds herself a lonely, misunderstood outcast who keeps her “cursed sight” a secret as a consequence. But everything changes when Annalise meets her new neighbor, Peter Song — a fellow teenager whom everyone else sees as a disfigured boy, but whom Annalise sees entirely differently. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – MELISSA DARMAN, NICHOLAS MOHEBBI, ADAM WEINSTEIN MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – ALEX LERNER, BEN NEUMAN PRODUCERS – LUCKYCHAP, STAR THROWER ENTERTAINMENT

BLOOD TIES Aaron Katz Based on the New Yorker article by Nathan Heller. A true-crime thriller based on the story of two brilliant college lovers convicted of a brutal slaying. An obsessed detective investigates the true motives that led to a double homicide, and the decades of repercussions that follow. MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – BEN ROWE FINANCIER – ENDEAVOR CONTENT PRODUCERS – AUTOMATIK

THE BOY WHO DIED Monisha Dadlani A young girl creates a robot version of Harry Potter while her father simultaneously is treating Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe for a terminal disease. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – MICHAEL CHUNG, MELISSA DARMAN, JAKE DILLMAN, MATTHEW DOYLE MANAGEMENT – GOOD FEAR CONTENT MANAGERS – DAVID BAGGELAAR

CRUSH ON YOU Shea Mayo Summer on a secluded campus takes a dark turn for three college girls when a supernaturally sexy mystery man begins haunting their dreams. MANAGEMENT – FOURTHWALL MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – SYDNEY BLANKE

THE CULLING Stephen Herman A troubled priest confines himself to a remote cabin in the middle of the woods where he attempts to make a last stand against the demon that terrorized his family when he was a child. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – ADAM LEVINE, NICHOLAS MOHEBBI MANAGEMENT – GOOD FEAR CONTENT MANAGERS – SCOTT STOOPS FINANCIER – LIONSGATE PRODUCERS – GOOD FEAR CONTENT, MANGATA

MAY DECEMBER Samy Burch Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past. MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – GABRIELLE LEWIS, BEN ROWE PRODUCERS – GLORIA SANCHEZ

1MDB Scott Conroy The incredible true story of the multi-billion dollar Malaysian government corruption scandal which led to the conviction of Prime Minister Najib Razak and almost $5 billion in settlements paid out by Goldman Sachs. MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – JOSH GOLDENBERG, SEAN PERRONE PRODUCERS – 2.0 ENTERTAINMENT

REWIRED Adam Gaines, Ryan Parrott Harvard. 1959. A young Ted Kaczynski is experimented on by Dr. Henry Murray during a secret CIA psychological study that may have led to the creation of the Unabomber. MANAGEMENT – HAVEN ENTERTAINMENT / GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – BRENDAN BRAGG / ERICK MENDOZA, BEN ROWE

STORY Emily Siegel When a journalist turned stay-at-home mom relocates to Los Angeles to rebuild after a personal trauma, she blurs the lines between fact and fiction… only to find herself at the center of her own story. MANAGEMENT – 3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – NORA MAY, DANIEL VANG

9 Votes

COSMIC SUNDAY MacMillan Hedges A small percentage of the population is stuck in a time loop and have had to create a society that functions within the same day, repeated day in and day out. One man struggles to find himself for the first time in ages amidst a society clinging to a sense of normalcy. AGENCY – THE GERSH AGENCY AGENTS – BOB HOHMAN, BAYARD MAYBANK, FRANK WULIGER MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – GEOFF SHAEVITZ PRODUCERS – ORIGINAL FILMS

EARWORM Austin Everett A former music therapist is recruited to use a mysterious machine to dive into the memories of a serial killer on death row. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – PARKER DAVIS, KYLE JENSEN MANAGEMENT – WRIT LARGE MANAGERS – MICHAEL CLAASSEN, MATT DARTNELL

EXCELSIOR! Alex Convery The true story of the meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of Marvel Comics and the star-crossed creators behind the panel: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – RAMSES ISHAK, JORDAN LONNER, MICHAEL SHERESKY MANAGEMENT – GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – ZAC FROGNOSWKI, FAISAL KANAAN

FLIGHT RISK Jared Rosenberg An Air Marshal transporting a fugitive across the Alaskan wilderness via a small plane finds herself trapped when she suspects their pilot is not who he says he is. AGENCY – PARADIGM TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ETHAN NEALE MANAGEMENT – FOURTHWALL MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – RUSSELL HOLLANDER PRODUCERS – DAVIS ENTERTAINMENT

HIGH SOCIETY Noga Pnueli A depressed, progressive woman stuck in a conservative small Texas town starts micro-dosing the entire town with marijuana to make them all get along. AGENCY – CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY AGENTS – WILLIAM BROWN, RUBY KAYE, JOE MANN MANAGEMENT – HEROES AND VILLAINS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – CHRIS COGGINS

HORSEGIRL Lauren Meyering Living under the full time care of her cancer-stricken mother, a twenty-six-year-old, socially awkward, horse-obsessed woman attempts to prove her independence by winning a hobbyhorse competition. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – CHARLES FERRARO, ABBY GLUSKER, LAURA GOODFRIEND, JESSICA KANTOR, JORDAN LONNER MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – ANDREW MURPHY, HANNAH OZER PRODUCERS – ALIX MADIGAN

MAGAZINE DREAMS Elijah Bynum A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – JOSH GOLDENBERG, ALEX LERNER, SEAN PERRONE PRODUCERS – JENNIFER FOX, DAN GILROY

MOUSE Kelly O’Sullivan When seventeen-year old Minnie’s best friend Callie is killed in an accident, she struggles to find an identity of her own and forms a complicated friendship with Callie’s grieving mother. AGENCY – WME ENTERTAINMENT AGENTS – HANNAH DAVIS, DANIELA FEDERMAN, MAX GROSS, NICK HOAGLAND MANAGEMENT – FUSION MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – ADAM KERSH

MURDER IN THE WHITE HOUSE Jonathan Stokes The President is murdered during a private dinner, and Secret Service agent Mia Pine has until morning to discover which guest is the killer before a peace agreement fails and leads to war. MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT SGC MANAGERS – SCOTT CARR FINANCIER – PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRODUCERS – ORIGINAL FILM

NANNY Nikyata Jusu Aisha is an undocumented nanny caring for a privileged child. As she prepares for the arrival of her only son, who she left behind in her native country, a violent supernatural presence invades her reality, jeopardizing the American Dream she’s carefully pieced together. AGENCY – CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY AGENTS – WILLIAM BROWN, SUE CARLS, CHRISTINA CHOU, SCOTT HENDERSON, BRANDON LAWRENCE MANAGEMENT – M88 MANAGERS – GABY MENA, NATALIA WILLIAMS PRODUCERS – NIKKIA MOULTERIE

A SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE Terry Huang Journalists race to expose how Boeing knowingly misled regulators, pilots, and airlines to cover up a problematic flight software system on the 737 MAX, leading to two major airplane crashes and the deaths of 346 people. Based on real events. MANAGEMENT – 3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – KATIE NEWMAN PRODUCERS – MANDALAY PICTURES

STATE LINES Rachel Wolf When headstrong but well-intentioned college student Sara Jane bails on Senior Spring Break to drive a fourteen-year-old girl to get an abortion, she’s shocked to discover that her passenger is an undercover pro-lifer who has kidnapped her. MANAGEMENT – THE GOTHAM GROUP MANAGERS – TONY GIL, MAX GOLDFARB PRODUCERS – PICTURE FILMS

VICELAND Chris Parizo The true story of how Vice magazine grew from a free magazine in Montreal into a multi billion dollar media empire, making two of its founders multi-millionaires while the third founder was kicked out and went on to modernize the white supremacist movement by creating the Proud Boys. MANAGEMENT – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS – JOHN ZAOZIRNY PRODUCERS – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS

8 Votes

EMANCIPATION Bill Collage Based on a true story, a runaway slave has to outwit bounty hunters and the perils of a Louisiana swamp to reach the Union army and his only chance at freedom. MANAGEMENT – SYNDICATE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – CLIFF ROBERTS FINANCIER – APPLE TV+ PRODUCERS – CAA MEDIA FINANCE, ESCAPE ARTISTS, MCFARLAND ENTERTAINMENT

FIGHT OR FLIGHT Brooks McLaren, DJ Cotrona A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they’re surrounded by people trying to kill both of them. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY / THE GERSH AGENCY AGENTS – KYLE JENSEN, ADAM WEINSTEIN / ERIC GARFINKEL, STEVEN GERSH, LESLIE SIEBERT MANAGEMENT – BRILLSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS / INSPIRE MANAGERS – GEORGE HELLER / JASON SPIRE PRODUCERS – THUNDER ROAD

THE GORGE Zach Dean A brazen, high-action, genre-bending, love story about two very dangerous young people, who despite the corrupt and lethal world they operate in, find a soulmate in each other. MANAGEMENT – LIT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP MANAGERS – ADAM KOLBRENNER FINANCIER – SKYDANCE MEDIA PRODUCERS – LIT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, SKYDANCE MEDIA

HERE COME THE BANDITS Ethan Dawes Mickey Bradley, a wildly talented minor league baseball player in his early twenties who returns home to Los Angeles after an injury and coaches a little league team full of misfits who remind him why he fell in love with baseball in the first place. And theres a sweet romance in there too. PRODUCERS – CORDUROY ENTERTAINMENT, MAKEREADY, WAFFLE IRON ENTERTAINMENT

PLUSH Alexandra Skarsgard Sex, money, and one schoolyard fad that took a nation by storm. Based on the true story of Ty Warner, the enigmatic entrepreneur behind a ‘90s toy craze that sparked madness, murder, and a billion-dollar empire. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – JESSICA KANTOR, GRACE ROYER MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – HANNAH OZER

TOWERS Aaron Rabin A businessman’s obsession with his competitor leads him down a rabbit hole of self-discovery, fantasy, and delusion MANAGEMENT – MXN ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – MICHELLE KNUDSEN PRODUCERS – 1.21 PICTURES

TRESPASSER Gabe Hobson A father and daughter living in remote isolation must fight for survival after aliens arrive seeking revenge for killing one of their own. FINANCIER – ENDEAVOR CONTENT PRODUCERS – FULLY FORMED ENTERTAINMENT, JASON FUCHS

UNCLE WICK Gabe Delahaye An action comedy wherein Benji Stone, a lovable but deeply unpopular sixteen year old, is pulled into an international assassination plot by his uncle, a retired undercover assassin charged with babysitting Benji for the weekend. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – EMERSON DAVIS, JENNY MARYASIS MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – AARON KAPLAN, MICHAEL WILSON FINANCIER – AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS – FIELD TRIP PRODUCTIONS

WHAT IF? Alvaro Garcia Lecuona An unassertive seventeen year old turns his high school on its head when he asks out his crush, a transgender classmate. AGENCY – AGENCY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AGENTS – HALLE MARINER, LUCY TASHMAN MANAGEMENT – VISION ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – ANDRES BUDNIK, VICTOR RODRIGUEZ FINANCIER – MGM, ORION PRODUCERS – ANDREW LAUREN PRODUCTIONS, KILLER FILMS

7 Votes

BELLA Jason Markarian Set against the backdrop of an unprecedented crime wave that gripped New York City in the 80s, a hyper-stylized action thriller about a cop’s daughter who, after her father clings to life following an assassination attempt, goes on a rampage to unearth her father’s assassin and weed out deep-rooted corruption in the NYPD. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – DAVID BOXERBAUM, PARKER DAVIS MANAGEMENT – HEROES AND VILLAINS ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – MARKUS GOERG, AARON LIPSETT

DUST Karrie Crouse A young mother in 1930s Oklahoma is convinced that her family is threatened and takes drastic steps to keep them safe. AGENCY – CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY AGENTS – JAY BAKER MANAGEMENT – ANONYMOUS CONTENT MANAGERS – BARD DORROS FINANCIER – SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES PRODUCERS – MAD DOG FILMS

FRENEMY Ariel Sayegh A chronicle of the infamous Lindsay Lohan/Paris Hilton feud of 2004-2006 over who would be Britney Spears’ best friend. AGENCY – PARADIGM TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – MELISA BALOGLU, OLIVIA FALLETTI, SAM FISCHER, MARK ROSS

GABI SEEMS DIFFERENT Victoria Bata After spending several years recovering from a devastating car crash that pulled her out of the spotlight, Gabi, a famous pop star, gets ready to perform again for the first time. But with the pressure mounting and her memory failing her, the young woman begins to doubt who she really is — and if Gabi really survived the crash at all. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – ANNA FLICKINGER MANAGEMENT – MANAGEMENT 360 MANAGERS – JENNA SARKIN

GENERATION LEAP John Sonntag, Thomas Sonntag After a global pandemic causes NASA to send a crew of astronauts into deep space to find another habitable planet, the crew is unexpectedly awoken from hypersleep and must survive a mysterious new threat that comes from the future generations they sought to save, and the one place they never expected – Earth. AGENCY – THE GERSH AGENCY AGENTS – ERIC GARFINKEL, DANNY TOTH MANAGEMENT – BELLEVUE PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS – JOHN ZAOZIRNY PRODUCERS – ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT

GET LITE Eric Gross Saunders, a headstrong Bronx teenager, is caught between his love of Litefeet subway dancing and his strict father’s insistence on becoming an engineer. After he finagles his way onto a ragtag Litefeet crew, he’s exposed to an electrifying new world as well as a new crush. Now he has to decide who and what he’s willing to sacrifice in order to compete in the biggest dance competition of the year: Kingdome. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – DAVID BOXERBAUM, PARKER DAVIS MANAGEMENT – LIT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP MANAGERS – ADAM KOLBRENNER, KENDRICK TAN

GOOD CHANCE Tricia Lee A feisty transgender teen helps a church-going, undocumented Asian woman escape deportation, and they form an unlikely friendship that helps them heal the rifts in their own families. MANAGEMENT – FOURWARD MANAGERS – JON LEVIN, SEAN WOODS PRODUCERS – JANET YANG PRODUCTIONS, JBF ENTERTAINMENT

HANDSOME STRANGER Greg Navarro Based on the incredible true story of serial killer Paul John Knowles and the week he spent with British journalist Sandy Fawkes in the midst of a murderous killing spree. MANAGEMENT – EPICENTER MANAGERS – ALLARD CANTOR, ANASTASIYA KUKHTAREVA, JARROD MURRAY PRODUCERS – AFFILIATED PICTURES

I.S.S. Nick Shafir At any given moment in time there are roughly six astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS). The station itself is divided into two segments one half Russian, one half American. When a world war event occurs on Earth, America and Russia find themselves on opposing sides. As such, both nations secretly contact their astronauts aboard the ISS and give them instructions to take control of the station by any means necessary. The six astronauts must each secretly choose between their friendships with each other and their allegiance to their country. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – CHARLES FERRARO, MICHAEL SAUVAGE MANAGEMENT – ZERO GRAVITY MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – CAMERON CUBBISON FINANCIER – LD ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCERS – LD ENTERTAINMENT

MARGOT Emily Adams Annie Mills has always known Margot Ellison to be two things: her best friend and a devout Mormon. But as high school graduation nears and Margot starts to crave change, the girls must grapple with the fear that growing up might require growing alone. MANAGEMENT – MXN ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – TRACY KOPULSKY PRODUCERS – CANARY HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

THE PEAK Arthur Hills A troubled young surgeon travels to a desolate peak to climb the mountain where her father suffered a mental breakdown years earlier, only to realize halfway up the rock wall that she might be subject to the same fate. AGENCY – WME ENTERTAINMENT AGENTS – NICK HOAGLAND, PHILLIP RASKIND, PERRY WEITZNER

REALITY Heather Quinn A woman abruptly discovers nothing she’s known until now is real, and she must recover the truth in order to save the rest of the country, still trapped inside of the lie. MANAGEMENT – WRIT LARGE MANAGERS – COURTNEY CONWELL

RUBY Kat Wood After her husband is attacked, assassin Ruby is lured into the open to hunt down those responsible, leading her back to the boss who wants to keep her in the fold at any cost. AGENCY – VERVE TALENT AND LITERARY AGENCY AGENTS – DAVID BOXERBAUM, PAMELA GOLDSTEIN FINANCIER – AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS – 87 NORTH

TIN ROOF RUSTED Michelle Harper When two life-long best friends discover that they’re both pregnant, they promise to embark on their journey together. But with the constant pressure of outsiders, the two struggle midst personal differences and must re-learn that what connected them as children can still be their glue as adults. AGENCY – UNITED TALENT AGENCY AGENTS – BILL ZOTTI MANAGEMENT – KAPLAN/PERRONE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGERS – AARON KAPLAN, SEAN PERRONE FINANCIER – TRISTAR PRODUCERS – JAX MEDIA

WAR FACE Mitchell Lafortune A female U.S. Army Special Agent is sent to a remote, all-male outpost in Afghanistan to investigate accusations of war crimes. But when a series of mysterious events jeopardize her mission and the unit’s sanity, she must find the courage to survive something far more sinister. AGENCY – AGENCY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AGENTS – DEBBIE DEUBLE HILL, MIKE GOLDBERG MANAGEMENT – CAVALRY MEDIA MANAGERS – MATT DELPIANO, BARNEY SLOBODIN PRODUCERS – CALVARY MEDIA

THE WOMEN OF ROUTE 40 Erin Kathleen A struggling single mother must confront dangerous forces – and sins of her past – when her world collides with that of a serial killer. Inspired by the true story of Delaware’s only serial murderer, the Route 40 killer. AGENCY – THE GERSH AGENCY AGENTS – MARK HARTOGSOHN, ALICE LAWSON, FRANK WULIGER MANAGEMENT – JEN AU MANAGEMENT MANAGERS – JENNIFER AU PRODUCERS – PHANTOM FOUR FILMS

YOM KIPPUR Brett Melnick After getting high on the night of Yom Kippur, three distant cousins wake up with muddled minds and empty stomachs as they find themselves in the middle of a kidnapping and a major drug ring. MANAGEMENT- GRANDVIEW MANAGERS – FAISAL KANAAN