2006

2006
Like last year, THE BLACK LIST was compiled from the suggestions of over 90 film executives and high-level
assistants, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in or are somehow
uniquely associated with 2006 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year.
Unlike last year, scripts had to receive at least two mentions to be included on THE BLACK LIST.
LIST
All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. THE BLACK LIST apologizes for all
misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2006 affiliations.
It has been said, but it bears repeating: THE BLACK LIST is not a best of list. It is, at best, a most liked list.
Enjoy.

All irony aside, BLACK is the new white.

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thirty mentions
THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLEBORGE by Craig Zahler

United Talent

Julien Thuan

Endeavor

Chris Donnelly

William Morris

Cliff Roberts

United Talent

Jason Burns

Creative Artists
William Morris

Greg McKnight, Jared Hoffman

Danny Greenberg

Creative Artists

Todd Feldman, Jay Baker

William Morris

Danny Greenberg

William Morris

Kimberly Bialek, Danny Greenberg, Sarah Bottfeld

United Talent

Julien Thuan

William Morris
Creative Artists

Cliff Roberts, Steve Rabineau

Martin Spencer

Creative Artists
United Talent
Creative Artists

Bill Zotti
Blair Belcher, Keya Khayatian, Rio Hernandez
Michael Peretzian

Creative Artists

JP Evans

Above the Line

William Morris

Bruce Bartlett
Ken Freimann, Rob Carlson, Mike Esola

twenty--three mentions
twenty
STATE OF PLAY by Matt Carnahan

nineteen mentions
RENDITION by Kelley Sane

seventeen mentions
VILLAIN by Josh Zetumer

sixteen mentions
THE GRACKLE by Mike Arnold & Chris Poole
THESE CITY WALLS by Caleb Kane

fifteen mentions
LAST MAN HOME by Jamie Moss

fourteen mentions
UNTITLED RICHARD PRYOR by Caleb Kane

thirteen mentions
SEVEN POUNDS by Grant Nieporte

eleven mentions
HIMMELFARB by Andrew Mogel & Jarrod Paul

ten mentions
HANNA by Seth Lochhead
THE CHANGELING by J. Michael Straczynski

nine mentions
500 DAYS OF SUMMER by Scott Neustadter & Michael Weber
IT IS WHAT IT IS by Susanna Fogel & Joni Lefkowitz
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS by Peter Straughan

eight mentions
A HISTORY OF FOOLS by Eric Podell
ASSASINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT by Tim
Calpin & Kevin Jakubowski
PAN by Ben Magid

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seven mentions
DOGS OF BABEL by Jamie Linden

Paradigm

Valarie Phillips

IN BRUGES by Martin McDonagh

Creative Artists

Robert Bookman

SUPERBAD by The Butterworths

Creative Artists

Robert Bookman, Fred Specktor

UNTITLED FRANK BALDWIN by Frank Baldwin

William Morris

Cliff Roberts, Aaron Hart

JEREMY ORM IS A PERVERT by Phil Johnston

United Talent

Adam Weinstein, Jason Burns

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS by Emma Forrest

William Morris

Cliff Roberts, Aaron Hart

LIONS FOR LAMBS by Matt Carnahan

Endeavor

Chris Donnelly

MR. BURNOUT by Eric Gravning

Hohman/Maybank/Lieb

Bob Hohman

OPEN GRAVE by The Borey Brothers

Creative Artists

Martin Spencer

THE ART OF COOL by Alex Sabeti

United Talent

Tobin Babst

A WILLING PATRIOT by Jason Keller

Creative Artists

Scott Greenberg, David Styne

FAMOUS LAST WORDS by Josh Schwartz

Endeavor

Jason Spitz

HEAD INJURY by Barry Schwartz & Raza Syed

William Morris

Aaron Hart, Jeff Gorin

SHOTGUN WEDDING by Tiffany Zehnal

Creative Artists

JP Evans

A MIGHTY HEART by Michael Winterbottom & Laurence Coriat

Endeavor

Chris Donnelly

SCOTT PILGRIMS PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE by Michael Bacall

ICM

Jeff Shumway

SUPER BAD by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg

United Talent

Blair Belcher

THE GIFTED by Jacob Estes

Creative Artists

Scott Greenberg

THE IMPERFECTIONIST by Craig Hoetger

William Morris

Mike Esola, Aaron Hart, David Lubliner, Rob Carlson

THE MESSENGER by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman

William Morris

Mike Sheresky, Ramses Ishak, Carolyn Sivitz

THE PROFESSORS by Jonathan Lemond

United Talent

Tobin Babst, Rio Hernandez, Richard Klubeck

3:10 TO YUMA by Stuart Beattie

Innovative Artists

Nancy Nigrosh

ABSENT HEARTS by Jessica Goldberg

United Talent

Julien Thuan

BROTHERS BLOOM by Rian Johnson

Featured Artists

Brian Dreyfuss

DAVIS CURBER IS DYING by Chris Romano & Eric Falconer

United Talent

Jason Burns

GOES BY THE NAME HARVEY by Josh Ferris

Creative Artists

Maha Dakhil, Shari Smiley

HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED by Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka

United Talent

Charlie Ferraro, Keya Khayatian

LOVE AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE PURSUITS by Don Roos

William Morris

Steve Rabineau

SHADOW 19 by John Spaihts

Paradigm

Trevor Astbury

SHES OUT OF MY LEAGUE by Sean Anders & John Morris

ICM

Paul Alan Smith

THIS MUST THE PLACE by Dave Eggers

Creative Artists

Sally Willcox

WICHITA by Scott Milam

Endeavor

Adam Levine

six mentions

five mentions

four mentions

three mentions

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two mentions
A LITTLE GAME WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE by Allan Loeb

Creative Artists

Carin Sage, Jon Levin

ALL ABOUT STEVE by Kim Barker

Creative Artists

Greg McKnight

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS by Gina Wendkos

Creative Artists

Byrdie Lifson-Pompan, Risa Gertner

BIM BAM BABY by Jeremy Catalino

William Morris

Carolyn Sivitz, Ava Greenfield, Danny Greenberg

BRAD CUTTER RUINED MY LIFE AGAIN by Joe Nussbaum

Endeavor

Dawn Saltzman

CHALLENGER by Nicole Perlman

Paradigm

Christopher Till

COUP DETAT by Lisa Addario & Joe Syracuse

United Talent

Keya Khayatian, Shana Eddy, Rich Klubeck

CROWHURST by Duncan Brantley

William Morris

Mike Esola, Aaron Hart, Mike Sheresky, Ramses Ishak

CURVE by Kimberly Johnson

Paradigm

Chris Smith

DEATH AT A FUNERAL by Dean Craig

United Talent

Keya Khayatian, Jason Burns

DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY by Ronald Harwood

ICM

Ben Smith

DRACULA YEAR ZERO by Burk Sharpless & Matt Sazama

ICM

Sophie Holodnik

FROST/NIXON by Peter Morgan

ICM

Doug Maclaren

GET SMART by Tom Astle & Matt Ember

Endeavor

Dawn Saltzman

HAROLD AND KUMAR 2 by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg

Creative Artists

Todd Feldman, Greg McKnight

HEARTS & MINDS by Helen Crawley

United Talent

Charlie Ferraro, Stuart Manishel

IN DEFIANCE OF GRAVITY by Ned Benson

Gersh

Ethan Antonucci

INVADERS by Jayson Rothwell

Paradigm

Trevor Astbury

LIFE OF PI by Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillame Laurent

ICM

Robert Newman

MEN by Allan Loeb

Creative Artists

Carin Sage, John Levin

MY ALL-AMERICAN by Jeff Roda

Endeavor

Lis Rowinski

NATURAL SELECTION by Robbie Pickering

Ampersand

Marti Blumenthal

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS by Martin McDonagh

Creative Artists

Robert Bookman

SNOW PONIES by Pat Healy

RWSH

Nick Harris

THE BUCKET LIST by Justin Zackham

William Morris

Mike Esola, Ramses Ishak, Mike Sheresky

THE DEVILS DOUBLE by Michael Thomas III

ICM

Boaty Boatwright

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY by Ned Benson

Gersh

Ethan Antonucci

THE EVERYBOY by Dana Adam Shapiro

RWSH

Sylvie Rabineau

THE FIGHTER by Lewis Colick

United Talent

Shana Eddy, Jeremy Zimmer, David Kramer

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN by Matt Reeves

William Morris

David Lonner, Aaron Hart

THE LONG BLUE YONDER by Bill Gullo

William Morris

Cliff Roberts, Carolyn Sivitz

THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Jeff Stockwell

United Talent

Liz Ziemska, Charlie Ferraro

THE WOMAN WITH THE NERVE OF A BURGLAR by Joan Didion

Creative Artists

Robert Bookman

THERE WILL BE BLOOD by Paul Thomas Anderson

Endeavor

Chris Donnelly

WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY by Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan

UTA/Endeavor

Blair Belcher, Jeremy Kramer/Philip Raskind

WHO THE HELL IS SANJAY PATEL by Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka

United Talent

Charlie Ferraro, Keya Khayatian

YEAR OF THE DOG by Mike White

United Talent

Tracey Jacobs, Tobin Babst, Rich Klubeck, David Kramer