Yoko Ono, Kobe Bryant and a Waffle House Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Rich Fury/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The 2025 Black List has been revealed with scripts tackling Yoko Ono, Kobe Bryant's NBA draft, and an AI David Bowie among the honorees. The annual list of the town's best-unproduced feature screenplays features 74 scripts from writers, known and unknown, repped and unrepped. The list, voted on by a group of 500 film executives, has previously featured future commercial hits and critical darlings like Promising Young Woman and Spotlight. At the top of this year's list is the erotic thriller Best Seller from writer Matisse Haddad about a struggling writer, married to a famous novelist husband, who writes a viral tell-all that ignites a battle between the two. Elsewhere on the list is a disaster movie set around a Waffle House (The Waffle House Index by Andrew Nunnelly), a supernatural thriller that takes place on Mt. Everest (Frostbite by Michael Jones) and an eco-terrorist attack on the city of Los Angeles (Blackout by Kevin Yang). Related Stories Movies Russell Crowe Criticizes 'Gladiator II' for Not "Understanding What Made That First One Special" Business AMC Networks Names Annie Luo to Head Streaming Growth Said Black List founder Franklin Leonard, "This year's scripts, probably unsurprisingly, seemed preoccupied with what happens when the systems we live in - economic, political, algorithmic - stop working the way they're supposed to and, fortunately, with how we might build something better anyway. Suffice it to say that they resonate deeply. Here's to a better tomorrow for us all." See the full 2025 Black List below. BEST SELLER by Matisse HaddadIn New York's literary scene, a struggling writer, pressured by her famous novelist husband to have a baby, pens a tell-all article that goes viral. This sparks a dangerous battle of seduction, manipulation, and betrayal in the public and private spheres.AGENT: Independent Artist Group (Nick Beldoch, Jessica Zou)MANAGEMENT: Bellevue Productions (John Zaozirny, Zack Zucker)PRODUCTION COMPANY: Peter Rice, Jason ReitmanEQUITY by Ward KamelAfter an ambitious pharma founder sells a portion of himself to a charismatic billionaire magnate, his world spirals into a high-stakes battle to buy back control of his company, his future, and his life.MANAGEMENT: Range Media Partners (Alain Carles, Andrew Nallathambi)PRODUCTION COMPANY: Killer Films, VertigoRUSH by Read Masino, Cassidy AllaWhen a college student is sexually assaulted by a frat guy who faces no consequences, she and her best friend rush his fraternity undercover to get revenge - only to become the unlikely stars of Delta Iota Kappa's pledge class and get in way too deep.AGENT: United Talent Agency (Anna Flickinger, John Kaiser)MANAGEMENT: Masino - Artists First (Haley Jones, Casey Neumeier) / Alla - Mosaic (Drew Schenfield)PRODUCTION COMPANY: Berlanti/Schechter FilmsUNTOUCHABLE by Julian Silver, Reiss Clauson-WolfThe true exploits of Eliot Ness during his hunt for the "Torso Murderer," a serial killer whose bloody reign terrorized 1930s Cleveland.MANAGEMENT: Fourth Wall Management (Russell Hollander)MINNOW by Zach Strauss, Chris SilberWhen her sister goes missing, Minnow, a seemingly troubled woman, goes to extreme lengths to hunt down the mysterious man who took her. The disturbing truth goes beyond just one missing girl, and nothing-including Minnow-is as it seems.AGENT: Strauss - Verve (Nicky Mohebbi, Isaiah Williams, Kelly Devine) / Silber - United Talent Agency (Jordan Lonner)MANAGEMENT: Strauss - Entertainment 360 (Geoff Shaevitz, Evan Silverberg)PRODUCTION COMPANY: Thunder Road, Parallel 42FIXATION by Siena Butterfield, Erika VázquezA couples therapist is drawn into a dangerous triangle of lust, lies and manipulation when she begins an affair with a stranger-who turns out to be the husband of her new client.AGENT: Gersh (Jonathan Martin)MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone (Josh Goldenberg)STUDIO: New RegencyPRODUCTION COMPANY: Made Up StoriesBUILDING BOWIE by Alan FoxIn a near-future obsessed with AI generated nostalgia, a repressed droid wrangler is assigned to build a David Bowie replica - but as the droid begins evolving beyond its programming, the wrangler must confront the creative dreams she buried, and decide whether to protect her job or risk everything to reclaim her voice.MANAGEMENT: Untitled Entertainment (Faisal Kanaan)PRODUCTION COMPANY: A/Vantage PicturesLEVERAGE by Joe FerranAfter a high-profile murder threatens a multi-billion dollar hostile takeover, an embattled Wall Street titan emerges as the prime suspect and must win a war of perception in order to protect her empire at all costs.MANAGEMENT: Empirical Evidence (Derrick Eppich)PRODUCTION COMPANY: E