2008's Black List Revealed

We mentioned the Black List a few days ago, and now the 2008 version of it has been revealed. The Black List is commonly referred to as the list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, but it's a bit of a misnomer. It's actually a list of the best screenplays (as selected by 250 top studio executives) that were written or are somehow uniquely associated with the past year, but will not be released in that calendar year. While most are from unknown writers and aren't yet in development, a portion of the screenplays have notable authors or are already in production (Inglorious Basterds and Sherlock Holmes, to draw two examples from this year's list). Taking the first spot in 2008 is Kyle Killen's The Beaver, about a depressed man who finds hope in a beaver puppet that he wears on his hand. The project has attracted attention from Steve Carell. Latino Review has posted the full list, and The Hollywood Reporter's piece includes some background about how the list came to be.