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Noah Oppenheim
Every year, a new Young & Hungry List is compiled from across the industry, proudly showcasing those writers most eager to stake their claim. Voted on by Hollywood’s most influential players, each list distinguishes a fresh slate of up-and-coming creatives preparing to take the next step in their careers. We’re pleased to present the 2016 Young & Hungry List.
The chairman of a struggling network gets more than he bargained for when he gives an idealistic maverick from Texas a chance to be the new face of nightly news.
Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known in order to find a peaceful solution for their embroiled city.
After discovering that her whole society is part of one big experiment, Tris leaves the confines of the wall to see the rest of the world.
After discovering that her whole society is part of one big experiment, Tris leaves the confines of the wall to see the rest of the world.
The “Maze Runner” scribe is set to adapt the third novel in Veronica Roth’s series.
Sequel to “Divergent” and “Insurgent,” part one of the explosive conclusion to the trilogy that reveals the secrets of the dystopian future.
A boy who remembers only his first name wakes up in a community packed with boys called the Glade, which is surrounded by a huge maze. The boys must unlock the secrets of the maze in order to gain their freedom.
Logline: Set 10 years after the destruction of Pittsburgh, one survivor discovers a scandalous cover-up regarding the city’s demise as he goes about creating a digital reproduction of the area.
A young man follows his dreams of being rich into a world of drug dealing, organized crime, and international drug smuggling.
Seth Gordon will direct the remake for the studio.
Logline: A young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he inadvertently starts the countdown to World War 3.
From Snabba Cash to Maze Runners to Jackie, and now Houdini… Oppenheim lines up a very busy 2011.
Recent Black List writer is hired to adapt the first installment in a potential Fox franchise!
Logline: Follows the first four days in the life of First Lady Jackie Kennedy after the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy.
Oppenheim and Efron plan a job to get a whole Snabba Cash!
A young man follows his dreams of being rich into a world of drug dealing, organized crime, and international drug smuggling.
HEARING: Steven Speilberg is currently shopping a script entitled JACKIE centering on John F. Kennedy bride, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis written by Noah Oppenheim.
Logline: A boy who remembers only his first name wakes up in a community packed with boys called the Glade, which is surrounded by a huge maze. The boys must unlock the secrets of the maze in order to gain their freedom.
Logline: Story explores a fictional theory that magician Harry Houdini was actually a spy for the U.S. and British governments, keeping war at bay, in one thrilling adventure after another.