Josh Dobkin and his writing partner sold their script to Stone Village earlier this year.
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Just in time for Halloweeen, industry manager Kailey Marsh has revealed the top choices for the 2009 Blood List!
Michael Chase Walker is author of “Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development.” He just completed “Circus Galacticus: Circus of the Beyond” for John H. Williams (“Shrek”) and Vanguard Animation.
Kept under wraps.
Jeff is currently writing a script for 20th Century Fox with John Davis producing.
Rachel Abarbanell has been promoted to VP at Obst/Rosen.
David Gambino is now the Senior VP at Silver Pictures.
Alex Heinemann in as a VP at Silver. Alex is a former VP at Rogue and left with Andrew Rona.
Underground manager/producer Will Lowery is now at Generate.
Warner Bros.’ Kevin McCormick moving into a producing deal… New Co-Presidents will be Lynn Harris & Greg Silverman.
Rick and Julie Yorn has signed a new deal at Fox. So have former New Line exec turned SEMI-PRO director Kent Alterman & Michael Aguilar who had a previous deal at Fox.
Universal’s President of Production, Donna Langley, has been promoted to Vice-Chairman. Dylan Clark moving up to President.
We can confirm that TWILIGHT producer Greg Mooradian is in at Paramount as their new SVP.
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The Black List is a snapshot of the collective taste of the people who develop, produce, and release theatrical feature films in the Hollywood studio system and the mainstream independent system.
WEDDING CRASHERS producer Andrew Panay will be exiting Tapestry Films to start his own company with a deal at Disney. He is currently producing OLD DOGS for the studio.
Jon Cohen is set to leave Davis Entertainment to take a new position at Donner’s Company.
New Paramount Creative Executive is Annie Laks who was previously at Sony.
Alex Garcia exited Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry to take an exec position at Legendary Pictures.
Hearing that Senior VP of Silver Pictures, Erik Olsen, has exited the company and is now at the Yorn’s new company.
John Ridley has been promoted to Creative Exec at Warner Bros.
Rebecca Sonnenshine, who was a 1999 Nicholl Fellow, went on to produce the films “Bunny” and “Reversion,” and most recently she wrote “American Zombie” and “The Haunting of Molly Hartley.”
A closer look at the top agencies and management companies repping the Black List writers of 2008!
Ryan Condal made his first sale with his script Galahad to The Film Department in early 2008.
Logline: The substitute teacher for a sixth-grade class turns out to be an alien.
Geoff LaTulippe recently set up his first feature script, GOING THE DISTANCE, at New Line Cinema.
A closer look at the top agencies and management companies repping the Black List writers of 2007!
Jeremy Haft and Ed Gonzalez recently sold their pitch “The Cookie Queen” to Universal with Isla Fisher attached to star.
Lance Barton & Mike Mathews recently sold their spec script “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” to actor Luis Guzman and his producing partner Israel Juarbe.
In June 2007, screenwriter Carter Blanchard’s sci-fi thriller, “Near Death,” was optioned by Fox Searchlight.
Screenwriter John Cox recently wrote “Sgt. Rock” for producer Joel Silver and Warner Bros.
