The Black List, a platform for unproduced screenplays, expands into fiction books
LA TimesFranklin Leonard, left, is founder and chief executive and Randy Winston is creative director for fiction at the Black List, a platform for unproduced manuscripts. Franklin Leonard’s the Black List, a platform that highlights the best unproduced scripts for film, television and theater, is expanding into the world of fiction. More than 400 scripts from its annual survey have been produced, including best picture Oscar winners “Spotlight,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The King’s Speech.” Now the Los Angeles-based operation will allow authors of fiction books to create free profiles on its site to promote their work, the company said Wednesday morning. Adding fiction to the Black List’s purview enables the site to address the growing overlap among the film, television, theater and publishing industries, Leonard, the firm’s founder and chief executive, said in an interview. Randy Winston, former director of writing programs at the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Center for Fiction, who will serve as the Black List’s creative director of fiction, said he is excited about “romantasy” submissions, a popular genre that combines romance and fantasy elements.
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