Why Hollywood Can't Find Good Scripts
Franklin Leonard, founder of The Blacklist, discusses how his annual list of unproduced screenplays has reshaped Hollywood’s approach to discovering talent and identifying commercially viable scripts. What began as an anonymous email survey among industry peers in 2005 has evolved into a
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