Once upon a time in Hollywood the black list was a very bad thing. If your name was on the black list (that supposedly never existed) you couldn't get a gig in Hollywood. It was a sucky time and should always be remembered and never repeated.
Enter the "new" black list created by Franklin Leonard in 2005 to bring attention to the best unproduced screenplays. Great idea...in theory. But the list has morphed over the years into a typical Hollywood list filled with guys with agents and managers whose films have been picked up by studios. Now lots of the film of the list are even in production (One Day is already done and has a release date and Margin Call will be at Sundance) or about to be in production. Films that have been on previous blacklists include Juno and Lars and the Real Girl and the 2009 list included The Social Network (like Aaron Sorkin ever needed the help) and Cedar Rapids which will premiere at Sundance in January. There was only one woman in the top 10 last year, Ellen Rapoport who wrote Desperados which from what I can tell is not close to being made.
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