The Black List Launches Adaptation List In 20th Anniversary Celebration; 61 Novels Primed For Film & TV Projects

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Last night at the Deadline-hosted celebration of the Black List 20th anniversary, founder Franklin Leonard told attendees that there was more to come.

Now that more to come is here. Just one day after the Travis Braun-topped 20th anniversary list came out, the Black List Wednesday revealed the inaugural Adaptation List.

The selection highlights 61 novels published since the first list came out in 2005 that are primed to be made into big screen and small screen projects. “There was only one real way to celebrate twenty years of annual Black Lists, make another list that celebrates writers and in so doing makes it more likely that great film and television gets made,”  Black List chief Leonard said Wednesday of the list that includes books by Jennifer Egan, Jeffrey Eugenides, and N.

K. Jemisin (see the full list below). “Once it was clear that we were going to expand into fiction in September, the Adaptation List was an obvious way to mark the occasion.