Soon we’ll be releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the writers who made the Hit List in 2015 — where they were, and how far they’ve come in just one short year.
WHITE BOY RICK
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is currently in negotiations to land a critical role in White Boy Rick from director Yann Demange. The film is based on a spec by Logan and Noah Miller, which landed on both 2015 Hit List and 2015 Black List.
The writer who helped bring Harry Potter to the big screen, Steve Kloves, and 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver have been brought on to rewrite White Boy Rick. The project comes from a spec by Logan and Noah Miller that was featured on the 2015 Hit List.
Studio 8 has picked up the rights to the story of “White Boy” Rick Wershe, who worked undercover for the police to try and bring down drug dealers, but in an odd twist of fate was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for cocaine trafficking.
Logline: Based on the life-story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at the age of 14, went undercover as an informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies during the mid-80s and quickly went from being an asset to an issue after being arrested for possession of 17 pounds of cocaine at the age of 17 — and then sentenced to life without parole.
Logline: Based on the life-story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at the age of 14, went undercover as an informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies during the mid-80s and quickly went from being an asset to an issue after being arrested for possession of 17 pounds of cocaine at the age of 17 — and then sentenced to life without parole.
