Black List 2012: By Managers

COMMENTS (28)

• Madhouse. Wow. Those guys crushed it.

  Comment by jack — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 12:23pm PST  Reply to this post

• How do you have 1/2 script on the Black List?

  Comment by Math genius — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 12:36pm PST  Reply to this post

  • uhhh… Two writers with different reps?
    Really? You couldn’t figure that out?

    Comment by Einstein — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 1:47pm PST  Reply to this post

• Madhouse?

  The same guys who put out the Marvel Anime series on X-Men, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Blade all written by Warren Ellis?

  ~

  Coat

  Comment by Cary Coatney — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 12:38pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’d be interested to find out how many of those Madhouse scripts sold, as the majority look to be intelligent, historical fare aimed at adults. The nerve!

  Comment by Screenwriting 101 — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 12:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• These results seem fishy – never even heard of Madhouse.

  Comment by Hmm — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 1:54pm PST  Reply to this post

  • They had projects written by two separate clients open at #1 this year (CONTRABAND and SAFE HOUSE), and have been involved in a few of the larger spec sales this year (BLACK BOX, going for 7 figures, being one them). Do some research before tossing around accusations.

    Comment by Taskerlands — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:09pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Then your hearing must be terrible.

    Comment by Really? — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:09pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Hearing must be terrible — good one! Still seems shady.

      Comment by Hmm — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:57pm PST  Reply to this post

      • What seems “shady” exactly? Besides the frontal lobe of your brain.

        Comment by huh? — Tuesday December 18, 2012 @ 8:11pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Then you must not be in the business.

    Comment by gobacktosleep — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 4:25pm PST  Reply to this post

  • wow…I hope you’re not an aspiring writer/filmmaker. That’s like an aspiring football player saying they’ve never heard of the Cowboys.

    Comment by hmm... — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 4:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love the whole K/P team. Those guys work their asses off for their clients.

  Comment by mfb — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:31pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Yup, and if the rumors are true about who they are going to be bringing onboard, they’re about to get a whole lot better.

    Comment by yup — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:46pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Apparently… they voted 4-5 times everyone else!

    h

    Comment by hero — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 5:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• Madhouse is Adam Kolbrenner. They guys is terrific. When he believes in a writer he sticks with them. He’s crushes most on that list.

  Comment by Baby Come Back — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:41pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Just don’t turn your back on Adam.

    Comment by Ed El — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 4:27pm PST  Reply to this post

    • Tell us more. Sounds catty and informative…

      Comment by KhaliShutIt — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 10:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Been w/Madhouse forever. Watched them shift their focus in the last few years to helping clients write specs that’ll sell, and they’re clearly good at it. Smart team, mainstream sensibility that matches that exec sensibility.

  Comment by madhouseclient — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:55pm PST  Reply to this post

• Brillstein’s still in business?

  Comment by Wiz 1 — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 2:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wait .. Madhouse is a Japanese Anime company who put out The Supernatural Anime, not to mention other anime.. and Blacklist ? I thought that was a bad thing in hollywood. I don’t follow this.

  Comment by kevin — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 3:34pm PST  Reply to this post

• Adam is definitely more of the hustler at Madhouse, but Robyn is really the soul. Her clients talk about her with a great deal of love. Two or three of the Madhouse scripts on the list are hers as well.

  Comment by RebobRobert — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 4:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• If I were a lit manager I wouldn’t be bragging about being on this list.
  You’re here because you didn’t sell that “great script”.

  Comment by Casey — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 5:13pm PST  Reply to this post

  • What are you talking about? A lot of the scripts on this list were huge spec sales this year.

    Comment by Really? — Monday December 17, 2012 @ 6:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• Madhouse friggin’ dominated this year. They also bring the most marketable spec material to the town compared to the others.

  Comment by Mad in the House — Tuesday December 18, 2012 @ 12:32am PST  Reply to this post

• Love the guys at K/P, but Madhouse is just getting warmed up. They’ll be topping this list for years to come. I’d bet money on that.

  Comment by fudgey mcgee — Tuesday December 18, 2012 @ 6:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• Madhouse over KPE. That’s adorable. Team KPE has been murdering it for years and continues to grow. Their roster slaps Madhouse’s in the face.

  Comment by DenzelsDumpers — Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 3:42pm PST  Reply to this post

  • A roster of crappy rom-coms and middlin’ dramas we’ve all seen before.

    Comment by anonymous — Thursday December 20, 2012 @ 8:38am PST  Reply to this post