Hey listeners, I've got a trivia question for you.
What do the following movies have in common?
500 Days of Summer, Spotlight, The Imitation Game, Argo,
Juno, The King's Speech, Little Miss Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire.
The answer is that before they were famous films, they were screenplays that made The Blacklist.
The Blacklist is an annual compilation of the most liked but not yet produced screenplays in Hollywood.
Since 2005, more than 500 Blacklist scripts have been made into feature films,
grossing over $30 billion in box office sales worldwide.
Blacklist movies have won 60 Academy Awards, including four Best Picture Oscars.
And today's episode is a conversation with the founder of The Blacklist, Franklin Leonard.
It was filmed at our live show in Los Angeles.
You can watch our conversation on Spotify.
Live from the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.
I'm Ryan Knutson.
Coming up on the show, Franklin Leonard on the Blacklist and the biggest challenges facing Hollywood.
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