Please enjoy the seventh Earmovie of Season 3, “The Gauntlet of Phillip Montega” by David Gay. It stars Jay Ellis, Zach McGowan, Teo Briones, Arielle Kebbel, Jose Zuniga, Michael Trevino, and Cooper Thornton.

Lane and Ruckus Skye, screenwriters of Rattle the Cage

Jun 2nd, 2017 40m 37s

Please enjoy this episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard and Black List community director Kate Hagen in which they interview Lane and Ruckus Skye, the screenwriters of Rattle the Cage about their creative histories, the nu

David Gay, screenwriter of The Gauntlet of Phillip Montega

May 25th, 2017 28m 3s

Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard with Black List community director Kate Hagen and screenwriter David Gay known for The Gauntlet of Phillip Montega which will receive the ear movie treatment.

306 The Promise

May 11th, 2017 2h 17m

Please enjoy the sixth Earmovie of Season 3, “The Promise” written by Chris Salmanpour. It stars Houshang Touzie (Ata), Omid Abtahi (Reza), Oded Fehr (Afshin, et al), Marshall Manesh (Said, et al), Charlie Weber (Tom), Adam Tsekhman (Sassan, et

Chris Salmanpour, screenwriter of The Promise

Apr 27th, 2017 38m 58s

Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard with Black List community director Kate Hagen and screenwriter Chris Salmanpour known for The Promise which will receive the ear movie treatment.

305 Selznick's Folly

Apr 13th, 2017 2h 5m

Please enjoy the fifth Earmovie of Season 3, “Selznick's Folly” written by Gesha-Marie Bland. It stars Yvette Nicole Brown (Hattie McDaniel), Ryan Mulkay (David O. Selznick), M.C. Gainey (LB Mayer), Sam Page (Clark Gable), Franklin Leonard (Wal

Gesha-Marie Bland, screenwriter of Selznick’s Folly

Mar 30th, 2017 29m 40s

Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard and screenwriter Gesha-Marie Bland known for Selznick’s Folly which will receive the ear movie treatment.

304 The Hounds of House Rearden

Mar 16th, 2017 2h 5m

Please enjoy the fourth Earmovie of Season 3, “The Hounds of Rearden” written by Sean Geraghty. It stars Cooper Thornton (Peter), James Callis (Sir Julius/Cortez), Greg Itzin (Sen. Warren/Hunter), Charles Shaughnessy (Cromwell/Clark), Sachin Bh

Sean Geraghty, screenwriter of The Hounds of House Rearden

Mar 2nd, 2017 31m 46s

Please enjoy this week’s episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard with screenwriter Sean Geraghty known for The Hounds of House Rearden which will receive the ear movie treatment.

303 Maggie's Dawn

Feb 16th, 2017 1h 41m

Please enjoy the third Earmovie of Season 3, “Maggie’s Dawn” written by Blaine Tyler. It stars Aisha Tyler, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Wade Williams, Jamie McShane, Blake Hood, Brett Dalton, Brian Wade, Blaine Tyler, and Daniel Hagen (narrator).

Blaine Tyler, screenwriter of Maggie's Dawn

Feb 2nd, 2017 34m 53s

On this week's episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, screenwriter Blaine Tyler takes us through how he went from a kid who loved wrestling to writing Maggie’s Dawn, which will receive the ear movie treatment.

Allison Schroeder, Screenwriter of Hidden Figures and Luke Davies, Screenwriter of Lion

Jan 20th, 2017 1h 32m

This week on The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, we don’t have one but instead TWO interviews with screenwriters. The first interview is with Allison Schroeder, screenwriter of the smash hit Hidden Figures and the second interview

Noah Oppenheim, Jackie Screenwriter and Executive-in-Charge of TODAY

Jan 12th, 2017 51m 40s

Noah Oppenheim is a writer, Emmy-winning television producer, and Executive-in-charge of the Today Show. Noah joins Franklin to talk about working as a senior producer for Hardball with Chris Matthews, being a senior producer for The Today Show

Todd Komarnicki, Sully Screenwriter

Jan 6th, 2017 37m 49s

Happy New Year from The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard! Please enjoy an interview with screenwriter Todd Komarnicki known for Sully, one of the best films of 2016.

Eric Heisserer, Arrival Screenwriter

Dec 22nd, 2016 49m 16s

Merry Christmas from The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard! Please enjoy an interview with screenwriter Eric Heisserer known for Arrival, one of the best films of 2016.

302 Monsters of Mary Shelley

Dec 15th, 2016 2h 30m

Please enjoy the second Earmovie of Season 3, “Monsters of Mary Shelley” written by Ian Simpson. It stars Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley, Chike Okonkwo, Scarlett Byrne, Tom Stokes, Tommy Flanagan, and David S. Lee.This episode is brought to you by

Monsters of Mary Shelley Interview w/ Robert Ian Simpson

Dec 1st, 2016 42m 14s

Season 3 of THE BLACK LIST TABLE READS continues with a sit-down chat featuring screenwriter Robert Ian Simpson, Franklin Leonard, and Kate Hagen, to talk about the origin of how MONSTERS OF MARY SHELLEY came to be, favorite films, importance o

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, writers of Moonlight

Nov 22nd, 2016 44m 9s

Happy Thanksgiving from The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard! Please enjoy an interview with writers Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, the minds behind the most critically acclaimed film of 2016, Moonlight.

301 Blood From A Stone

Nov 17th, 2016 2h 19m

In the first Earmovie of Season 3, “Blood from a Stone” by Bill Palmer is both a tribute and a send-up of the blood-spattered heydays of irresponsible 1980's action films. Sean Sharpstone (Paul Scheer), is a muscle-bound renegade cop wrapped in

Blood From A Stone Interview w/ Bill Palmer and Paul Scheer

Nov 3rd, 2016 37m 47s

Season 3 of THE BLACK LIST TABLE READS begins with a sit-down chat featuring Paul Scheer, star of the upcoming Earmovie BLOOD FROM A STONE, its writer Bill Palmer, and Franklin Leonard, to talk early movie memories, nostalgia and campiness in f

209 Young Storytellers

May 19th, 2016 1h 1m

Four short ear movies and four short interviews with four very special writers is happening on a special episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard. Thanks to the wonderful Young Storytellers Foundation you will hear 4 stories

208.5 The Hitch Screenwriter Troy A. Miller

Mar 17th, 2016 44m 51s

The Hitch screenwriter Troy Anthony Miller joins Franklin to chat about being terrified the first time he watched The Birds growing up with his mother, getting into acting in high school, traveling Europe after college, teaching English in Toky

208 The Hitch

Mar 17th, 2016 2h 13m

We asked you listeners to choose which Black List script you wanted to hear for the Season 2 finale of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard and The Hitch by Troy Anthony Miller prevailed. While visiting Los Angeles in 1927, young Br

Screenwriter Jason Hellerman, Caitlin McFarland & Emily Gipson of ATX TV Fest

Mar 11th, 2016 1h 20m

On this week's episode of The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard, screenwriter Jason Hellerman chats with Franklin about being blown away by Raiders of the Lost Ark as a child, being kicked out of an Anatomy class in college for being