The 2017 Black List was released on Monday, featuring the best movie scripts that haven’t been made into films yet; and the big takeaway from this year’s list is that women are more present on the list then ever, both in the stories that are being told and the screenwriters who are telling them.
This year, 25 of the scripts on the list of 76 works were written by women, with 34 of those scripts featuring female protagonists. That’s a record for both categories, up from 18 screenwriters and 28 protagonists last year. This includes the No. 2 script on the list, “Let Her Speak,” a biopic about Texas State Sen.