unproduced

adjective un·pro·duced \ ˌən-prə-ˈdüst , -prō- , -ˈdyüst \

|Updated on: 23 Jun 2018

Definition of unproduced

: not produced; especially : not made into a dramatic or theatrical production

an unproduced play/script/screenplay

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The script got the attention of Hollywood with a spot on the coveted Black List in 2015, a survey of the industry’s best unproduced screenplays.

— Washington Post, "Once sidelined, romantic comedies rise again this summer," 14 June 2018
Bernard and Huey: This comedy-drama is based on a decades-old, unproduced script by cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, focusing on two college-age men, obsessive womanizers, who meet again after 25 years.

— walter addiego, San Francisco Chronicle, "New movies: Some to check out are ‘Hotel Artemis,’ ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Ocean’s 8’," 5 June 2018
Armstrong’s unproduced 2010 screenplay Murdoch might stoke suspicion about which media dynasty Succession is inspired by.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "Filthy Rich: The Power Plays of Succession," 2 June 2018
What: The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans presents playwright's Moises Kafman's stage adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by Tennessee Williams.

— theodore p. mahne, NOLA.com, "Gritty 'One Arm' finds beauty, redemption in story of mutilated hustler," 26 Mar. 2018
LaBeouf co-wrote the film’s script and hosted it on the Black List, a website tracking the most popular unproduced scripts in the industry that’s become a resource for directors searching for their next projects.

— emma stefansky, HWD, "Shia LaBeouf’s Hollywood Comeback Begins with a Movie About Shia Labeouf," 17 Mar. 2018
The album feels live – not unproduced, but very immediate.

— joe lynch, Billboard, "Dream Wife on Accidentally Creating 'A Party Album' & Why Bands Are Like Marriages," 8 Mar. 2018
The Black List's Franklin Leonard mingled with some of the writers that got signed off his annual list of unproduced screenplays.

— ramona saviss, The Hollywood Reporter, "2018 Oscars Party Diary: Inside the A-List Parties and Events (Updating)," 1 Mar. 2018
Winkler is a rising star; one of her plays was included on last year’s annual Kilroys list of unproduced and under-produced plays by female and trans playwrights.

— mike fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "One duo shines amid Rep Lab experiments," 16 Feb. 2018

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