In a low to mid-six figure deal, Latitude Entertainment and Lascaux Pictures have acquired The Man in the Rearview Mirror, a thriller spec by Andrew Pagana and Justin Thomas.
SOLD - Spec: “The Gun Eaters” by Alex Paraskevas and Jordan Goldberg
May 22, 2012
Paramount has acquired The Gun Eaters, an action-thriller by Alex Paraskevas and Jordan Goldberg. The spec, which will be produced by Ben Rowe and David Lonner, made the Black List back in 2011.
SOLD - Spec: The Disciple Program by Tyler Marceca
May 19, 2012
In a bidding war that was settled with a mid-six figure deal, Universal has acquired The Disciple Program by first-time screenwriter Tyler Marceca, with Mark Wahlberg attached to star and produce.
Spec Sale: The Bloody Benders
May 2, 2012
Adam Robitel‘s thriller about a family who systematically kill up to 20 guests who check into their small Kansas hotel sold to Guillermo Del Toro’s Necropia Entertainment and Angry Films on Friday.
Spec Sale: Son of a Bitch by Kelly Oxford
May 2, 2012
Warner Bros. purchases Kelly Oxford‘s dramedy spec SON OF A BITCH for low-to-mid six figures. WME brokered the deal, Anonymous Content is producing.
Spec Sale: Savage Planet by Cole Haddon
April 25, 2012
Cole Haddon‘s spec SAVAGE PLANET preemptively sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment. Haddon’s reps at ICM and Anonymous Content brokered the deal.
Spec Sale: Ground Control to Major Tom by Jason Micallef
April 25, 2012
Walt Disney Pictures wins the studio bidding war for Jason Micallef‘s GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM for reported mid six figures.
Spec sale: COMANCHERIA, by Taylor Sheridan
April 19, 2012
Taylor Sheridan‘s spec COMANCHERIA sold to Sidney Kimmel. Film 44 is attached to produce. Gersh’s Bayard Maybank and Elevate’s Jenny Wood repped the sale.
The Scoggins Report: March 2012 Spec Market Roundup
April 3, 2012
It might be a little early to pronounce a script “most expensive spec of the year,” given that it’s barely April. And yet it’s hard to believe we’ll see more than one screenplay sell for $3 million this year. That’s right - James Vanderbilt’s WHITE HOUSE DOWN sold for $3 million last week.
It would have been enough for us if the number of sales simply maintained last year’s steady pace. [As some of us will be saying at our Passover Seders later this week: Dayenu.] But now, not only have 2012′s spec sales numbers surged back ahead of 2011′s, buyers are willing to pony up megabucks for them.
We’ll have year-to-date tallies next week in our Pitch Sales Scorecard. In the meantime, check out the list of March sales in the below Spec Market Roundup for March, complete with loglines. And here’s a link to download the PDF, too:
March 2012 Spec Market Roundup
Enjoy.
Spec Roundup: 3/26/12 - 3/30/12
March 30, 2012
March ended on a high note for spec activity - 17 specs sold this month. But we’ll get into that in greater detail on Monday with the next edition of The Scoggins Report: Spec Market Roundup. For now, check out what came out/sold this week.
GARDEN DISTRICT by Tony Jaswinski and Luke Goltz, sold to Dimension
UNTITLED FEMALY BUDDY COP ACTION COMEDY by Kate Dippold, sold to Chernin
WHITE HOUSE DOWN by James Vanderbilt, sold to Columbia
DIVE IN by Filipe Domiano
MOTHERLOAD by Joan Macbeth
ARCHIMEDES by Meredith Berg
IN MEMORIAM by Maximilian von Vier
STARTERS by Lissa Price
COLLISION by Amanda Gussack
