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Underworld star Kate Beckinsale is attached to produce an adaptation of Ashley Prentice Norton’s scandalous and darkly funny debut novel to the big screen.

William Doyle’s latest book, PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy, is a harrowing account of survival when the would-be president and his PT 109 crew found themselves shipwrecked during World War II in August 1943.

Launch Pad alum David K. Wazsko has signed with Jon Kanak of Kanak Management, just a few short weeks after his remarkable thriller Sport landed in the Top 10 of the 2015 Launch Pad Feature Competition. Wazsko joins over 100 Launch Pad alums who have gone on to find representation!

Douglas Schofield, the author of Succession and Flight Risks, has a new legal thriller on the rights market, Time of Departure. The TV and film rights are currently available.

The 2015 Launch Pad Alumni Booklet is here! In this book, we offer an introduction to the scripts we’ve recognized as the Top 5% of all 2015 Launch Pad entries, and a breakdown as to why we love them, who the writers are, and why you should read.

Today we’re proud to announce the overall winners of the 2015 Launch Pad Feature Competition! We’re also unveiling the writers who will participate in our first-ever Feature Mentorship Program as well as the Benderspink Guaranteed Signing selection!

We are pleased to present the 2015 Hit List, featuring the best spec scripts of the year as voted on by industry professionals. Find out which specs studio execs, producers, directors and reps have deemed the very best of 2015!

The Full Ridiculous author Mark Lamprell’s The Lovers’ Guide to Rome may not hit bookstores until April, but the ensemble romance is setting fire to the rights market. Set around the beautiful sights of Rome, the romance novel tells the story of three couples and their adventures with love in the eternal city.

Jared Ferrie and Peter Klausner have signed with Greg Pedicin and Noah Jones at Gersh after placing in the Launch Pad Competition with their spec Buck Off.

The Black List 2015 has arrived! We have the complete list of screenplays and their writers, compiled from the suggestions of over 250 film executives.

We’re thrilled to announce that 2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition alum Sarah McChesney has been signed at by agents Cindy Mintz and Katherine Riley at The Kaplan Stahler Agency!

Warner Bros. is in development with a big screen adaptation of the classic Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales. Dylan Sellers and Euginio Derbez are set to produce.

Grady Hendrix’s upcoming novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, isn’t set to debut until May but the horror tale about demonic possession, friendship, and the Eighties is already generating buzz on the rights market.

After receiving recognition for her dark comedy pilot Better, Celia Finkelstein has signed with Rothman Brecher Agency. She is the 110th Launch Pad alum to land representation!

Star Wars – The Force Awakens‘ Andy Serkis has been confirmed as producer, director and star of the Rumplestiltskin remake Steelskin from Fox. Hossein Amini has been tapped to write the script.

The day has arrived! The Tracking Board is pleased to present the Top 10 scripts for our 2015 Launch Pad Feature Competition. Check out the Top 10 scripts, loglines and their writers here!

Acclaimed young adult author Michael Grant will release Front Lines, the first installment of his new Soldier Girl series, in January but the World War II drama is already heating up the the rights market.

2015 Launch Pad Pilot Competition Semi-Finalist Brian Shin has signed with manager Alex Creasia of Dialed-In Entertainment. Shin marks the 109th Launch Pad writer to land representation in just two years!

Director Eric Hannezo is set to direct A Watched Man, an original screenplay from up-and-comer Sam Armour. James Harris and Mark Lane will produce through their Tea Shop & Film Company.

After earning a coveted TB Recommends designation for his script You’re Dead To Me, Launch Pad alum Paul McLalin has signed with CAA and Lee Stobby Entertainment.

2015 Young & Hungry writer Fredrick Kotto has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency. Adrian Garcia and Valarie Philips will rep Kotto on the film side, while Andy Patman and Andy Patman will handle TV.

Another Launch Pad alum has jumpstarted his career: Ben Watts has officially signed with Markerstone Pictures’ Mark Lawyer. He marks the 108th Launch Pad alum to land representation!

Mary Parent has picked up the hot comedy spec Girls Night Out from up-and-coming screenwriter Ali Segel. Parent is producing through her Disruption Entertainment with Cale Boyter.

Ben Stiller has picked up the action-comedy spec The Set Up from rising screenwriter Kari Granlund. Stiller will produce through his Red Hour Films, which recently inked a financing deal with Bold Films.

Today, we’re releasing the 2015 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the writers who made the Hit List in 2014–where they were, and how far they’ve come in just one short year.

This Friday, we’re releasing the 2015 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the 2013 Hit List writers–where they’ve been, and where they are today.

Jacqueline Fitzgerald’s comedy script Hooking Up has been set up at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, and sources have confirmed that up-and-coming director Nick Weiss is set to direct. Oren Uziel and Sebastian Dungan will also produce.

Jake Scott has come on board to direct The Burning Woman, being produced by his father Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions. The script was written by Out of the Furnace and Run All Night scribe Brad Ingelsby.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire are attached to produce the buzzy spy thriller The Havana Affair from first-time screenwriter Wayne Lemon. The story is inspired by the actual events surrounding the failed Operation Mongoose in 1960s Cuba.

Carter Blanchard is storming Hollywood with his feature pitch based on Federico Heller’s incredible short Uncanny Valley, which we can confirm is already into six territories–with more to come!