Spec Tracker

Tracking every spec script as it hits the market.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMChronicles the life of Tod Browning, godfather of the original monster movie, who quickly rose to fame in the industry but sacrificed it all for his labor of love, FREAKS. While the film was immediately shunned upon its release, it has gone on to become a source of inspiration for some of the biggest and brightest filmmakers today.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMAll hell breaks loose for a family when an augmented reality game called Revelation (think Pokemon Go or Ingress) is revealed to not be a game at all, but a very real tool for summoning demons into our world.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMLogline: Inspired by true events, after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed, a 16-year-old and her extended family are left reeling as she must now figure out how to navigate her nascent love life in the midst of a family crisis.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMPitched as a female driven high concept thriller in the vein of In The Line of Fire. During the New York Marathon, a young female secret service agent is forced to try to kill the female presidential candidate who is running in the race.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM When fourth grade teacher Julia Grey tries to help a troubled boy in her class, she discovers he’s been hiding a nightmarish secret. Now something terrifying is coming for the boy, and Julia has to protect him.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMWith Hitler laying waste to Europe and the United States refusing to answer the call to war, Jewish filmmaker William Wyler risks his career to make MRS. MINIVER, the most effective propaganda film of all time.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMA young girl’s parents aren’t happy together – anyone can see that. So, one winter afternoon, when a siren tells her that there’s a place to learn the future called the Night Forest, the girl follows. As she grows up without her parents in a supernatural forest both beautiful and terrifying, her broken father tries to figure out a way to break into the spirit realm to rescue her.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMLogline: Detective Claire Roberts’s daughter has been missing for five years, but when new evidence appears relating to her case, Roberts puts her career – and life – at risk in order to finally find the truth.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMWhen a conspiracy to conquer England leads to the assassination of Robin Hood right before her eyes, Marian must rise to power and lead her people into a war that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom, but that will see her don the mantle of the man she loved, and reimagine the story of a legend we thought we knew.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMThree young “hipster/millennial” couples on vacation in Southeast Asia, are stranded on a tropical island and forced to participate in a sadistic cat and mouse game with a wealthy psychopath.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PM The true story of EDDIE ANTAR, master businessman from “Crazy Eddie’s” electronics store in New York City. As Eddie’s business grows from one store to many, his own hubris takes over and his quest for profits leads him to break the law. Under investigation by the SEC, Eddie’s house of cards eventually comes crashing down.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMThink STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON meets HAMILTON. This hilarious and authentic fish out of water story follows four African American kids from the slums in Atlanta, as they try to change their fortunes by making a rap album. But when an eccentric billionaire couple, who own a playhouse on Broadway, approaches them with an offer to turn it into a musical, these friends embark on a hilarious endeavor that clashes the world of hip hop with musical theater.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMWhen London is hit by a series of bombings, the only man who can see the pattern is an American criminologist in town for a book tour. He must work with his mentor, a British police detective on the verge of retirement, to prevent the destruction of Wembley Stadium during the final game of the World Cup.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMNewly transitioned trans girl Sophie Crumb starts her tumultuous first year of high school, complete with a love triangle (or square), the return of her estranged father, her brother’s drinking problem, a dissolving best friendship and a role in a school play that she didn’t even audition for.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMWhen a legendary retired assassin is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she must return to the life she left behind and complete one final job in order to secure a future for her young daughter. Think a female John Wick.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMThree extreme skiers journey to an arctic island for the ultimate ski adventure, but it turns into a nightmare which none of them may survive.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMTwelve years after successfully orchestrating an uprising in a small European country, a covert agent returns to oust the violent dictator he put in power – but this time, his opponent knows all of his tricks.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMLogline: After learning that she is pregnant with twins fathered by two different men – an actual rare biological phenomenon known as superfecundation – a young woman finds herself in a very complicated love triangle.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 3.08.38 PMA geologist in Victorian-era England has his life torn apart when he discovers a crystal artifact that grants him incredible powers, sending him on a chase to discover its unearthly origin.