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For movie lovers. Embraces the unique voice of the storyteller.

African American women (25 to 54) are their main target. 46 years old is key sweet spot for advertisers.

Big, buzzy shows. Popcorn entertainment-forward fare.

They want projects that have elements of children having their own storylines. Pushing for more representative casts for their shows.

Only buying shows that have a real shot of going forward/ have the right auspices.

Only buying shows that have a real shot of going forward/ have the right auspices.

Creatively ambitious, high quality, but different from the content on Amazon Prime.

The guiding principle of the Scripted Programming on NatGeo/Disney + is to deepen people’s understanding if the world and their role in it.

Sweeping family Drama. No Crime, sad or dark family shows.

Case of the week procedural and LGBTQ+ relationship drama.

World building/Fantasy. Horror. Disaster.

Disney + will make shows w/o kids (all adult cast) and still with kids as long as there are meaningful adult entry points.

Lit Entertainment is out with ENDING THINGS by Kevin Sullivan. A hit-woman wants out of the assassin business.

Kaplan Stahler & Bellevue are out with CONCERNED CITIZEN by Matt Tente. A stringer for a security App is falsely identified as a terrorist bomber .

Between January 1st and January 31st, 2022, we tracked a total of 11 new feature specs hitting the market. Compared to last month, we are seeing a 15% decrease in the material out. That is fairly standard for the time of the year, thanks to the holidays. In terms of successes, of the 11 specs out, 4 have some type of attachment.

Lit Entertainment is out with SIX DEGREES: A BEX AND LINCOLN ADVENTURE by Dan Steele. After a renowned explorer goes missing, a couple famous for winning a world-wide reality adventure show are hired by his pre-teen children to find their father.

Between December 1st and December 31st, we tracked a total of 13 new feature specs out on the market. While that doesn’t sound like much, it is quite the jump from last year. More on that later. In comparing it to last month, we saw a 43% decrease in material out, which surprises no one.

Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 23 new feature specs out on the market. November tends to be a mixed bag year over year. This month traditionally marks the end of the literary calendar where most agents and managers are wrapping up going out with new material.

Recon Literary is out with 8 DAYS A WEEK by Ian Southwood. A busy, single father invents a pill that lands him in an eighth day of the week.

APA and Heroes and Villains Entertainment are out with B.A.D. BLOOD by Danielle Iman. A rebellious teen teams up with her bad-to-the-bone grandfather to reunite a clan of assassins.

Zero Gravity Management is out with CRAZY EIGHT by Alex Hollister. Eight contract killers are invited to a remote manor.

Verve is out with MICHAEL BAY: THE EXPLOSIVE BIOPIC by Sean Tidwell. Tell-all Michael Bay origin story which reveals the explosions that defined him and the fire that ignited his little heart.

Verve is out with THE SEVEN SECOND SPY by Emily Carmichael.

Art/Work Entertainment is out with OLIVIA CRUZ: TOMB RAIDER’S ASSISTANT by Leah Folta & Lia Woodward. An overlooked, nerdy archeologist’s assistant teams up with her boss, who turns out to be secretly a globe-trotting female Indiana Jones.

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with CANDLELIGHT by Benjamin Christopher. A woman discovers her scientist father’s time machine, offering her a chance to rewrite history.

Between October 1st and October 31st, we tracked a total of 18 new feature specs out on the market. This is a notable decline of 25% in new material hitting the market from September 2021.

Responsibilities include regular admin duties but mostly focused on development and pitches.

JEM is out with DRUM by Mark Rogers and George Walczak. A story of Black resilience and strength in the midst of America’s darkest time. A forgotten story ready to be told.

ICM is out with BODYMAN by Byron Balasco.

The Muraviov Company is out with BOMB DAD by Jason Goldberg. A father’s first day of paternity leave starts with a bang when his infant son is kidnapped.