Logan Lerman

Between July 1st and July 31st, we tracked 22 new feature specs hitting the market, with only 4 having some type of attachment. Surprisingly, this is only a 4.3% decrease in specs from June. June saw a monstrous uptick in specs from the rest of the year, so it looks like we’re holding steady for the summer. Still, July didn’t beat out the record high for the year but came quite close to it.

CAA is out with THE THREESOME by Ethan Ogilby. When a young man’s perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it’s his ultimate fantasy come true. But when the fantasy ends….

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Now that the festival’s biggest purchase has been made, things are starting to get a little quieter at Sundance — but that doesn’t mean films aren’t getting snatched up by studios. Acquisitions are still being made on some of the festival’s most buzzed about titles and the first round of awards have been handed out for short filmmaking.

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Disney and Lucasfilm have narrowed down the search for the starring role of their untitled Star Wars Han Solo spinoff film. Among the names on the shortlist are a mix of familiar faces of young Hollywood as well as up and coming actors who have the potential to fill the shoes and charisma of the character originated by Harrison Ford.