Verve

Between February 1st and February 29nd, 2024, we tracked a total of 17 new specs on the market. This was a sizable increase from the previous month. Of the 17 scripts we tracked, 4 were TV pilots. Comedy squeaked out the number one genre spot once again with 6 projects associated with the genre. But close behind, Action and Drama tied for second place with 5 projects each identified with those genres.

Verve & Romark Entertainment are out with THE DEATH ROW ALL STARS by Brendan Galbreath. The Wyoming State Penitentiary Baseball Team competes against teams of free men with the promise of sentence reductions, hoping to earn a second chance at life and love, while literally playing for….

Verve and Writ Large are out with THE VIOLENT SIDE by Alex McAulay. A successful young female novelist and her hunky husband accidentally invite a seductive criminal into their lavish, isolated beachfront home for one night–and soon find themselves….

Between March 1st and March 31st, 2023, we tracked a total of 15 feature & TV specs hitting the market, highlighting a 12% decrease in specs hitting the market compared to February 2023.

Verve is out with SIDEWINDER by Brent Dillon. A retired CIA agent is contacted by a notorious gray hat hacker during her morning round of marathon training in….

Verve is out with BIRTHRIGHT by Ryan Belenzon & Jeffrey Gelber. A widower descends down a bizarre rabbit hole when he learns of an unexpected change to his wife’s….

The Arlook Group is out with EXODUS by Cooper McMains. On a visionary journey into the farthest reaches of space, two star-crossed lovers fall in love aboard the most magnificent ship ever built, only to find themselves in….

Verve, Romark Entertainment, and Good Fear Content are out with MISTAKEN by John Wikstrom. A case of mistaken identity leads a former special forces agent to believe his estranged daughter has been kidnapped in Europe, when in fact, she hasn’t. She’s with her boyfriend, on a romantic vacation that’s about to….

Between December 1st and December 31st, we tracked a total of 10 new feature specs on the market. This marks the lowest volume of specs out in a single month, and if that surprises you, you probably thought “Puss in Boots” would beat “Avatar” at the box office.

Verve & Brillstein Entertainment are out with SANTA CON by Peter Hoare. Set during Santa Con, Manhattan’s annual city-wide Christmas….

Verve is out with THE GET BACK by Chris Bruno & Dave Lee. Drowning under the weight of their collective debt, a millennial group of New York City roommates decides….

Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 17 new feature specs on the market. Though it’s not the lowest volume of content in a single month this year, it marks the lowest since August 2022.

Verve is out with THE HEAP by Jessica Chou. In a dystopic society built on garbage, two female indentured assassins must fight for their….

Between October 1st and October 31st, we tracked a total of 23 new feature specs hitting the market. It makes a tie for second-most specs out in a single month, matching June, and just one spec shy from first place. That title still belongs to September. As such, it makes a 4.1% decrease in specs from last month. Of the 23 new feature specs, only 4 have some type of attachment that we’ve tracked.

Verve is out with BLACK KITE by Dan Bulla. After a devastating wildfire, a brilliant-but-cynical fire investigator meets a determined mother who shows him he’s not just looking for….

Verve is out with BASH by Brendan Galbreath. In 1998, two titans became household names as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa faced off to tackle the Major League Home Run Record, rejuvenating the sport in the process. Watching alongside millions of Americans is AP reporter Steve Wilstein who begins to question….

Between September 1st and September 30th, we tracked 24 new feature specs hitting the market. However, of all this material only 4 have some type of attachment which we have tracked. Let’s not detract from the fact this is a 41.1% increase in material from last month. This marks the highest number of specs in a single month, beating out June which saw 23 new specs hit.

Sugar23 is out with THE DEMOLITION EXPERT by Colin Bannon. Blasting out of prison after being double-crossed by the Mastermind of a heist, a Demolition Expert uses his genius with explosives to enact revenge on the Caper Crew who….

Verve and Writ Large are out with THREE TRIPS TO THE LAKE by Alex McAulay. A male bonding camping trip between an estranged father and his teenage son takes a dark turn when….

Between August 1st and August 31st, we tracked 17 new feature specs hot out of Final Draft. 3 of them have some type of attachment, while 1 is reported to have sold that was previously out in 2021 (more on that spec later). That brings our total count of specs with attachments up to 4. This marks a 23% decrease in specs from July, and a 26% drop off from June. How the year has been shaping up, August has turned over some fairly better numbers than anticipated.

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.

Verve & Romark are out with THE RIDGE by Liz Storm. When a new mom and her toddler are stranded in the remote wilderness, they must overcome the elements and the scars of….

Between June 1st and June 30th, we tracked 23 new feature specs hitting the market, with 6 having some type of attachment. However, one spec made waves that hit the market some time ago, bringing our total success up to 7 (more on that spec later). That is a 43.75% increase in specs from last month. Not only that, but this is the highest number of specs in a single month all year.