THE BLACK LIST 2013
1The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of over 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2013 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the Black List.
All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein.
The Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2013 affiliations.
It has been said many times, but it’s worth repeating:
The Black List is not a “best of ” list. It is, at best, a “most liked” list.
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HOLLAND, MICHIGAN by Andrew Sodroski
When a traditional Midwestern woman suspects her husband of infidelity, an amateur investigation unravels.
AGENCY: CAA | Ali Trustman, Jon Cassir, John Garvey
MANAGEMENT: Principato-Young Entertainment | Peter Dealbert
PRODUCTION: Le Grisbi Productions
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SECTION 6 by Aaron Berg
Story follows British spymaster Sir Mansfield Cummings and the origin of MI6, the British intelligence agency.
AGENCY: Verve | Adam Levine, Bryan Besser
MANAGEMENT: Caliber Media Co. | Adam Marshall
PRODUCTION: Grey Matter Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Universal Pictures
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FRISCO by Simon Stephenson
A forty-something pediatric allergist, who specializes in hazelnut and is facing a divorce, learns lessons in living from a wise-beyond-her-years terminally ill fifteen year old patient when she crashes his weekend trip to a conference in San Francisco.
AGENCY: UTA | Geoff Morley, Julien Thuan, Peter Dodd
PRODUCTION: Tom McNulty
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A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness
An adolescent boy with a terminally ill single mother begins having visions of a tree monster, who tells him truths about life in the form of three stories, helping him to eventually cope with his emotions over his dying mom.
AGENCY: Michelle Kass Associates | Michelle Kass
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THE SPECIAL PROGRAM by Debora Cahn
The true story of Jack Goldsmith, a young attorney who took charge of the White House’s Office of Legal Counsel, then courageously took on Vice President Cheney and his powerful inner circle when he discovered they were running a number of illegal activities through their so-called “Special Program.”
AGENCY: CAA | Craig Brody
PRODUCTION: Spring Creek, The Weinstein Company
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HOT SUMMER NIGHTS by Elijah Bynum
In the vein of “Stand By Me,” a dark coming-of-age tale centered around a teenage boy who befriends the town rebel, falls in love and becomes entangled in a drug ring during the summer of 1991.
AGENCY: Verve | Aaron Hart, Adam Levine, Melissa Solomon, Tanya Cohen, Zach Carlisle
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Alex Lerner, Josh Goldenberg, Sean Perrone
PRODUCTION: Flashlight Films
SOVEREIGN by Geoff Tock & Greg Weidman
A man goes to space to destroy the ship that, upon going sentient, killed his wife.
AGENCY: WME | Daniel Cohan, Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions | Chris Goble, Jeff Silver
PRODUCTION: 21 Laps Entertainment
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SHOVEL BUDDIES by Jason Mark Hellerman
Pitched in the vein of “Stand By Me” meets “The Spectacular Now.” Takes place over 24 hours when four teenage friends complete the “Shovel List” (a will/bucket list) their best friend left for them before he died of Leukemia.
AGENCY: CAA | Ali Trustman, John Garvey, Matt Martin
MANAGEMENT: Management 360 | Ali Itri, Dean Schnider
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POX AMERICANA by Frank John Hughes
In the Old West, a group of soldiers go on a mission to slaughter a peaceful tribe in retaliation for another tribe’s attack on a white settlement, only to suffer at the hands of a devastating disease.
AGENCY: UTA | Charles Ferraro, Peter Dodd
PRODUCTION: Code Entertainment
REMINISCENCE by Lisa Joy Nolan
In a Bladerunner-esque Manhattan, Nick Bannister is a futuristic “archaeologist” who helps clients relive and often get lost in their happiest memories. But when one of his client’s memories holds clues that implicate a wealthy and powerful family in drug trafficking and murder, Nick finds himself on the run to unravel a series of mysterious crimes which continually lead back to the very woman he loves.
AGENCY: UTA | Julien Thuan, Kassie Evashevski, Keya Khayatian
PRODUCTION: Legendary Entertainment
THE INDEPENDENT by Evan Parter
Pitched as “The Ides of March” meets “All The President’s Men.” With America’s first viable Independent Presidential Candidate poised for victory, an idealistic young journalist uncovers a conspiracy, which places the fate of the election, and the country, in his hands.
AGENCY: Paradigm | Ida Ziniti
MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment | Ryan Cunningham
BEAST by Zach Dean
Pitched as “Out of the Furnace” meets “Sons of Anarchy.” With the hope of starting over, a reformed criminal with an ultra-violent past returns home, but when he finds his own family leading his teenage son down the same path of destruction, he will stop at nothing to save his child.
AGENCY: UTA | Charles Ferraro
MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment | Adam Kolbrenner
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THE GOLDEN RECORD by Aaron Kandell & Jordan Kandell
The true story of how Carl Sagan fell in love while leading the wildest mission in NASA history: a golden record to encapsulate the experience of life on earth for advanced extraterrestrial life.
AGENCY: Verve | Adam Levine, Rob Herting, Tanya Cohen
MANAGEMENT: Hopscotch Pictures | Sukee Chew
PRODUCTION: Hopscotch Pictures
FAULTS by Riley Stearns
An expert on cults is hired by a mother and father to kidnap and deprogram their brain-washed daughter. He soon begins to suspect the parents may be more destructive than the cult he’s been hired to save her from.
MANAGEMENT: Oasis Media Group | Ben Rowe
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SWEETHEART by Jack Stanley
A young hitwoman tries to escape the business but finds herself in more danger after a high school reunion and a one night stand.
AGENCY: CAA | Jon Cassir, John Garvey, Stuart Manashil
MANAGEMENT: Silent R Management | Jewerl Ross
PRODUCTION: Cota Films, Silent R Management
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SUPERBRAT by Eric Slovin & Leo Allen
Temperamental tennis champion John McEnroe is sucked into a dangerous and ludicrous law enforcement sting during Wimbledon in 1980.
AGENCY: CAA | Greg Cavic, Gregory McKnight, Matt Martin
MANAGEMENT: Generate | Kara Welker
PRODUCTION: Ruby Films
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DOGFIGHT by Nicole Riegel
A fifteen-year-old boy discovers that his kidnapped older brother has been living in a hidden, meth-producing compound, and infiltrates the camp in hopes of helping his brother escape.
AGENCY: CAA | Matt Martin, Matt Rosen
MANAGEMENT: Anonymous Content | Nicole Romano
THE CIVILIAN by Brian Pittman & Rachel Long
An American doctor’s identity is stolen by a covert operative and the only way he can clear his name is to assume the dangerous mission of the spy who stole it.
AGENCY: UTA | Michael Sheresky, Ramses Ishak
MANAGEMENT: Management SGC | Scott Carr
PRODUCTION: Millenium Films
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BURN SITE by Doug Simon
When a father with a dark background finds his daughter brutally murdered, he seeks to uncover the truth — and revenge.
AGENCY: Verve | Aaron Hart, Chris Noriega, Melissa Solomon, Rob Herting
MANAGEMENT: Generate | Chris Pollack
PRODUCTION: Chris Pollack, Generate, Sourian Productions
QUEEN OF HEARTS by Stephanie Shannon
Oxford instructor Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) tells stories to the dean’s daughter Alice, and her sisters, while falling in love with the dean’s wife.
AGENCY: CAA | JP Evans, Matt Martin, Matt Rosen
MANAGEMENT: Brillstein Entertainment | David McIlvain
PRODUCTION: Odd Lot Entertainment
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BROKEN COVE by Declan O’Dwyer
Story follows a man returning home to rural Ireland after the murder of his brother, only to get sucked further and further in to the dark past he left behind.
AGENCY: WME | Chris Donnelly, David Karp, James Farrell, Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Energy Entertainment | Brooklyn Weaver
PRODUCTION: Energy Entertainment, Thunder Road Productions
GAY KID AND FAT CHICK by Bo Burnham
Two high school misfits become costumed vigilantes and take out their frustrations on the students who have bullied them throughout high school.
AGENCY: CAA | Greg McKnight, Jason Heyman
MANAGEMENT: 3 Arts Entertainment | Dave Becky
PRODUCTION: Paramount Insurge
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1969: A SPACE ODYSSEY OR HOW KUBRIK LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LAND ON THE MOON by Stephany Folsom
In 1969, a strong-willed female in a male dominated workplace is tasked with getting the world’s most temperamental director, Stanley Kubrick, to pull off the greatest con of all time.
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Aaron Kaplan
THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE by Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing
In a small-town family-owned mortuary, father and son coroners receive a mysterious homicide victim: a beautiful young “Jane Doe.” As they attempt to figure out how she died and who she is, they discover increasingly bizarre clues, which hold the key to terrifying secrets.
AGENCY: APA (Naing), CAA (Goldberg) | Mike Goldberg (Naing), Matt Rosen (Goldberg)
MANAGEMENT: New Wave Entertainment | Josh Adler
PRODUCTION: 42, Goldcrest Films International, Impostor Pictures
THE MAYOR OF SHARK CITY by Michael Sweeney & Nick Creature
When a difficult film shoot spirals hopelessly out of control into a living nightmare, an ambitious young director must face his greatest fears to turn a troubled production into the biggest movie of all time. Set on Martha’s Vineyard during the summer of 1974, this is the untold story of the making of JAWS.
AGENCY: The Rothman Brecher Agency | Jim Ehrich
MANAGEMENT: Heroes and Villains Entertainment | Markus Goerg, Mikhail Nayfeld
WHERE ANGELS DIE by Alexander Felix
Pitched as being in the vein of “Drive” meets “Taxi Driver.” A suspended inner city social worker tries to protect a young girl and her mother from the girl’s father, a psychotic killer who’s just been released from prison.
AGENCY: CAA | Ali Trustman, Matt Martin
MANAGEMENT: Energy Entertainment | Brooklyn Weaver, Tom Carter
PRODUCTION: Vertigo Entertainment
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD by Alexis C. Jolly
Set in 1950’s Manhattan, Fred Rogers journeys from a naive young man working for NBC to the host of the beloved children’s PBS show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.
AGENCY: APA | Adam Perry, Chris Ridenhour
MANAGEMENT: Echo Lake Entertainment | Amotz Zakai, Dave Brown, James Engle, Zadoc Angell
PRODUCTION: Treehouse Pictures
INK AND BONE by Zak Olkewicz
An editor is dispatched to help a reclusive horror writer finish his latest book and she soon discovers he’s being held prisoner in his house by everything he’s ever written.
AGENCY: WME | Daniel Cohan
MANAGEMENT: Caliber Media Co. | Will Rowbotham
PRODUCTION: Dimension Films
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A BOY AND HIS TIGER by Dan Dollar
Story chronicles the early career of Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson, and his struggle with the sudden popularity, coverage, and licensing battles that came with creating one of the most influential comics of a generation.
AGENCY: CAA | Ali Trustman, Jon Cassir
MANAGEMENT: Industry Entertainment | Michael Botti
PRODUCTION: Appian Way Productions, Romark Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment
THE KILLING FLOOR by Bac Delorme & Stephen Clarke
After discovering heroin smuggled in cattle, an ex-Marine working at a Montana slaughterhouse tries to sell the drugs to support his family while avoiding the dealers hunting for their stolen heroin.
AGENCY: WME | David Karp
MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions | Jeff Silver
PRODUCTION: Le Grisbi Productions
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I’M PROUD OF YOU by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster
Based on Tim Madigan’s autobiographical novel of the same name. A journalist looking for a story about television’s role in the Columbine tragedy interviews TV’s Mr. Rogers and, as a friendship develops between the two, he finds himself confronting his own issues at home.
AGENCY: UTA | Jon Huddle, Keya Khayatian
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Alex Lerner
PRODUCTION: Big Beach Productions, Youree Henley
SEED by Christina Hodson
After suffering a devastating miscarriage a young woman and her fiance travel to Italy where she meets his family for the first time, but her grief turns to shock when the local doctor declares that she’s still pregnant. And while her fiance and his family seem delighted by the news, she begins to suspect their true motives are quite sinister.
AGENCY: CAA | Jay Baker, Matt Rosen
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Tobin Babst
PRODUCTION: The Safran Company, Temple Hill Entertainment
THE COMPANY MAN by Andrew Cypiot
Based on true events, this is the story of former CIA agent Edwin Wilson who went behind enemy lines to secure weapons contracts and report information back to the CIA shortly after the Cold War. Edwin had a meteoric rise in the agency until company policies changed and he was unceremoniously fired, but he continued to operate as a man without a country and became public enemy number one in the US Attorney’s office.
AGENCY: Verve | Adam Weinstein, Rob Herting
PRODUCTION: Josh Kazdan, Sourian Productions
THE SHARK IS NOT WORKING by Richard Cordiner
A look behind the scenes at the making of one of the most troubled film shoots that would go on to become the first modern blockbuster — “Jaws.”
AGENCY: Verve | Adam Weinstein, Rob Herting
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Aaron Kaplan, Sean Perrone
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DIABLO RUN by Evan Mirzai & Shea Mirzai
While on a road trip to Mexico, two best friends are forced to enter a thousand mile death race with no rules.
AGENCY: Resolution | Martin Spencer, Remington Franklin
PRODUCTION: Atmosphere Entertainment
RANDLE IS BENIGN by Damien Ober
Follows a woman in the 80’s who works at an IBM like company and is at the forefront of artificial intelligence research. When her project (named RANDLE) hits a major milestone indicating that she may have actually achieved AI, it is unexpectedly hijacked by the agenda of the company’s mysterious CEO. As she dives deeper into the corporate agenda, she learns that there may be a connection between her project and the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
AGENCY: WME | Simon Faber, Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Echo Lake Entertainment | Dave Brown, James Engle, Zadoc Angell
PRODUCTION: Echo Lake Entertainment
TCHAIKOVSKY’S REQUIEM by Jonathan Stokes
Before he can unveil Sympathy Pathetique, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s final and most personal work, to the world, a renowned conductor must uncover the true cause of death for Russia’s most famous composer.
AGENCY: UTA | Geoff Morely, Michael Sheresky, Ramses Ishak
MANAGEMENT: Management SGC | Scott Carr
CROWN by Max Hurwitz
In exchange for a lighter prison sentence, a young hacker goes undercover for the FBI in a sting operation to find and steal a super computer virus with the help of a team of unsuspecting hackers.
AGENCY: CAA | Jacqueline Sacerio, Jon Cassir
MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions | Jeff Silver
PRODUCTION: Start Motion Pictures
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AMERICAN SNIPER by Jason Hall
Based on Chris Kyle’s autobiography “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History.”
AGENCY: CAA | Jay Baker
MANAGEMENT: Management 360 | Darlin Friedman
PRODUCTION: 22nd & Indiana, Mad Chance Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
CAKE by Patrick Tobin
A woman who’s been suffering from chronic pain since the car accident that cost the life of her child finds the will to go on from the most unexpected places.
AGENCY: WME | Adriana Alberghetti, Kimberly Bialek
PRODUCTION: Ben Barnz
CAPSULE by Ian Shorr
A young man mysteriously begins to receive metallic capsules containing messages from his future self.
AGENCY: UTA | Charles Ferraro
MANAGEMENT: Mosaic | Langley Perer
PRODUCTION: 20th Century Fox, Hutch Parker Entertainment
CLARITY by Jeffrey Gelber & Ryan Belenzon
What if the world woke up tomorrow to scientific proof of the afterlife?
AGENCY: Paradigm | Ida Ziniti, Nick LoPiccolo
MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions | Jeff Silver
PRODUCTION: Bona Fide Productions
ELSEWHERE by Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis
Pitched as “The Vow” meets “Sixth Sense”, after surviving a car crash that kills his fiancee, a man befriends a mysterious woman who rescues him from his grief. In each other they find love and a new life… until something begins to intrude upon their happily-ever, when ghosts from the past start to drive them into madness.
AGENCY: Paradigm | David Boxerbaum
MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment | Adam Kolbrenner
PRODUCTION: Madhouse Entertainment
EXTINCTION by Spenser Cohen
A man must do everything he can to save his family from an alien invasion.
AGENCY: WME | Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Energy Entertainment | Brooklyn Weaver
PRODUCTION: Good Universe, Mandeville Films
FULLY WRECKED by Jake Morse & Scott Wolman
Pitched as a buddy cop comedy with a befuddled cop and his foul-mouthed R-rated talking car.
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Josh Goldenberg
PRODUCTION: Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions
HALF HEARD IN THE STILLNESS by David Weil
A young man, who is inadvertently rescued after living ten years in the basement of the child predator who abducted him, struggles to reunite with his family, while the detective in charge of his case investigates the link between his discovery and the recent disappearance of another local boy.
AGENCY: Gersh | Carlos Gonzalez
MANAGEMENT: Unified Management | Jessica Moresco
PRODUCTION: RA Max Studio Ltd.
INQUEST by Josh Simon
After the death of Princess Diana, a reluctant investigator is hired to ascertain whether her death was premeditated. And in the process, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that compromises his own safety.
AGENCY: WME | Mike Esola
MANAGEMENT: Apostle Pictures | George Heller
PRODUCTION: Start Motion Pictures
LINE OF DUTY by Cory Miller
MACBETH meets THE DEPARTED in this modern retelling of Shakespeare’s play, focusing on the tragic rise and fall of NYPD Officer Sean Stewart, a heroic narcotics detective pushed to the dark side of police corruption by his scheming wife and a well-timed prophecy.
AGENCY: APA | Adam Perry, Chris Ridenhour
MANAGEMENT: Luber Roklin Entertainment | Bryan Brucks
PRODUCTION: Bedford Falls, Jim Belushi, Lotus Entertainment, Luber Roklin Entertainment
REVELATION by Hernany Perla
Pitched as “12 Monkeys” meets “Silence of the Lambs”. A prison psychiatrist meets a death row inmate on the verge of his execution who claims to be the only thing stopping the end of the world. As she begins to investigate his predictions, she finds them to be eerily accurate, and that she may be a central figure in the events to come.
AGENCY: Original Artists | Chris Sablan
MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment | Ryan Cunningham
PRODUCTION: Circle of Confusion, Lotus Entertainment
SPOTLIGHT by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
The true-life account of the Boston Globe’s breaking of hte Catholic Priest scandal in 2003.
AGENCY: Gersh (McCarthy), WME (Singer) | Ari Greenburg (Singer), Rhonda Price (McCarthy)
MANAGEMENT: Anonymous Content (Singer) | Michael Sugar (Singer)
PRODUCTION: Anonymous Content
THE LINE by Sang Kyu Kim
A corrupt bordercrossing agent must decide what is more important — saving his soul or inflating his bank account — when he discovers a young illegal boy who escaped a cartel hit on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
AGENCY: CAA | Matt Rosen
PRODUCTION: 42
THE POLITICIAN by Matthew Bass & Theodore Bressman
Pitched as “Bad Santa” in the world of politics, story follows a disgraced former Governor and his accomplice on the run from the FBI and US Marshals.
AGENCY: WME | Rich Cook, Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Circle of Confusion (Bass), Principato-Young Entertainment (Bressman) | Julian Rosenberg (Bass), Peter Principato (Bressman)
PRODUCTION: The Mark Gordon Company, Point Grey Pictures, Sony Pictures
TIME & TEMPERATURE by Nick Santora
Based on a true story, Dale Julin (a low-level Fresno affiliate morning show host) stumbles upon the biggest story of his life – and though he has reached the midpoint of his career without ever being a “real journalist” – risks his safety and his marriage to uncover the truth that a small Atomic bomb exploded in Central Valley California during teh Korean War – a secret that had been hidden for decades.
AGENCY: WME | Jason Spitz
MANAGEMENT: The Gotham Group | Jeremy Bell, Lindsay Williams, Stephen Iwanyk
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DIG by Adam Barker
After his villainous father-in-law kidnaps his daughters, SOL, a tough-as-nails moutain man, travels across the frigid Appalachian mountains seeking vengeance.
AGENCY: ICM | Lars Theriot
MANAGEMENT: Industry Entertainment | Michael Botti
PRODUCTION: Industry Entertainment
MAKE A WISH by Zach Frankel
A fourteen-year-old boy with terminal cancer has one last wish – to lose his virginity – and convinces his reluctant football star Make-A-Wish partner to help him score.
AGENCY: WME | Ryan Feldman, Sarah Self, Solco Schuit
MANAGEMENT: Untitled Entertainment | Ben Curtis, Jason Newman, Jason Weinberg
PRODUCTION: Inspire Entertainment, State Street Pictures
MAN OF SORROW by Neville Kiser
Based on true events, the story centers on Oscar Wilde who goes from renowned playwright to losing everything personally & professionally.
MANAGEMENT: Principato-Young Entertainment | Peter Dealbert
NICHOLAS by Leo Sardarian
With the Roman empire on the brink of collapse, a 4th century bishop takes up arms to lead the armies of Constantine the Great into battle against the ruthless emperor, changing the face of Rome and begetting one of the greatest legends in history.
AGENCY: APA | Adam Perry, Chris Ridenhour
MANAGEMENT: Management 360 | Adam Riback, Ali Itri
PRODUCTION: Level 1 Entertainment
PURE O by Kate Trefry
When a college student facing graduation starts suffering from uncontrollable violent thoughts, she becomes obsessed with finding out what they mean.
MANAGEMENT: Caliber Media Co. | Lee Stobby
SEA OF TREES by Chris Sparling
An American man and a Japanese man meet in the “Suicide Forest” in Japan and instead of killing themselves, embark on a journey through the forest together.
AGENCY: UTA | Charles Ferraro
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Aaron Kaplan
PRODUCTION: Gil Netter Productions
SUGAR IN MY VEINS by Barbara Stepansky
A fourteen-year-old female prodigy finds companionship for the first time when she befriends a handsome older man.
AGENCY: ICM | Cullen Conly, Kathleen Remington
MANAGEMENT: Hertzberg Media | Alex Hertzberg
THE END OF THE TOUR by Donald Margulies
Upon hearing of author David Foster Wallace’s suicide, writer David Lipsky recalls his 1996 interview with him.
AGENCY: WME | David Lubliner, Kimberly Bialek
MANAGEMENT: Anonymous Content | David Kanter
PRODUCTION: Anonymous Content
THE FIXER by Bill Kennedy
Pitched as “Pulp Fiction” meets “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” Story follows a mob fixer who retires to repair his broken family, but when his son is uninterested in his father’s affections, he turns back to work and finds a willing protege in a young drug dealer.
AGENCY: WME | Daniel Cohan
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Josh Goldenberg
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BEAUTY QUEEN by Annie Neal
An unhappily married woman and her best friend go on a road trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Miss Married America competition.
AGENCY: Paradigm | Chris Smith, Ida Ziniti
MANAGEMENT: Benderspink | Daniel Vang, Jake Wagner
BURY THE LEAD by Justin Kremer
An ambitious journalist falsely reports that a police commissioner’s suicide is a murder, only to learn that it’s the truth, and now he’s in the middle of the conspiracy.
AGENCY: CAA | Ali Trustman, Jon Cassir, Matt Rosen
MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment | Adam Kolbrenner
DUDE by Olivia Milch
Four female best friends trying to get through the last semester of high school before going their separate ways.
AGENCY: ICM | Bryan Diperstein, John Burnham
MANAGEMENT: Mosaic | Jimmy Miller, Langley Perer
PRODUCTION: Mosaic
FREE BYRD by Jon Boyer
After being diagnosed with dementia, a retired 50-something stunt motorcyclist sets out to perform one last jump.
AGENCY: WME | David Karp, Phil Raskind
MANAGEMENT: Zero Gravity Management | Eric Williams, Jeffrey Belkin
PRODUCTION: Gil Netter Productions
FROM HERE TO ALBION by Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani
A tragic accident in a coastal English town sets off a chain of violence when a malevolent assassin attempts to punish all involved, including a dirty cop who is intent on covering up the truth.
AGENCY: UTA | Carolyn Sivitz, Melissa Wells
MANAGEMENT: Oasis Media Group | Ben Rowe
PRODUCTION: Participant Media
LAST MINUTE MAIDS by Leo Nichols
Two lovable losers run into trouble after they start a service cleaning up the stuff you don’t want your loved ones to find once you die.
MANAGEMENT: Benderspink | Jake Wagner
MISSISSIPPI MUD by Elijah Bynum
A character driven thriller set in the South that is in the vein of a Coen Brothers film. Story focuses on a down on his luck guy who happens to be in the middle of major financial problems when he accidentally runs over and kills a runaway girl.
AGENCY: Verve | Aaron Hart, Adam Levine, Melissa Solomon, Tanya Cohen, Zach Carlisle
MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment | Alex Lerner, Josh Goldenberg, Sean Perrone
PRODUCTION: Darko Entertainment
PAN by Jason Fuchs
A prequel to JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan.” When an orphan is taken to the magical world of Neverland, he becomes a hero to the natives and leads a revolt against the evil pirates.
AGENCY: WME | Phil Raskind, Simon Faber
PRODUCTION: Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
PATIENT Z by Mikel Le
In a post-apocalyptic world, a man with the ability to speak the language of the undead interrogates zombies with the hopes of finding Patient Zero and a cure for his infected wife.
AGENCY: APA | David Saunders
MANAGEMENT: Hung Entertainment | Jonathan Hung
PRODUCTION: Screen Gems, Vincent Newman Entertainment
THE REMAINS by Meaghan Oppenheimer
Three former childhood friends with a complicated history get back together to spread the ashes of their friend who recently died.
AGENCY: CAA | Matt Martin, Melissa Wells, Rowena Arguelles
MANAGEMENT: Underground Entertainment | Evan Silverberg