Spec Market Sale

Feature specs, televisions specs, book tracking, film rights and pitches that are in the works.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM On the morning of May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale, arrived by train to New York’s Penn Station, calmly walked to the Empire State Building and leapt to her death. In her wake were left six people forever impacted by the choice she made on a cold, grey day in spring, and whose stories would become unwittingly intertwined. From the Ruins is an honest and provocative story about love, faith, art, obsession, and how every action has unpredictable reactions.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMA calloused medical actuary is sent to evaluate an exciting new procedure that could cure human disease forever. Little does he know, the operation is far from ordinary, and he will soon be forced to experience human life from an entirely new perspective. GRAVITY meets FANTASTIC VOYAGE.

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A young woman starts to show signs of possession. Desperate for the truth, the town’s elders put their faith into a man of science to uncover what is truly happening in Salem and put an end to the terrifying events plaguing the town.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMPitched in the tone of Judd Apatow comedies, this R-rated buddy comedy follows a disgraced superhero who’s been kicked out of the Legion of Justice and the only guy willing to be his roommate: the nerdy blogger who’s his number one fan.

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Kept under wraps, but serves as a dramatization of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal, referring to the allegations that the French politician sexually assaulted a hotel employee.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM After an accidental hit and run, a young lawyer’s entire life unravels over the span of one night as he attempts to dispose of a corpse that turns out to be far more than an innocent victim.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM A dirty cop, exonerated in the murder of a high school honor student, visits the boy’s father at his barbershop, and while receiving a straight razor shave listens to him recount the story of his son’s life.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM Pitched in the vein of Insidious, Let The Right One In, and The Others. Having moved into a “clean house” to treat his auto-immune disorder, 11-year-old Eli begins to believe that the house is haunted. Unable to leave, Eli soon realizes that the house, and the doctor who runs it, are more sinister than they appear.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM A teenage boy, raised in total seclusion and indoctrinated by his enigmatic father, is sent to live with a foster family enrolled in a public high school when his father is incarcerated, causing the boy to question everything he’s learned and threatening his relationship with his unpredictable father.

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Logline: When a young female undergraduate, driving home for the holidays, is kidnapped, she must escape from the trunk of a car after her wealthy family botches the ransom drop.

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Logline: Deep in the woods, the lives of a runaway teen and a terminally ill writer collide, resulting in the indelible social transformation of both.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM This is an action-comedy about an ambitious detective who is cryogenically frozen during a 1994 drug bust gone wrong. He remains frozen for 22 years, but is finally released when a building fire thaws him out. Though he hasn’t aged a single day since 1994, everyone else has – including his son, who is now a police officer on the force.

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A mother takes her teenage son on the run after he manifests unwieldy telekinetic powers. Chased by the threat of the public and an encroaching government agency in the midst of a volatile socio-political climate, they are forced to use their wits and his powers to protect themselves.

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Pitched as Gravity meets 127 Hours. When a man joins his estranged daughter on a mountain climb in an attempt to repair their relationship, a tragic accident leaves them stranded hundreds of feet in the air; as a storm sets in, the two must fight against the elements and terrifying heights in order to survive.

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Pitched as being in the vein of Stand By Me and classic Spielberg. After his mother grows ill, a clever young boy journeys out to find a mythical being known as The Water Man, whose legend dictates that he is able to cheat death.

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After a NY advertising executive experiences a deep personal tragedy, his co-workers concoct a plan to snap him out of his grief – which works, but not in a way that anyone could have expected.

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An older couple take advantage of their freshman son’s parents weekend, and try to have the crazy college experiences that they missed out on while they were in school.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PM In one of the greatest untold stories in American history, General (and future President) Andrew Jackson reluctantly partners with world-renowned pirate Jean Lafitte to lead a rag-tag team of soldiers against the indomitable British Army in the climactic battle of the War of 1812.