Tracking every spec script as it hits the market.
Zero Gravity Management is out with EXTRADITION by Andrew Rubin. A newly minted CIA agent offers a group of fugitives hiding in Russia the chance to return home if they help her recover a top-secret weapon that….
Jackson Agency is out with SEED MONEY by Tracy Grant. To save his job and career, a Brooklyn-born investor accepts a cash infusion from…
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.
Paradigm is out with THE SUMMER OF A THOUSAND WEDDINGS by Sid Gopinath & Aditya Joshi. When Rohit Rao is dragged to an endless series of Indian weddings, he is forced to suddenly…
Gersh is out with JOSH’S MOM by Aaron Karo. A retired schoolteacher enjoys gardening and Mahjong with the gals, but when her secret past in the CIA is revealed…
APA is out with THE DOOR by Jon Wright, Alexander Stuart & Mark Stay. A young couple is confronted by nightmarish visions while…
The Muraviov Company is out with AMERICAN RACER by Jonathan Steinfield. A talented but selfish American cyclist goes to France and gets a hardened old pro who’s sworn off racing to….
Mania Entertainment is out with LOVER HATER’S CLUB by Christan van Slyke. A group of teens band together to form a movement against relationship games….
Crystal Ship Artists Talent and Literary is out with CLARETTA STREET by Colette Barris. Four childhood friends from the sixties in 2020 are successful women and mothers who desperately try to save their “village” and their children who place little value on…
APA is out with THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY by Lance Daly. An American couple’s picture-postcard visit to the West of Ireland turns into a nightmare when…
Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with IN SHADOWS by Alex Pastor & David Pastor. After being released from his 20-year sentence, Jason Fagan must confront the childhood trauma haunting him…
Circle of Confusion is out with NOVOCAINE by Lars Jacobson. Born with the rare disorder CIPA, Nathan Caine’s life is a testament to caution. His parents raised him indoors. He blends his food so he doesn’t chew off his tongue…
Housefire Management is out with FEROCIOUS by Marc Bloom. A team of financially desperate hotel employees embark on a deadly treasure hunt to recover priceless diamonds from…
Heroes & Villains Entertainment is out with STRATAGEM by Michael Horrigan. With his wife’s unconscious body in the garage and his mistress on the way over, Jacob discovers his wife made prior arrangements that…
Authentic Talent and Literary Management is out with THE WASHINGTON OBJECTIVE by Brett Conrad. The sudden death of the President, revealed to be a doppelgänger, drives a white house worker into a spiraling…
CAA is out with CONQUERING HORSE by Michael Cimino. When the love of his life goes missing, a young Native American goes on a journey of physical consequence and spiritual enlightenment to find…
The Muraviov Company is out with FREEZE by Jonathan Steinfield. A shipwreck strands a grieving biologist on a remote Antarctic island, where she fights for survival against the brutal elements, while being hunted by…
Elixir Entertainment is out with WHEN HORROR MET SALLY… by Ervin Anderson. When an unusually charming Final Girl discovers she was supposed to be in a romantic comedy all along, she races to find…
Paradigm is out with THE JEW WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS by S&M. When Santa accidentally enters the wrong house on Christmas Eve and mistakenly eats a weed laced chocolate chip cookie, Bernie Gold must…
Housefire Management is out with YOUR UNCLE BUSTER by Brandon Feldman. After spending a decade using a fake screw-up named “Uncle Buster” to set examples for their problematic twins, a desperate couple take the lie…
UTA is out with BOO’D UP by Zeke Nicholson. RJ and Ally are coming to the end of their casual relationship when RJ accidentally gives Ally a haunted necklace…
CAA & Management 360 are out with THE UNBREAKABLE HEART by Jason Headley. A group of thieves mistakenly steal a jewel and decide they must…
Bellevue Productions is out with HARLOWE by Colin Waite. After a botched payday, a criminal fixer finds herself in over her head after the FBI blackmails her into rescuing…
Art/Work Entertainment is out with ZOOMERS VS BOOMERS by Sean Platt & Niamh Arthur. A disillusioned teen finds himself trapped in a real-life game of survival. Together with eleven other high schoolers…
First Story Entertainment is out with PULSE by Tracee Beebe. When a massive solar flare shuts down the grid and kills all modern technology, a retired marine must rely on her skills…
Grandview is out with PRINCE & KNIGHT by Adam Morrison. When two siblings are tired of the standard fairy tale fare, it’s up to their dads to create a new kind of bedtime story…
Between May 2022 and May 2021, there has been a 15.8% decrease in the material hitting the market. This gap has only continued to grow in past years. Dating at its peak, 2019 saw 33 specs out in a single month. Comparing that to now, that is nearly a 51.5% drop-off. While materials have decreased, the success rates have seen a bit more of a u-shape in the last few years.
Bellevue Productions is out with DOLL WARS by Matt Ritter. When the upstart Bratz dolls challenged Barbie’s antiquated gender norms and threatened their monopoly, Barbie struck back with…
Range Media Partners is out with BEST APOCALYPSE EVER by Mike Thurmeier. So yeah, Judgment Day went down: The Android Uprising, Nuclear War, End of Humanity, blah blah you get it. It sucked for everyone — everyone except Rick…
Independent Artists Media is out with PHASE ONE by Pavan Moondi & Nicholas C. Martin. A young woman moves to the big city and falls in with a clique of hipster millennials…