Between May 1st and May 31st, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs out. We’ve seen a progressively steady decline of specs hitting the market since re-openings have started to rise. May marks the second lost number out, next to January. The more shocking number is that of the 19 feature specs out, only 2 have some type of attachment, with one additional spec from a past month selling in May.
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Silver Lake Entertainment is out with BLUFF by Tyler Ruggeri. In a ploy to make extra cash, a card-trick prodigy follows up on an old offer to write a feature magazine article – on the art of cheating at cards.
Gersh & Kersey Management are out with SPY DO by Heath Medley. A CIA operative and a Cuban agent elope.
Between April 1st and April 30th, we tracked a total of 22 feature specs out. While it’s a positive from last April, it’s continuing our steady decline of specs from the past couple of months. We’ve seen a 12% decrease in specs from March’s count. We’ve continued to decrease in specs since February, wherein in a traditional market, we’d see increases in April, a hot month for the material.
Gersh is out with WIRE ROOM by Brandon Stiefer. A Homeland Security special agent listens in as the target of the investigation is attacked in his home by a hit squad.
Between March 1st and March 31st, we tracked a total of 25 specs out. This marks a minimal 2.8% decrease in specs from February’s count. So, while March did not outperform February, we saw little drop-off between the months. Of the 25 specs out, 9 have some type of attachment.
Love is in the air as we reach what some believe to be the most romantic month of the year – February. Sure we had yet another impeachment trial, but from awkward online Hinge dates to sweet cards from Grandma, February is showing some promise on all fronts.
Netflix picked up PARALLEL by Ben Ripley. A man and a woman from parallel realities strive to find a universe where they can be together.
Verve is out with LEESA by Brooks McLaren & DJ Cotrona. When the life of a global K-pop superstar is in danger, the only person she can trust is her newly appointed, overly serious American bodyguard.
Typically, January serves as that buffering month following the busy holiday season where everyone slowly emerges from the depths, picks up steam at work, and gets back into the rhythm of things.
Hollywood experienced shakeups the likes of which have never been seen.
While most years’ November is a time to look back on the things we’re thankful for, 2020’s November decided to serve up a heaping pile of news for our gravy and cranberry sauce.
Gersh is out with LEVIATHAN by Ben Imerapto. A mother and daughter embark on a climbing expedition.
CAA is out with THE DIVIDE by Bill Mechanic, Christopher McQuarrie, Michael Colleary, & Mike Werb. Story details are being kept under wraps.
Gersh is out with ONE AND ONLY by Jennifer Gutierrez. A bisexual woman finds out that her first love and ex-boyfriend are getting married.
Freewill is out with DOGGYSTYLE by Matt Kaplan. Two dogs have one night to lose their virginity.
As we bring September to a close, we also bring an end to the third quarter of 2020. We’re about to enter the final stretch of the year.
Gersh has taken out LITTLE ANIMALS by Brian Duffield. Described as an Adam & Eve story.
Gersh Agency & Kersey Management are out to producers with HIVE by Matt Savelloni. A single mom must defend her home.
July has proven to be the roller coaster of emotions we all thought it would be.
The Gersh Agency is out with ONLY CHILDREN by David White & T.J. Cimfel. A popular mommy blogger discovers her recently deceased son has become an online sensation.
March 2020 came in like a lion and left us with only 16 specs tracked: only 7 with attachments, 5 with a production company, and 1 with a studio. Take a breath, and let’s dive in.
Read about the 24 specs tracked in February 2020: 7 with a studio or production company attached; 12 with producers; 7 with directors; & 5 with talent attached.
When retired curmudgeon Ed Fitzgerald loses his house to the bank and refuses to go into a nursing home, he decides to take a long shot…he posts a flyer and puts himself up for adoption. Unfortunately, everyone in town knows what a miserable pain the ass he is, so there’s only one taker – a venturesome single mother from China with a troubled teenage son. Inspired by a true story.
Logline: Story details are being kept under wraps but described as Ready Player One if it were a lower budget horror film.
Set in a recording studio in the 1920’s, over the course of one afternoon, a group of musicians and the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey record several songs as they discuss the questions of prejudice and the problems facing black people in American society.
Congratulations to three-time Launch Pad Alum John Wikstrom whose Hit List / Black List script AMA: ASK ME ANYTHING has attached Zelda Williams to direct with Assemble Media’s Jack Heller producing.
Tonally in the vein of SANDLOT.
True story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917, which was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers seeking retribution for the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers. The two-hour riot led to the largest murder trial in history.
An Amblin style horror film about a young woman trying to connect with her boyfriend’s children while struggling to deal with a monster from under their bed.
