Lionsgate bought ARCANA by Alex Litvak & Michael Finch. The mixed-race son of an undocumented immigrant mother and absentee father discovers the existence of secret communities of magic hiding in plain sight.
UTA is out with AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT by Dave Broome. A high-strung and self-centered Jewish Sports talk radio host fumbles his way into the heart of an altruistic woman.
July has proven to be the roller coaster of emotions we all thought it would be.
831 Entertainment is out with REGINA WANTS HER EGGS BACK by Ashley Holston & Shakira Ja’Nai Paye. A successful event planner finds out that she has waited too long to have kids.
Studiocanal & The Picture Company acquired the spec ROLE PLAY by Seth Owen. A married couple’s life is turned upside down.
Apple and A24 picked up SHARPER by Alex Tanaka & Brian Gatewood. A con artist sets her sights on billionaires.
Between May 1st and May 31st, we tracked a total of 23 specs scripts. That is an increase of 8.7% from April but doesn’t top February’s year-high with 24 specs out.
UTA is out to studios with SHELLY. A young woman returns home a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran her out of town.
United Artists Agency is out with an action-comedy package written by Michael Doneger and Liz Storm
UTA is out with SUMMERING by Benjamin Percy & James Ponsoldt. Four girls discover a dead body and set off on a journey.
UTA is out with RESURRECTION PARK by Alexander Cadiff & Cameron Dupuy. In a remote national park known for its otherworldly ability to reconnect the living with the dead, a troubled Park Ranger attempting to escape the trauma of his past takes up shop during the off-season.
Artists First is out with OXBOW by Andrew Weinberg. Story details are currently being kept under wraps.
Echo Lake is out with THE EDIT by Neal Baer & Richardo Perez Gonzalez. Centers on CRISPR, a miracle gene-editing tool that homes in on a mutated gene, surgically snips it out and splices in a healthy gene in its place. But when CRISPR is used by rogue scientists, they use the technology to replace healthy genes with time bombs to eliminate a group of people deemed as undesirable.
UTA is out with I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA by John Corcoran & Ram Getz. After witnessing his mother kiss who he believes to be Santa, a young boy writes a tell-all letter to Mrs. Claus who throws the real Santa out in the cold. Santa, now banned from the North Pole and without his magic gloves, must recruit the boy to sneak into his workshop, find Mrs. Claus, clear his name, and save Christmas.
LBI is out with ALIENS ARE STEALING OUR WEED by Matthew K. Firpo & Ryan Firpo. Two hapless pot growers who, after their entire crop of weed inexplicably goes missing, uncover an alien conspiracy to steal the planet’s marijuana supply.
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.
Paramount made a preemptive deal on MURDER IN THE WHITE HOUSE by Jonathan W. Stokes. The president is murdered in the White House, and a Secret Service agent has one night to find the killer.
Bellevue out with GENERATIONAL LEAP by John Sonntag & Thomas Sonntag. After a crew of astronauts is unexpectedly awoken from hypersleep in deep space, they must survive a mysterious new threat that comes from the one place they never expected — Earth.
A group of black teenagers find themselves lured into a church where a white police officer accused of a racially motivated murder has been taken hostage.
Oakhurst Entertainment and Gloria Sanchez Productions Unite for Randall Green’s Black List Spec CARTOON GIRL with Amanda Marsalis in Talks to Direct!
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinity Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation. But in order to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen, they must first reconcile their faith and confront personal demons. Shot in a mockumentary style, HONK FOR JESUS takes a satirical look at Mega Churches and how most secular liberals misperceive the religious community.
In a near-future dystopia, where mutated beasts called the Hounds have ravaged the earth, a young girl and her mother struggle to survive in an isolated farmhouse. When a stranger arrives on the land, both mother and daughter’s lives begin to unravel as they start to question the very reality they thought they knew so well.
When a talented hacker is recruited by the mysterious Cicada 3301, she gets wrapped up in a plot that threatens to destroy the entire world. Based on the real organization.
Logline: A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge. Think TRAINING DAY meets EXORCIST.
Logline: Two young Secret Service agents get stuck with protecting the president’s black sheep son and have to rescue him when he is kidnapped whileon a trip abroad.
On Halloween evening, Lila takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and, via a note inside a candy wrapper, discovers there’s a killer loose on their block.
Logline: A single mother has to do everything she can to protect her two small children after she is held captive by her violent ex.
Kate Conklin is in a rut. Her engagement is called off, her first book isn’t doing so hot, and all her friends are having babies. Out of nowhere she gets a call from her old professor asking her to come back to her alma mater to do a reading. She’s suddenly back at her old school, hanging out with college kids and getting into trouble.