Between April 1st and April 30th, we tracked only 13 specs hitting the market. That is nearly a 31% decrease in specs out in comparison to March 2022. Though not the lowest volume out this year, it is certainly the lowest April in recent years (more on that soon). Of these 13 specs, 6 have some type of attachment, with one from January selling as well. That brings our total up to 7 successes of some type.
Derek Kolstad
DJ2 Entertainment & Escape Artists picked up STREETS OF RAGE by Derek Kolstad.
Circle of Confusion is out with THE PRINCESS by Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton. A fierce Princess must fight her way out to save her parents and her kingdom.
Story details are being kept under wraps but it’s described as a John Wick-esque hard boiled action film with an African American male lead.
Original pitch “The Steward” from Derek Kolstad has landed at Cristal Pictures. They will fully finance and produce with plans for the project to be the first installment of a potential franchise.
Details being kept under wraps.
Basil Iwanyk is returning to produce Chapter 3, though plot details are being kept somewhere inside the Continental Hotel. It’s wise of Lionsgate to keep this creative team intact, because in Hollywood, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
TB has confirmed that screenwriter Derek Kolstad is teaming up with Alan and Peter Riche to hit the town the week after Thanksgiving with a hot new feature pitch based on Tim Lebbon’s novel Endure, and we’ve got the list of the first buyers lining up to hear it inside.
In the vein of Deliverance and The Most Dangerous Game. Follows heroine Rose is trying to get revenge on The Trail, a secret organization that organizes a human trophy hunt for rich clients.
Details are being kept under wraps but will continue the story of vengeful hitman John Wick.
Legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.
Oscar-winning musician and prolific actor Common joins the cast of the upcoming sequel to the Keanu Reeves action flick John Wick as the main baddie, which will start shooting next week.
Logline: Kept under wraps, follows Wick on his continued revenge journey.
A retired hitman relentlessly pursues the Russian thugs who stole his car and killed his dog, a gift given to him by his deceased wife to keep him from killing himself.
A retired hitman relentlessly pursues the Russian thugs who stole his car and killed his dog, a gift given to him by his deceased wife to keep him from killing himself.
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Logline: A retired hitman relentlessly pursues the Russian thugs who stole his car and killed his dog, a gift given to him by his deceased wife to keep him from killing himself.
Logline: A retired hitman relentlessly pursues the Russian thugs who stole his car and killed his dog, a gift given to him by his deceased wife to keep him from killing himself.
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Logline: Story centers on a rogue government agency using blackmail to coerce everyday citizens into committing acts of domestic terror, that comes under attack when the wife of a retired operative is mistakenly kidnapped, and he sets out to take the agency down.
Logline: Story centers on a rogue government agency using blackmail to coerce everyday citizens into committing acts of domestic terror, that comes under attack when the wife of a retired operative is mistakenly kidnapped, and he sets out to take the agency down.
Logline: Story follows a seemingly ordinary man when his wife is kidnapped, and is being blackmailed into pulling off a high-profile assassination. He sets out on a blood-fueled quest to get her back.
Logline: A mafia hitman goes on the run when he discovers he is the target of an unknown enemy.
