Between January 2023 and January 2022, there has been a 45% increase in specs hitting the market. Surprisingly, this is the highest number of specs in January since 2019.
Echo Lake Entertainment is out with DARK LANDING by Justice Hardy. An obsessed scientist isolates herself in the woods to create a cure for the disease that killed her daughter, but when a handsome stranger shows up covered in blood and claiming to be a time traveler, she must….
Between July 1st and July 31st, we tracked 22 new feature specs hitting the market, with only 4 having some type of attachment. Surprisingly, this is only a 4.3% decrease in specs from June. June saw a monstrous uptick in specs from the rest of the year, so it looks like we’re holding steady for the summer. Still, July didn’t beat out the record high for the year but came quite close to it.
Echo Lake Entertainment is out with MESS by Paul Soter. When an obsessively tidy man and his family become the victims of a home invasion by a gang of violent (and filthy) thugs, his spiraling OCD….
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.
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…
Take and organize notes for writers of the company’s projects. Read, vet, and report back on incoming material (including writing coverage).
Be able to balance literary and talent department duties, and have an eagerness to learn the management business and TV/Film development.
Ideal candidates should have at least one year desk experience in the entertainment industry, and be able to balance literary and talent department duties.
Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 23 new feature specs out on the market. November tends to be a mixed bag year over year. This month traditionally marks the end of the literary calendar where most agents and managers are wrapping up going out with new material.
Echo Lake Entertainment is out with GROUPIES by Corey Dashaun. Two status-obsessed groupies in the vibrant Atlanta hip-hop scene find themselves fighting for survival.
This desk is a good opportunity for those with an interest in Scripted TV/development due to IP focus.
Must be detail-oriented, have strong verbal and written communication skills, and be able to learn on the job.
This role works closely with high-profile showrunners, writers, and directors.
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.
Echo Lake Entertainment is out with HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT YOU by Jeff Burgett. A tenacious executive battles to prove her worth for her latest brainchild.
Ideal candidates should have at least one year desk experience in the entertainment industry, be able to balance literary and talent department duties, and have an eagerness to learn the management business and tv/film development.
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.
Despite the mounting uncertainty as we head into July, the spec market looks to be catching its stride and continues to rise from previous months.
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.
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.
America’s first female Vice President finds herself besieged on Air Force One by evil, depraved bloodsuckers. Oh yeah, and there are a bunch of vampires onboard too. When the red eye from Moscow to DC is overrun, she has to take on the fanged terrorists to save her family… and the free world.
A ragtag team of young entrepreneurs attempt to build a social media empire in an effort to live the luxurious lives they’ve long dreamed of living… but when the FBI launches an investigation into their meteoric rise, everything threatens to fall apart. Inspired by a true story. The Social Network meets The Wolf of Wall Street.
A young American ne’er-do-well with a scary medical diagnosis and a stolen credit card must accomplish “one beautiful thing” in his life before his Mexican vacation comes to an end.
A group of women reconnect with their high school Queen Bee, only to discover all the hype around her self-help coaching lifestyle might be more sinister than it seems.
Story details are being kept under wraps but described as When Harry Met Sally meets Roxanne.
When a former drug mule’s son is abducted, she teams up with her estranged older sister, a foul-mouthed, bronze-knuckled cop, to fight their way through a cartel and reunite their family.
The untold, inside story of immigration attorney Leon Wildes’ landmark ’70’s John Lennon-Yoko Ono deportation battle against Richard Nixon and the U.S. Government, using not only a groundbreaking defense, but along the way begins to uncover a government conspiracy and remarkable abuse of Presidential power.
In this female-led horror homage to “Back To the Future,” Jamie (17) must time-travel to the 80’s to save her mom from a psycho-killer. Think “Back To the Future” meets “Scream.”
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