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.
FIRST ASCENT
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.
Between April 1st and April 30th, we tracked a total of 21 specs. That’s a 27% increase from our March report, yet doesn’t top February’s numbers which had 24 specs out.
Verve is out with WORLD by Collin Bannon. Story details are being kept under wraps.
The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of over 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2019 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
Two years after a free solo accident nearly kills Hillary Hall, she enlists the help of her old climbing partners to document her comeback — the “first ascent” of 4,000 foot “virgin” rock wall in rural China. During the harrowing climb, Hillary struggles with her inner demons and supernatural forces, as it slowly becomes clear that this mountain does not want to be conquered.
