
The female-led original sci-fi thriller Naked is the Best Disguise is set in the near future, which is also when Studio 8 wants to start production.
The female-led original sci-fi thriller Naked is the Best Disguise is set in the near future, which is also when Studio 8 wants to start production.
Set in a world in which people can have the memories of others implanted, a “mem dealer” who dabbles in her own merchandise, finds herself framed for murder when one of her clients turns up dead. On the run from authorities, she must not only find out the truth about what really happened but also about who she really is.
Featuring 92 scripts, 101 writers, more than 70 production companies & studios, 46 different agencies & management companies, and more than 200 individual reps, this year’s list is one of the most diverse and exciting we’ve ever released.
In early December, we’re releasing the 2016 Hit List, our compilation of the best year’s best spec scripts as voted on by industry professionals. In preparation for its release, we’re taking a look back at the 2011 Hit List writers — where they’ve been, and where they are now.
The team behind The Imitation Team is getting back together, as Black Bear Pictures has acquired a spec from Oscar-winning screenwriter Graham Moore with Morten Tyldum attached to direct.
Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse race for glory and riches during the “War of the Currents,” one of the most transformative moments in American history.
Logline: Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse race for glory and riches during the “War of the Currents,” one of the most transformative moments in American history.
The series was previously titled “Patient Zero”. It looks at how society acts in the wake of a global life threatening epidemic.
Logline: Centers on the early days of electricity and the legal battle between Thomas Edison against George Westinghouse who fought over the invention of the lightbulb, told through the perspective of Westinghouse’s attorney, Paul Cravath.
Centers on the attempts of genius mathematician Alan Turing to break the German’s World War II encoding device, the Enigma Machine.
Centers on the attempts of genius mathematician Alan Turing to break the German’s World War II encoding device, the Enigma Machine.
Centers on the attempts of genius mathematician Alan Turing to break the German’s World War II encoding device, the Enigma Machine.
Logline: Centers on the attempts of genius mathematician Alan Turing to break the German’s World War II encoding device, the Enigma Machine.
Logline: Centers on Alan Turing, a gay British mathematician who was a pioneer in the computer revolution. He committed suicide two years after coming out, after enduring a humiliating treatment program.
Logline: Follows the story of a Coast Guard rescue undertaken after two oil tankers were torn in half by treacherous waves during a deadly blizzard.
Logline: When a lazy ID thief accidentally steals the identity of a falsely-accused spy on the run, the two must work together to keep him alive and clear her name.
Logline: True story centers on H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) a serial killer, who rose to fame (shortly after Jack the Ripper) in 1893 chicago, when he built a new hotel to capitalize on the upcoming World’s fair, and he manipulated the glitz and glamour of the looming event to seduce, and capture his prey by luring them to his hotel, where he would go on to murder somewhere between 27 and 200 people before his end.