Between May 2022 and May 2021, there has been a 15.8% decrease in the material hitting the market. This gap has only continued to grow in past years. Dating at its peak, 2019 saw 33 specs out in a single month. Comparing that to now, that is nearly a 51.5% drop-off. While materials have decreased, the success rates have seen a bit more of a u-shape in the last few years.
HARPER
UTA is out with HARPER by Patrick Burleigh. The mysterious discovery of a manuscript. The tumultuous creation of a masterpiece. This is the true story of…
A memoir recounting Patricia Bosworth’s emotional coming of age in 1950s New York.
Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—”Bad Monkeys” for short.
Miramax announced on Tuesday it has “won the bid to option” film rights for Matthew Quick’s The Reason You’re Alive. Allison Shearmur is attached to produce with Quick set to adapt the book for the screen.
Ellen Feldman tackles controversial historical figure Margaret Sanger and the creation of Planned Parenthood in her timely new novel Terrible Virtue, which is currently building buzz on the TV and film rights market.
The provocative and compelling story of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the twentieth century: Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.
David Talbot exposes the truth behind Allen Dulles, the man responsible for transforming the CIA into the most powerful-and secretive-organization in Washington. The non-fiction work has been hailed as the year’s best spy thriller, and the TV and film rights are now available.
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful–and secretive–colossus in Washington.
A young actress and former nun take a decades-long journey through Hollywood together in the latest book from bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a former writer and producer for television.
Over the course of decades, Alda Ducci and Loretta Young encounter scandal and adventure, choose love and passion, and forge an enduring bond of love and loyalty that will be put to the test when they eventually face the greatest obstacle of their lives.
Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the Brown v. Board of Education decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate.
Logline: Story follows the students at Chicago’s Harper High School where they learn how to cope in a violent environment where 29 students were shot during a 5 month period.
