Between February 1st and February 28th, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs hitting the market. That is quite the jump in numbers compared to last month. Of the 19 specs out, 5 have some type of attachment. So, while some really strong material hit the market, the heat is still working at finding a home.
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Verve is out with IKEAVILLE by Mike Vukadinovich. Gulliver attempts to create a utopian society in the store as the outside world grows more violent.
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Between May 1st and May 31st, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs out. We’ve seen a progressively steady decline of specs hitting the market since re-openings have started to rise. May marks the second lost number out, next to January. The more shocking number is that of the 19 feature specs out, only 2 have some type of attachment, with one additional spec from a past month selling in May.
Warner Brothers picked up STAY FROSTY by Tyler Marceca. A man has to figure out who wants him dead and why and still make it back home in time for Christmas.
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.
Paradigm is out with FOUR ASSASSINS AND A FUNERAL by Ryan Hooper. The adoptive daughter of a legendary assassin returns home for his funeral.
Oh, October, the month filled with ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and of course, specs.
Verve and Housefire are out with CAULDRON by Marc Bloom. A woman’s life is suddenly shattered when three witches arrive on the doorstep.
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.
Industry Entertainment is out with CYCLES OF THE MOON by James Mulholland & Jen Krueger. A disgraced cult deprogrammer is sent to rescue a troubled young woman.
Logline: Story details are being kept under wraps but described as an erotic romance.
Story details are being kept under wraps but it’s described as a haunted house movie with an immigration angle.
Based on a true story, it’s a crime drama/thriller in the vein of MOLLY’S GAME about the first of JFK’s mistresses to be publicly identified, her connection to mafia boss Sam Giancana and involvement in the confidential CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro.
In the vein of SPY and CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. A desk-bound CIA analyst is forced to assume a ruthless terrorist’s identity via a radical medical procedure, in order to uncover and stop a dangerous plot.
Based on the best-selling and iconic comic book by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli, Cassie Hack travels the world hunting and destroying slashers and saving endangered teenagers.
In this darkly comedic exploration of greed and violence, an eclectic group of residents of a small Alaskan town attempt to cover up a murder for money. But their series of increasingly bad decisions soon lead to tragedy.
Two strangers who are fed up with the pressures of holiday dating and make a deal to be each other’s designated “holidate” over the course of an entire year.
The writer of The Value Shopping Network leverages her hilarious pilot to sign with manager Sarah Dodge at Industry Entertainment.
The story follows a mysterious 28-year-old horse rider who is tormented by his past, and must accomplish the dangerous task of carrying an important package from Salt Lake City to Sacramento.
This is the untold true story of how a straight-arrow U.S. marshal and a hot-headed mafia hitman succeeded in breaking the mob and, in doing so, created the Witness Protection Program. Only much later did the world learn their success was based on a lie, a frame-up that became the greatest scandal in the history of the FBI.
The Big Bang Theory is continuing to add to Sheldon’s family in adulthood with Jerry O’Connell joining the show for a guest-starring role as Sheldon’s brother, Georgie. The character appears on the spin-off series Young Sheldon played by Montana Jordan. All this and more on today’s TV casting round-up.
Actor-comedian Sinbad is headed to the small screen for Fox’s comedy pilot Rel. Joining him is Jessica “Jess Hilarious” Moore who replaces previously cast Angel Laketa Moore. All this and more on today’s TV casting round-up.
In the near future, where all military operations have been privatized, an operative for contractor Charlie Team uncovers an illicit plot by his employer and finds himself hunted by his former teammates. Think BOURNE in an EX MACHINA world.
The storyline is under wraps but is said to be a home invasion thriller inside an alien invasion.
The studio has hired its Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman to write the script, and there’s no word on whether the Rollercoaster will return, or whether it’ll be replaced by a sexy Ferris Wheel.
Filming has begun in Louisiana for the crime-drama about a pair of lawmen (played by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson) who make a last ditch attempt to capture Bonnie and Clyde.
From a high school dropout selling used cars in Dallas, to having the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts, a young Robbie Van Winkle struggles with stardom, extortion attempts, and selling out as he makes music history and transforms into the one and only – Vanilla Ice.
Brandt co-created NBC’s Chicago Fire and its two spinoffs, and currently serves as an EP on all three Chicago series. He also directed the 2011 Richard Gere thriller The Double, and co-wrote Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma with Derek Haas.
The storyline is currently under wraps.
