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.
Jon Berg
Stampede Ventures picked up GALAHAD by Nick Schenk. An ex-American Special Forces soldier goes on a berserker.
Stampede Ventures picked up THE PALADIN by Umair Aleem. A broken-down warrior mage embarks on a final quest to protect a child.
Jackson Pictures and Stampede Ventures have partnered for THE DEBRIEFING by Ken Nolan. A top CIA operative has to debrief a GRU computer tech seeking asylum.
While most years’ November is a time to look back on the things we’re thankful for, 2020’s November decided to serve up a heaping pile of news for our gravy and cranberry sauce.
Lionsgate picked up VIDEO NASTY by Chris Thomas Devlin. Three teenagers rent a cursed VHS tape.
Two backpackers go off-roading in the Australian wilderness only to stumble upon a reclusive backwater town where they quickly realize that the locals hunt and kill outsiders for sport.
Peter has always been told the voice he hears at night is only in his head, but when he suspects his parents have been lying, he conspires to free the girl within the walls of his house.
Home invasion thriller nspired by the “Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter” in which a Kentucky family claimed to have survived an all night alien home invasion attempt.
Ben Affleck isn’t long for the cape and cowl, while Zack Snyder has directed his last DC movie, and possibly his last movie ever for Warner Bros., where he still has a producing deal.
Based on the origin story of the comic book character, the movie is being described as a Lethal Weapon in space, focusing on the relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart, two members of the Lantern Corps.
Jon Berg and Geoff Johns are set to co-run DC Films, a newly created company, in an effort to get their feature superheroes back on track. It’s one of many shake-ups to come at the studio.
Logline kept under wraps, but will feature female characters from the DC comic book universe.
Akiva Goldsman has been tapped to write the script for Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to the horror classic The Shining. Goldsman is currently serving as a writer and producer on Sony’s adaptation of King’s The Dark Tower series.
The Academy Award-winning director is set to helm Warner Bros.’ live-action adaptation of the classic story about a wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy.
Warner Bros. and 1821 Media are teaming up on an untitled “Treasure Hunt” feature based on an idea from 1821’s Terry Dougas. Grant Pierce Myers has signed on to write the the script.
Despite the departure of Guillermo Del Toro, it’s now apparent that the Justice League Dark adaptation, otherwise known as Dark Universe, is moving forward under the guide of Scott Rudin.
Screenwriter James Coyne is taking a pass at the big budget action-adventure adaptation of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island from Warner Brothers. Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram are producing under their first-look deal with the studio.
Mac is making Minecraft. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator and co-star has been selected by Mojang AB to direct the film adaptation of the best-selling video game.
Logline: Kept under wraps, follows the adventures of the classic character that steals from the rich and gives back to the poor in Sherwood Forest.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but focuses on next-generation mind-body experiments and a priest who becomes responsible for the survival of mankind.
At Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, an animatronic animal band performs kiddy songs by day, and goes on murderous rampages by night.
Longline: A group of military operatives discover there is an imminent threat inside the United States.
Logline: Follows the escapades of 12 year-old boy Finn and super-powered best friend dog Jake who fight fiercely in a quest to protect their bizarrely inhabited Land of Ooo from a wide array of foes and mythical creatures. Based on the widely popular Cartoon Network animated series.
Logline: Set in the future, the world’s population is virtually wiped out by a deadly flu virus. The handful of survivors are drawn into two camps — one representing goodness and purity; the other, evil.
Logline: Set in the future, the world’s population is virtually wiped out by a deadly flu virus. The handful of survivors are drawn into two camps — one representing goodness and purity; the other, evil.
Logline: Set in the future, the world’s population is virtually wiped out by a deadly flu virus. The handful of survivors are drawn into two camps — one representing goodness and purity; the other, evil.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but pitched as a female version of “A History of Violence.”
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: A boy accidentally unleashes an epidemic of mischievous creatures known as gremlins on his town.
