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.
Gersh Agency is out with THE INFLUENCER WHO KNEW TOO MUCH by Will Lowell & Hudson Morgan. A social media star is forced to pair up with a straitlaced reporter in a globetrotting race for survival.
Between July 1st and July 31st, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs out. This is a decline from the specs out the previous month, but it was to be expected with many taking long-awaited vacations, coupled with the bottlenecking we’re seeing in the development chain. However, it’s not the drop-off we anticipated and is still on par with the past month’s numbers.
LBI is out with ALIENS ARE STEALING OUR WEED by Matthew K. Firpo & Ryan Firpo. Two hapless pot growers who, after their entire crop of weed inexplicably goes missing, uncover an alien conspiracy to steal the planet’s marijuana supply.
GRAVITY meets ZODIAC and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in this visceral, near-future psychological-thriller which tracks an ambitious young journalist who stumbles into the interview of a lifetime – a reclusive futurist residing on a space station of his own design – but all is not as it initially seems as her exclusive profile evolves into an investigation of the first murder (or serial murders) ever committed in space. LUNACY endeavors to examine the fine line that separates genius from madness in our society that, often blindly, extols boundary-pushing technologists such as Jeff Bezos, Ginni Rometty and Elon Musk.
Los Angeles 1985 – a city gripped by fear – terrorized by a sociopathic serial killer whom the media have dubbed The Nightstalker. LA Times reporter, Romy Gibson, must decide how much she is willing to risk in order to stay ahead of the story, as tensions rise in a race to discover the killer’s identity before he strikes again. Inspired by real events.
Barret is a social media influencer, the worst guy ever, and the eventual President of the United States. Dixie is a badass freedom fighter, sent back from 2076 to kill him before he takes over the world and ruins the future. They fucking hate each other. Then they accidentally fall in love.
A young woman’s Halloween celebration is turned upside-down when harassers don’t take no for an answer and she must flee through the dark streets of New York alone.
A widower living a simple but lonely life in an English village, follows the same predictable routine he did when his wife was alive. When he stumbles upon a beautiful, but unfamiliar charm bracelet belonging to his late wife, life unexpectedly changes.
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated the next morning when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
The director of Me and Earl and the Dying GIrl will helm the biopic about the Canadian owner of some of New York City’s most notorious nightclubs in the ’90s.
Celeste Ng’s book was optioned by Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine last year, who then brought it to Washington’s Simpson Street, and they brought on Liz Tigelaar (Casual) to adapt and act as showrunner for the series.
Ruth Ware’s best-selling novel is a suspense thriller about a woman attending the bachelorette party for her high school BFF she hasn’t seen in ten years.
The indie film follows a jailed genius (Freeman) who writes and sends chapters from a mysterious novel to an aspiring young writer (Eastwood), ensnaring him in a high-stakes ploy to recover $100 million in stolen diamonds.
Margot Robbie is in talks to play Sharon Tate, while Tarantino is still deciding between Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise for the other male lead, with the latter actor believed to have a slight edge.
Netflix is back in business with the writer-director of The Meyerowitz Stories, who has also cast Emmy winner Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie) in his next film.
After a woman is picked up by a cab at JFK airport, she and the cabdriver head off into the night while they discuss their past and current relationships and the effect they have had on their respective lives.
Roosevelt was a noted environmentalist who helped preserve countless forests and national parks, which may be why DiCaprio is so invested in playing the politician.
Warner Bros. is creating a new label that will expand the canon of DC properties to give the studio a bit more freedom in terms of storytelling, casting and last but not least, budget.
The arrangement gives Gosling access to financing and puts him on equal footing with contemporaries like Jake Gyllenhaal, whose company Nine Stories has a first-look production deal with Bold Films.
Scott Rudin and Eli Bush will produce Uncut Gems with Sebastian Bear-McClard and Oscar Boyson from Elara Pictures, while Hill’s Wolf of Wall Street collaborators Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff will serve as executive producers.