This is a list of 2024 TV mandates for streamers & networks.
Thriller
Bellevue Productions is out with MARATHON by JS Mayank & David Carlyle. A suspended FBI agent gets roped into the case of a lifetime when he gets a call from an enigmatic woman who tells him she’s holding the entire NYC….
Logical Talent Management is out with THE PHOENIX by Amanda Lehr. Overworked nurse Danielle hopes that surviving a new reality TV show will be her ticket to financial freedom and security for her….
Stormchaser Films is out with CONFESSIONS OF A MASTER JEWEL THIEF by Bill Mason and Lee Gruenfeld. During a thirty-year career Bill Mason charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as….
This is a list of Film Mandates for late 2023 and early 2024.
Between March 1st and March 31st, 2024, we tracked a total of 30 new specs on the market. This was an increase from February mostly due to one management firm’s big push into the market. Of the 30 scripts we tracked, 3 were TV pilots and 3 were Animation projects. Comedy dominated the top genre spot once again with 16 projects associated with the genre. Drama came in a distant second place with 8 projects. Then the genres Fantasy, Horror and Thriller tied for third place.
Midwest Talent Management is out with THE TIP OF THE SPEAR by Martin Neilan. An eerie assassination attempt in a foreign capital is the first shot in this haunting portrait of a modern coup and….
Midwest Talent Management is out with THE LONGEST SUNSET by Martin Neilan. The riveting true-life account of the greatest pre-emptive strike in military history; Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s….
Mania Entertainment is out with THE LADY by Jaime Falero. Set in 1935, Antonio is a burly fifty-year-old with an unattractive appearance who despite his age still maintains his virginity intact. He lives under the control of a fascist family with strong religious convictions that have….
Between February 1st and February 29nd, 2024, we tracked a total of 17 new specs on the market. This was a sizable increase from the previous month. Of the 17 scripts we tracked, 4 were TV pilots. Comedy squeaked out the number one genre spot once again with 6 projects associated with the genre. But close behind, Action and Drama tied for second place with 5 projects each identified with those genres.
Magnet Management is out with POSITRON+ by Jud Cremata. A delirious patient begins to question her family and all she’s been told while undergoing….
Housefire Management is out with FEARLESS by Rich Van Tine. When a drug that eliminates fear causes an epidemic, a young personal trainer becomes a “Phobyx” addict in order to gain the courage to get revenge on….
Between January 1st and January 31st, 2024, we tracked a total of 5 new specs on the market. Two of the scripts were TV pilots and one was a TV/streaming movie. Overall, the month had a 40% increase in the amount of material we tracked on the market from December of last year.
This is a list of various 2023/2024 TV mandates for streamers and networks.
Silver Bitela Agency is out with THE GEMINI by Jason Bortz. After an identical twin commits suicide, his surviving brother — a troubled police officer — attempts to piece together….
Between December 1st and December 31st, 2023, we tracked a total of 3 new feature specs on the market.
Rain Management is out with EFFIGY by Jason Kaleko. After a world-renowned artist passes away, his estranged daughter finds his backwoods art studio is haunted by his spirit. But when she creates a physical vessel for him to inhabit….
Verve and Writ Large are out with THE VIOLENT SIDE by Alex McAulay. A successful young female novelist and her hunky husband accidentally invite a seductive criminal into their lavish, isolated beachfront home for one night–and soon find themselves….
Endless Media is out with REDSHIFT by Ryan Self & Bob Perkins. A weekend trip to an alleged haunted house turns deadly for a group of teens when they discover….
Housefire Management is out with THE NEST by Aaron Benjamin. Confined to “the nest,” a Secret Service Sniper gets a strange call on the radio from a deranged mastermind who’s holding his family hostage in….
Logical Talent Management is out with THE LOMBROSO EFFECT by Valerie Brotski & Christopher L. Anderson. In 2040, a brilliant serial killer artfully targets potential murderers who have a genetic predisposition to psychopathy. A jaded female FBI agent is pulled into….
Silver Bitela Agency is out with BRAWLER by Craig Clyde. An ex-con “brawler” struggles to leave a criminal conviction for manslaughter behind him but becomes the pawn….
Universal Content Productions is looking for a writer to develop PROM MOM once the strike ends.
Between May 1st and May 31st, we tracked 1 spec script and 1 book rights being taken out. This is a considerable drop from last month as well as compared to the same time last year, when we followed 16 specs going out on the town.
Mania Entertainment is out with THE FEAR OF DAY by Saverio Tufano and Sean M. Valdo. A menacing figure changes Sophie and her father’s life; at first it seems just a hallucination and then….
INKWORKS is out with the novel SMOKE KINGS by Jahmal Mayfield. Four grieving friends exact justice for their murdered comrade by tracking down descendants of ancestors who….
Between April 1st and April 30th, 2023, we tracked a total of 8 feature specs hitting the market or being sold, highlighting a 47% decrease in specs we followed compared to last month, due primarily to the impending writers’ strike. Of these 8 feature specs, 5 had some type of attachment.
Buchwald is out with FACE by Peter Milligan. With his career and marriage on the brink of collapse, one of the country’s most gifted plastic surgeons is hired by a reclusive artist to perform a facelift at his private island, but….
Amazon Prime picked up STAKEHORSE by Justin Piasecki. A veterinarian makes a living keeping horses healthy, but makes “side” money doing medical work for underworld figures by….
Zero Gravity Management is out with AIRSPACE by Phil Pirrello. An AWOL Army medic trapped aboard a 747 struggles to save her plane from….
