Between March 1st and March 31st, we tracked a total of 25 specs out. This marks a minimal 2.8% decrease in specs from February’s count. So, while March did not outperform February, we saw little drop-off between the months. Of the 25 specs out, 9 have some type of attachment.
Bellevue is out with SEE THE ELEPHANT by Matt Ritter. When a decorated Navy Seal runs for Congress, his former troopmates start turning up dead.
Typically, January serves as that buffering month following the busy holiday season where everyone slowly emerges from the depths, picks up steam at work, and gets back into the rhythm of things.
Hollywood experienced shakeups the likes of which have never been seen.
UTA is out with MINUS NINE by Jordan Harrison. People are placed in suspended animation and plugged into a virtual reality.
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.
UTA is out with A FARMER, A PREACHER, A GUNMAN by Jonathan Stokes. A Mormon farmer with Asperger’s crosses the border into Mexico.
Lionsgate picked up VIDEO NASTY by Chris Thomas Devlin. Three teenagers rent a cursed VHS tape.
Oh, October, the month filled with ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and of course, specs.
Artists First is out with THE CALDERA PROJECT by Alison-Eve Hammersley. An expedition to save the planet from environmental collapse is threatened by a monstrous species.
UTA & Zero Gravity are out with iWITNESS by Michael Donegan & Stephen Kerr. A resilient U.S. Marshal must escort a sentient android across the country.
Brillstein Entertainment Partners & UTA are out with THE BLACK BELT by Randall Green. Eighth-grader Simon Paluska dreams of being a Taekwondo Black Belt.
As we bring September to a close, we also bring an end to the third quarter of 2020. We’re about to enter the final stretch of the year.
Fourth Wall Management is out with TYPHON by Adam Alleca. A crew is forced to enter a deadly game of cat and mouse with the deep-space monster.
Fourward is out with TURN ME ON by Angela Bourassa. A young woman rediscovers sex, joy, love, and the baggage that comes with it.
Fourth Wall is out with SLEEP DEMON by Clement Virgo & Caleigh Bacchus. When a mysterious figure begins stalking a woman, she struggles to maintain control.
Bellevue is out with HATTERAS by Matt Ritter. An estranged husband accompanies his wife to bury her mother, only to find out she was likely murdered.
UTA is out with WHO’S THERE by Will Simmons. A tightly-knit family becomes the target of an ancient evil.
Alas, we reach the end of August and with Labor Day just around the corner, we’re returning to cooler weather and pumpkin spice lattes invading our life yet again.
Lionsgate bought ARCANA by Alex Litvak & Michael Finch. The mixed-race son of an undocumented immigrant mother and absentee father discovers the existence of secret communities of magic hiding in plain sight.
UTA is out with AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT by Dave Broome. A high-strung and self-centered Jewish Sports talk radio host fumbles his way into the heart of an altruistic woman.
July has proven to be the roller coaster of emotions we all thought it would be.
831 Entertainment is out with REGINA WANTS HER EGGS BACK by Ashley Holston & Shakira Ja’Nai Paye. A successful event planner finds out that she has waited too long to have kids.
Studiocanal & The Picture Company acquired the spec ROLE PLAY by Seth Owen. A married couple’s life is turned upside down.
Apple and A24 picked up SHARPER by Alex Tanaka & Brian Gatewood. A con artist sets her sights on billionaires.
Between May 1st and May 31st, we tracked a total of 23 specs scripts. That is an increase of 8.7% from April but doesn’t top February’s year-high with 24 specs out.
UTA is out to studios with SHELLY. A young woman returns home a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran her out of town.
United Artists Agency is out with an action-comedy package written by Michael Doneger and Liz Storm
UTA is out with SUMMERING by Benjamin Percy & James Ponsoldt. Four girls discover a dead body and set off on a journey.
UTA is out with RESURRECTION PARK by Alexander Cadiff & Cameron Dupuy. In a remote national park known for its otherworldly ability to reconnect the living with the dead, a troubled Park Ranger attempting to escape the trauma of his past takes up shop during the off-season.