Think Tank Management is out with FOLLY by Matt Lambert. King Henry VIII’s jester is reluctantly ordered back to the royal court to help the mad monarch uncover a sinister murder plot.
Between August 1st and August 31st, we tracked a total of 15 feature specs out. This marks the third month in a row where specs have decreased. However, we all predicted the low rate of material out between vacations and productions slowly rolling out.
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Lionsgate picked up DENNIS RODMAN’S 48 HOURS IN VEGAS by Jordan VanDina. Dennis Rodman asks his coach Phil Jackson if he can take a 48-hour vacation in Las Vegas in the middle of the NBA Finals.
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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.
UTA is out with DREAM POLICE by Mark Gibson & Phil Halprin. Frank Fratto is San Francisco’s toughest cop. So tough he always works alone.
Code Entertainment picked up THE VAMPIRE ASSET by Jonathan Stokes. A reluctant vampire is recruited by the CIA to find his former lover.
Between June 1st and June 30th, we tracked a total of 22 feature specs out. We’ve been coming from a steadily declining slump of material out, but June turned it around from May’s slow market. While not the highest number of features out this year, things are starting to mend.
UTA is out with GO DARK by Spencer Marentette & Josh Marentette. Black-ops soldiers use an experimental technology to travel into the afterlife.
UTA is out with THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER by Darren Lemke. An aspiring writer picks up a lone hitchhiker only to discover that she is a vengeful spirit.
UTA is out with LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY by Dave Broome. An aspiring book illustrator’s love for his wife gives him the courage to confront his off-the-wall family.
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.
UTA is out with THE CHAIN by Erin Martin. A bride-to-be and her four besties discover their emails inadvertently included a total stranger.
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.
20th Century Studios picked up NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU by Brian Duffield. Story details are being kept under wraps.
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.
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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.