Between December 1st and December 31st, we tracked a total of 10 new feature specs on the market. This marks the lowest volume of specs out in a single month, and if that surprises you, you probably thought “Puss in Boots” would beat “Avatar” at the box office.
Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 17 new feature specs on the market. Though it’s not the lowest volume of content in a single month this year, it marks the lowest since August 2022.
Between October 1st and October 31st, we tracked a total of 23 new feature specs hitting the market. It makes a tie for second-most specs out in a single month, matching June, and just one spec shy from first place. That title still belongs to September. As such, it makes a 4.1% decrease in specs from last month. Of the 23 new feature specs, only 4 have some type of attachment that we’ve tracked.
WME is out with RUNNER by Tommy White & Miles Hubley. High-end courier, Hank Malone, has three hours to transport a liver from LAX to a Santa Barbara hospital for immediate transplant surgery….
Between September 1st and September 30th, we tracked 24 new feature specs hitting the market. However, of all this material only 4 have some type of attachment which we have tracked. Let’s not detract from the fact this is a 41.1% increase in material from last month. This marks the highest number of specs in a single month, beating out June which saw 23 new specs hit.
Verve and Writ Large are out with THREE TRIPS TO THE LAKE by Alex McAulay. A male bonding camping trip between an estranged father and his teenage son takes a dark turn when….
Between August 1st and August 31st, we tracked 17 new feature specs hot out of Final Draft. 3 of them have some type of attachment, while 1 is reported to have sold that was previously out in 2021 (more on that spec later). That brings our total count of specs with attachments up to 4. This marks a 23% decrease in specs from July, and a 26% drop off from June. How the year has been shaping up, August has turned over some fairly better numbers than anticipated.
Apple Original Films & Skydance Productions picked up THE FAMILY PLAN by David Coggeshall. A former assassin living as a suburban dad is forced to take his unsuspecting family….
Writ Large is out with STASIS by Nicholas Woods. Eight scientists travel to a distant planet for research, but the means that got them there prove to be….
Between April 1st and April 30th, we tracked only 13 specs hitting the market. That is nearly a 31% decrease in specs out in comparison to March 2022. Though not the lowest volume out this year, it is certainly the lowest April in recent years (more on that soon). Of these 13 specs, 6 have some type of attachment, with one from January selling as well. That brings our total up to 7 successes of some type.
Writ Large is out with LEFT ALONE by Stephen Mastrocola. When a woman he met online suddenly disappears, an amateur sleuth vows to find her.
Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 23 new feature specs out on the market. November tends to be a mixed bag year over year. This month traditionally marks the end of the literary calendar where most agents and managers are wrapping up going out with new material.
Verve & Writ Large are out with THE SPERM KING by Austin Everett. An Ivy League graduate unable to find a job recruits his group of friends to start an underground sperm bank.
Between October 1st and October 31st, we tracked a total of 18 new feature specs out on the market. This is a notable decline of 25% in new material hitting the market from September 2021.
Writ Large is out with PIGEON by Tom White & Miles Hubley. A happy family is thrown into turmoil by a disturbed young man when returns items he bought at their garage sale.
Duties include submissions, scheduling, rolling calls, and developing client material.
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.
HBOMax picked up BLACK CHOKE by Doug Simon. Described as a neo-noir bank robbery gone wrong.
Writ Large is out with THE COMPOUND by Gemma Crofts. An ex-marine single mother is forced to take a job half a world away in a survivalist compound.
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.
Writ Large is out with TOTALLY HAUNTED by Brett Simmons. Four college friends move into a cheap (because it’s haunted) house.
Love is in the air as we reach what some believe to be the most romantic month of the year – February. Sure we had yet another impeachment trial, but from awkward online Hinge dates to sweet cards from Grandma, February is showing some promise on all fronts.
Writ Large is out with THE VILLAIN by Andrew Ferguson. Completely true story of “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, from his meteoric rise as wunderkind hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical executive to his devastating fall involving crime.
Writ Large is out with UNIMAGINABLE by Cameron Thrower & Joe McKernan. Elizabeth wakes up the next morning and discovers that her daughter has run away.
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.
Writ Large shops REALITY by Heather Quinn. A woman discovers nothing she’s known until now is real.
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