Duties include script reading and research, creating pitch docs, rolling calls, coordinating travel, scheduling, etc.
March is usually the month we see the market start to defrost and kick into high gear. Instead, the month stayed on course and went out with the exact same about as February. Between March 1st and March 31st 2022, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs hitting the market. Of these specs, 5 have some type of attachment. So, we’re seeing an even split between February and March, but with the market primed, it plays like a smaller month than anticipated.
Zero Gravity Management is out with THELMA by Andrew Farotte. John Kennedy Toole dies by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece novel. His mother Thelma makes it her life’s mission to find a publisher.
Duties include talent submissions, script reading and research, and PowerPoint presentations/creating decks.
Duties include creating pitch documents, rolling calls, script reading, coverage & research, scheduling, and office duties.
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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.
Zero Gravity Management is out with CRAZY EIGHT by Alex Hollister. Eight contract killers are invited to a remote manor.
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.
Zero Gravity Management is out with AN ALIEN STOLE MY PROM DATE by Casie Tabanou & Ali Spuck. A geek teen obsessed with a Star-Wars-esque movie franchise gets abducted by aliens.
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.
Zero Gravity Management is out with ASSASSINISTA by Roland Zaleski. An assassin hunter seeks vengeance against the woman who framed her.
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.
Duties include script reading and research, creating pitch docs, rolling calls, and coordinating travel.
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.
Gersh is out with WIRE ROOM by Brandon Stiefer. A Homeland Security special agent listens in as the target of the investigation is attacked in his home by a hit squad.
Zero Gravity Management is out with OCCUPATION by Andrew Rubin. A female virologist is secretly enlisted to help defend the planet against a potential second attack.
Duties include script reading and research, creating pitch docs, rolling calls, coordinating travel, scheduling, etc.
Zero Gravity Management is out with TERMS OF SERVICE by Paul Jaconi-Biery. A struggling single mother is offered a lucrative gig job through a new app.
Duties include script reading and research, creating pitch docs, rolling calls, coordinating travel, scheduling, etc.
Zero Gravity Management is out with THE TRESPASSERS by Troy Blake. A young wife becomes increasingly frustrated with her mild-mannered husband.
Usual duties – answering phones, scheduling, managing calendars, interfacing with clients, coverage, as well as some personal assistant duties.
Oh, October, the month filled with ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and of course, specs.
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.
July has proven to be the roller coaster of emotions we all thought it would be.
Zero Gravity and Elevate Entertainment are out with CALIFORNIA GIRLS by Vivienne Walsh. JOJO returns home to the small coastal town she grew up in to make amends with her family and her past.
Zero Gravity has taken out ISS by Nick Shafir. America and Russia find themselves on opposing sides as both nations secretly contact their astronauts aboard the ISS.
Despite the mounting uncertainty as we head into July, the spec market looks to be catching its stride and continues to rise from previous months.
Zero Gravity is out with NEVER AFTER by Nakia Trower Shuman & Sarah Katin. When the princes are kidnapped by a dastardly villain, the mostly estranged princesses are forced to band together to take down this vile ruler.
March 2020 came in like a lion and left us with only 16 specs tracked: only 7 with attachments, 5 with a production company, and 1 with a studio. Take a breath, and let’s dive in.