Ayo Films wants writers
Got a script that is ready to sell? Well, good news, Ayo Films is looking for writers!
The following was in the lastest MovieBytes newsletters:
WRITERS WANTED: Ayo Films
Ayo Films is a new company looking for screenplays.Our plan is to produce three films: one under $1 million, one around $4 million, and one in the $25-50 million range.
We’re looking for one drama, one comedy, and one children’s film.
Please contact info@ayofilms.com for a script release form.
Ayo Films
Email: info@ayofilms.com
GAFFERS Announces 2008 Screenplay Contest Winners
The Global Art Film Festival, or GAFFERS, has recently announced the winners of the 2008 Screenplay Writing Competition.
The winners are as follows:
1st Place (Drama), “Finding Heart”, David Kane
A young man with a bright future as a wrestler gets drafted into the Vietnam War and winds up coming home alive, but unable to wrestle. To find his true destiny, he must first cope with his new life and learn to wrestle with his limitations. Orange County, CA ;
1st Place (Comedy/Drama/Fantasy) “Unicorns”, Leah Meyerhoff
An awkward teenage girl escapes to a fantasy world when her first romantic relationship turns increasingly abusive. Brooklyn, New York ;
2nd Place (Comedy) “Best Supporting Daddy”, Mark Cummings Sr.
Upon hearing an A-list Hollywood Socialite wants a baby, a once thriving romantic novelist, in need of a best-seller, plots an extreme romantic scheme. Columbus Ohio;
2nd Place, (Comedy) ” Personal Injury”, Vicky Murray
Two former college basketball rivals whose goals are to make it to the NBA, but fail, unbeknownst to the other, become attorneys who have to battle it out in the courtroom, one last time. Carson, CA;
2nd Place (Drama/Mystery) “Inner Vision”, G. Rose Fisher
Callie has a generational inherited gift, which brings fear in the neighborhood. It’s becomes unbearable for her and the family. Finally, there is a new beginning for them, and hopefully a secret to be buried. Elk Grove, CA;
3rd Place (Drama/Romance) “Dance of Isaiah”, Jomo Merritt
Greek-American woman about to marry a non-Greek man, finds out about the marriage “curse” placed on her grandfather and how she must break it. Albany, GA;
3rd Place (Action/Adv) “The Harlem Story”, Danny Holst
A promising singer suffers an ill-fated tragedy owing to the injustice of the criminal justice system and a mean spirited entity in NYC. Ellenwood, GA
Honorable Mention:
“Momentary Matters” - Lisa Sottile
“Pony Girl” - Janet Hogate
“The Scarlet Rose” - David McEwing
“To See Afar” - Donald T. Morrison
“Kingbird” - Don Adams
Recent script sales #13
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 7/1/08 through 7/2/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
Silver Cord
Drama, Indie
Man comes back to life after being declared clinically dead on multiple occasions.
(07/02/2008) [Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Hand Picked Films, Tayrona Entertainment, Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Producers: Michel Shane, Anthony Romano, James Ordonez, Shani Rigsbee, Ken Gord, Jai Khanna, Rob Folk
Seller(s):
Writer: James Ordonez , Ken Gord
Stars: Shane West, Cam Gigandet, Val Kilmer, Arielle Kebbel, Eric Balfour
Comments: James Ordonez will direct.
Untitled by Etan Cohen
Comedy
Sherlock Holmes and Watson.
(07/02/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Columbia
Executives: Matt Tolmach
Producers: Judd Apatow, Jimmy Miller
Seller(s):
Writer: Etan Cohen
Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Will Ferrell
The Goon
Animation, Supernatural
Muscle-bound brawler claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster.
(07/02/2008)
[Comic Book]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Dark Horse Entertainment, Blur Studio
Producers: David Fincher
Seller(s):
Writer: Eric Powell
Comments: Eric Powell created the comic book, and will script.
Hiding in Time
Action, Sci-Fi
In a not-too-distant future, the Witness Protection Program uses time travel to relocate high-value witnesses into the past for safe keeping. When the program is compromised, a government scientist must travel back through the greatest moments in history to help a master thief rescue his old crew from the assassins sent back by their former employer.
(07/01/2008)
[Comic Book]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Warner Bros.
Executives: Sarah Schechter
Production Company: Lin Pictures, Archetype
Producers: Dan Lin, Jon Silk, Ray Miller, David Server
Seller(s):
Writer: Christopher Long , Beau Thorne
Comments: Based on the comic book created by Christopher Long. Beau Thorne will do the adaptation.
Recoil
Thriller
A young inmate is sprung from prison, only to be set up for murder by the same corrupt political insiders who sponsored his parole.
(07/01/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Leverage
Producers: Charlie Loventhal, Judy Henry
Seller(s):
Writer: Jim Thompson , Ralph Pezzullo
Comments: Ralph Pezzullo will adapt the novel by Jim Thompson.
Gellhorn
Biography, War
Biopic of Martha Gellhorn, a trailblazing female war correspondent who covered conflicts from the Spanish Civil War to Vietnam and weathered strife in personal relationships that included a failed marriage to Ernest Hemingway.
(07/01/2008)
[Biography]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Fiddlehead Productions, Outlaw Productions
Producers: Gillian Anderson, Deborah Newmyer, Michael Glassman, Sarah Radclyffe
Seller(s):
Writer: Caroline Moorehead , Sharman Macdonald
Stars: Gillian Anderson
Comments: Sharman Macdonald will adapt the book by Caroline Moorehead.
Move
Musical
(07/01/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Studio: United Artists
Production Company: Pearl Pictures
Producers: Gary Pearl, Phillip Pierce
Seller(s):
Writer: Matthew Diamond
Comments: Matthew Diamond will write and direct.
Positive
Romance, Thriller
Twenty-something visits his fiancee’s family, only to be seduced by her sister.
(07/01/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Occupant Films
Producers: Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino, Keith Calder
Seller(s):
Writer: Jonathan Levine
Agency: UTA
Representatives: Ragna Nervik
Comments: Jonathan Levine will write and direct.
The Seminar
Thriller
The parents of an 18-year-old boy engage a mysterious consulting firm to mess with his reality.
(07/01/2008)
[Spec]
Buyer(s):
Studio: CBS Films
Executives: Mark Ross
Seller(s):
Writer: Richard D’Ovidio
Agency: ICM, Media Talent Group
Price: Low- to mid-six-figures
Previous script sales updates:
Recent script sales #12
Recent script sales #11
Recent script sales update #10
Recent script sales update #9
Recent script sales update #8
Recent script sales update #7
Recent script sales update #6
Recent script sales update #5
Recent script sales update #4
Recent script sales update #3
Recent script sales through 4/25
Recent script sales this week
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Recent script sales #12
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 6/23/08 through 6/30/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
300 Follow-Up
Historical, Period, War
(06/30/2008)
[Sequel]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Warner Bros.
Production Company: Legendary Pictures
Producers: Thomas Tull
Seller(s):
Writer: Frank Miller
Comments: Zack Snyder intends to direct this project. It hasn’t yet been determined if this will be a sequel or a spinoff.
Billy Smoke
Action
An elite hit-man, nearly killed during a botched job, realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.
(06/29/2008)
[Comic Book]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Warner Bros.
Executives: Matt Reilly
Production Company: Thunder Road , Closed on Mondays Entertainment
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Eric Gitter, Peter Schwerin
Seller(s):
Writer: B. Clay Moore
Stars: Matthew Fox
Comments: Based on the comic book by B. Clay Moore.
Untitled by Jason Filardi and Iain McConnell
Comedy
American guy falls in love with a Korean woman while teaching English as a second language. He proposes marriage and she says yes, with a condition: Her Korean family must approve and they must have a traditional wedding in Korea. So the groom makes the trip with his family in an effort to marry his true love. In the vein of ‘Meet the Parents.’
(06/27/2008) [
Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company: Vertigo Entertainment, CJ Entertainment
Producers: Roy Lee, Doug Davison , Miky Lee, Ted Kim, Jason Filardi
Seller(s):
Writer: Jason Filardi , Iain McConnell
Agency: ICM
Representatives: Brian Lutz
Unconditional
Drama
Lonely New Yorkers.
(06/27/2008)
[Play]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Overture Films
Executives: Chris McGurk, Danny Rosett
Production Company: Cooper’s Town Productions
Producers: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Ziff
Seller(s):
Writer: Brett C. Leonard
Comments: Brett C. Leonard will adapt his own play.
All Creatures Great and Small
Comedy
Animals control the planet and humans are the minority.
(06/27/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Columbia
Executives: Andrea Giannetti
Production Company: Original Film
Producers: Neal Moritz
Seller(s):
Writer: Michael Brandt , Derek Haas
Mongoose
Action, Comedy
(06/27/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Disney
Executives: Kristin Burr
Production Company: Tapestry Films
Producers: Peter Abrams, Robert Levy, Andrew Panay , Brian Sher
You’re Not You
Drama
The relationship between a woman with a fatal illness and an aimless young woman who enters her life as a personal caregiver.
(06/27/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: 2S Films, Alcon Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures
Producers: Hilary Swank, Molly Smith
Seller(s):
Writer: Michelle Wildgen
Comments: Based on the novel by Michelle Wildgen.
Falling Out of Fashion
Drama
A young woman leaves a Georgia hippie commune for New York with dreams of becoming a magazine editor.
(06/27/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: 2S Films, Alcon Entertainment
Producers: Hilary Swank, Molly Smith
Seller(s):
Writer: Karen Yampolsky
Comments: Based on the novel by Michelle Wildgen.
Peck
Comedy, Indie
A high schooler lives under a microscope of parental scrutiny and develops an unlikely friendship with the school’s golden girl.
(06/26/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Producers: Jerry Lieder
Seller(s):
Writer: Marc Arneson
Stars: Marcia Cross, Adam Arkin, Camryn Manheim, Keir Gilchrist, Brie Larson
Comments: Michael Nickles will direct.
The Cruelest Miles
Adventure, Drama
A team of men and sled dogs brave temperatures of 60 below to save an Alaskan town from a deadly epidemic in 1925.
(06/26/2008)
[Book]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Walden Media, Gran Via Productions
Producers: Mark Johnson, Tom Williams
Seller(s):
Writer: Gay Salisbury , Laney Salisbury , Sean O’Keefe , Will Staples
Comments: Sean O’Keefe and Will Staples will adapt the book by Gay and Laney Salisbury.
War of the Gods
Action
The battles waged by Theseus, a warrior from Greek mythology.
(06/26/2008)
[Spec]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Relativity Media
Producers: Ryan Kavanaugh, Mark Canton, Gianni Nunnari
Seller(s):
Writer: Charley Parlapanides , Vlas Parlapanides
Price: Mid-six figures against seven-figures
Comments: Tarsem Singh will direct.
Fencewalker
Drama
(06/25/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Producers: Chris Carter
Seller(s):
Writer: Chris Carter
Agency: ICM
Stars: Natalie Dormer; David Cassidy, Katie Cassidy, Derek Magyar, Meckah Brooks
Comments: Chris Carter will write and direct.
Apologize, Apologize
Comedy, Drama
A boy who grows up on Martha’s Vineyard surrounded by a set of colorful characters, including an activist mother and a mogul grandfather.
(06/25/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Film Colony
Producers: Richard Gladstein, Daryl Roth
Seller(s):
Writer: Elizabeth Kelly
Comments: Based on the novel by Elizabeth Kelly, who will adapt.
Close Far Away
Drama
(06/25/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Film Rites, Mandate Pictures
Producers: Garrett Basch, Nathan Kahane, Nicole Brown, Steve Zaillian
Seller(s):
Writer: Jens Assur
Comments: Jens Assur will write and direct.
Parent Class
Comedy
Divorced couple are deemed unsatisfactory parents and must enroll in a class on how to improve their child-rearing skills.
(06/25/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Overture Films
Executives: Sean Furst
Producers: James Gibb
Seller(s):
Writer: Toni Kotite , Marty Scott
Agency: APA, Anonymous Content
Representatives: Jeff Okin
Attorneys: Dave Feldman
The 39 Clues
Adventure
The matriarch of the most powerful family in the world changes her will at the last moment, giving her descendants the choice between $1 million or a clue.
(06/25/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Studio: DreamWorks
Executives: Stacey Snider, Steven Spielberg
Production Company: Scholastic Media
Producers: Deborah Forte
Seller(s):
Writer: Rick Riordan
Comments: Steven Spielberg may direct this project, an adaptaation of a multimedia adventure that will include a set of collectible cards and an online game that will serve as a portal as young readers try to solve a mystery for a grand prize of $10,000. The contest will run for two years. Rick Riordan wrote the first book in the series; a screenwriter will be hired to adapt.
Pink Eye
Horror, Indie
A masked lunatic escapes a small-town insane asylum where patients are subjected to bizarre drug experiments.
(06/25/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Halo-8 Entertainment
Seller(s):
Writer: Joshua Nelson
Comments: James Tucker will direct.
Here Be Monsters
Animation
A young boy tries to save his town from a dastardly takeover plot.
(06/24/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Laika Entertainment
Producers: Fiona Kenshole
Seller(s):
Writer: Alan Snow , Irena Brignell
Price: Six figures
Comments: Henry Selick will oversee based on the best-selling British children’s novel by Alan Snow.
Update: 6/24/2008: Irena Brignell will script. Antony Stacchi will direct.
One Chance
Biography
Wannabe tenor Paul Potts, a cell phone salesman, wins ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contest in 2007.
(06/24/2008)
[Life Story]
Buyer(s):
Studio: Paramount
Production Company: Relevant Entertainment
Producers: Michael Menchel, Steve Whitney., Simon Cowell
Seller(s):
Writer: Justin Zackham
Update: 6/24/2008: Justin Zackham will script this formerly untitled project.
Salvation Boulevard
Mystery, Satire
A private detective investigates the killing of a professor. The exercise proves to be a clash of faiths: The detective is a born-again Christian, the dead man an atheist, the accused killer an Islamic foreign student and the D.A. is Jewish.
(06/24/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Mandalay Independent Pictures
Producers: Cathy Schulman
Seller(s):
Writer: Larry Beinhart , George Ratliff
Comments: George Ratliff will adapt and direct based on the novel by Larry Beinhart.
Jack and Ben
Animation
Brother bluebirds get into a dangerous road-rally-style race to Florida along the north-south migration route.
(06/24/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Laika Entertainment
Seller(s):
Writer: Jorgen Klubien , David Skelly
Comments: Barry Cook will direct.
Paranorman
Animation
A small town is under a secret curse, and a 13-year-old boy is the only one who can keep the town from being overrun by zombies.
(06/24/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Laika Entertainment
Seller(s):
Writer: Chris Butler
Middle Men
Comedy
Straight-and-narrow businessman is brought into a world that will eventually turn into the multibillion-dollar Internet porn industry.
(06/24/2008)
[Script]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Oxymoron Entertainment, Blue Star Pictures
Producers: Christopher Mallick, William Sherak, Jason Shuman
Seller(s):
Writer: George Gallo , Andy Weiss
Comments: George Gallo will co-write and direct.
The River Why
Drama
A young man’s quest for an elusive rainbow trout.
(06/24/2008)
[Novel]
Buyer(s):
Producers: Kristi Denton Cohen
Seller(s):
Writer: David James Duncan , Thomas A. Cohen , John Hay Osborn Jr.
Stars: William Hurt, Amber Heard
Comments: Thomas A. Cohen and John Hay Osborn Jr. did the adaptation of the novel by David James Duncan. Matt Leutwyler will direct.
Still You
Comedy
The unexpected appearance of a larger-than-life ex-boyfriend threatens to ruin a family vacation.
(06/24/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Studio: MGM
Producers: Aline Brosh McKenna, Walt Becker, Jennifer Eatz
Seller(s):
Writer: April Blair
Price: $300,000 against $625,000
Rip X
Action
In the vein of ‘The Fast and the Furious.’
(06/24/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Vertigo Entertainment
Producers: Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Gabriel Mason
Seller(s):
Writer: Matt O’Neil
Price: Mid-six-figure
My Spy
Action
A teenage boy falls for an attractive girl only to later learn that the girl is actually a spy. (06/23/2008)
[Spec]
Buyer(s):
Studio: CBS Films
Production Company: di Bonaventura Productions
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Seller(s):
Writer: Jeremy Slater
Agency: UTA, Kaplan/Perrone
Home Schooled
Comedy
A 30-year-old man who was home schooled heads off to college.
(06/23/2008)
[Pitch]
Buyer(s):
Studio: DreamWorks
Executives: Holly Bario
Production Company: American Work
Producers: Scot Armstrong, Ravi Nandan
Seller(s):
Writer: Mike Arnold , Chris Poole
Agency: CAA, Principato-Young
Comments: The writers are lawyers-turned-screenwriters who write long distance via video-conferencing software Skype every night between Boulder, Colo., (Arnold) and Chattanooga, Tenn. (Poole).
Previous script sales updates:
Recent script sales update #11
Recent script sales update #10
Recent script sales update #9
Recent script sales update #8
Recent script sales update #7
Recent script sales update #6
Recent script sales update #5
Recent script sales update #4
Recent script sales update #3
Recent script sales through 4/25
Recent script sales this week
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Recent deals now with more info!!
I hope that everyone is enjoying the recent deals and sales info that I have been posting.
Starting with the next update there will be more info included! You will get info on the buyers. And you will also get info on the sellers! This should help to give you a better idea of who is buying what.
And as usual, any info on loglines and sales amounts will still be included.
Screenwriting Goldmine - a forum for screenwriters you might want to check out
Yesterday I came across a site that you may or may not know about. It is called Screenwriting Goldmine. And I am specifically referring to the forums on the site. If you have been looking for a forum that is all about screenwriting you might want to give it a look over. I glanced at it briefly. It was not a super busy forum, but it might be just what some of you are looking for. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section.
Recent script sales #11
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 6/13/08 through 6/20/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
Le Car
Comedy
A group of CIA agents try to foil a plot by an evil car aiming to detonate an H-bomb at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
(06/20/2008)
[Spec]
Comments: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ segment director Wayne McClammy will direct.
The Family Bond
Adventure
A girl goes on an adventure to rescue her mother with the father she never knew she had, a Bond-like spy.
(06/20/2008)
[Spec]
Repeat
Comedy
A couple realize that they are reliving their disastrous wedding day again and again and start to question getting married in the first place.
(06/20/2008)
[Pitch]
Price: Mid-six again seven figures
Four Single Fathers
Comedy, Indie
The bond between four men whose kids attend the same school.
(06/19/2008)
[Script]
Doormat
Comedy
A man who has been walked on his entire life learns to stand up for himself with the help of some unlikely allies.
(06/19/2008)
[Script]
Taken
Drama, Thriller
A married couple coping with infidelity and other adversity heals its wounds after a home invasion. In the vein of ‘Panic Room’ and ‘Unfaithful.’
(06/19/2008)
[Pitch]
No Relation
Comedy
A thirtysomething accountant agrees to be the best man at his estranged, free-wheeling father’s latest wedding, hoping to repair their relationship.
(06/18/2008)
[Spec]
Speech & Debate
Comedy, Drama
A high school drama queen recruits a set of misfits to join the speech and debate club. In the vein of ‘Juno’ and ‘Election.’
(06/18/2008)
[Play]
Comments: Stephen Karam will script based on his off-Broadway play.
Time Traveler
Drama
African American rises from poverty to a distinguished academic and scientific career, and becomes obsessed with developing a time machine to save his father from death.
(06/18/2008)
[Book]
Comments: Spike Lee will co-write and direct.
The Last Call
Adventure, Horror
Two teens on a joyride get hit by a ‘ghost train,’ which is carrying souls from this dimension to another. They wake up on the train and try to solve a mystery that will allow them to return to their regular lives.
(06/17/2008)
[Comic Book], [Novel]
Comments: Evan Spiliotopoulos will adapt the graphic novel written and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos.
Shrink
Drama, Indie
A Hollywood shrink is unable to come to grips with a recent personal tragedy, and becomes a chronic pot smoker who no longer cares about his personal appearance and has lost faith in his ability to help his patients.
(06/17/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Griffin Dunne, Robin Williams, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Keke Palmer, Laura Ramsey, Gore Vidal, Dallas Roberts, Mark Webber
Comments: Jonas Pate will direct.
The Given Day
Mystery, Thriller
In 1919, the city of Boston is in turmoil as soldiers returning from WWI bring back an epidemic of Spanish influenza.
(06/17/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Sam Raimi will direct.
Throttle
Horror, Thriller
A motorcycle gang is chased through the desert by an 18-wheel tanker truck.
(06/17/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Based on the 60-page novella by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill.
Serena
Drama
A Depression-era logging magnate and his wife face off against land conservationists’ attempts to turn their land into a national park.
(06/17/2008)
[Novel]
Price: Mid- to high six figures
Mystery on Fifth Avenue
Family
Parents purchase a 1920s co-op with views of Central Park and hire a young architect to design an elaborately clever
(06/17/2008)
[Newspaper Story]
Comments: Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky will script based on a New York Times article by Penelope Green.
Robotech
Action, Sci-Fi
Earth develops giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashes on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions.
(06/16/2008)
[Remake]
Stars: Tobey Maguire
Update: 6/16/2008: Lawrence Kasdan has been hired to rewrite
Charlie Lucky
Crime, Drama
The criminal career of mobster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano.
(06/16/2008)
[Script]
Strays
Action, Thriller
A group of young consultants on a business trip to Russia mysteriously wake up in an abandoned and radioactive city and must fight to survive the deadly obstacles in between them and safety.
(06/16/2008)
[Script]
Comments: Louis Leterrier is negotiating to develop and direct.
High School
Comedy
A high school valedictorian, after getting high with the school stoner and facing a drug test, makes what seems like the only logical decision: getting the entire school stoned so he can beat the test by making everyone fail.
(06/16/2008)
[Spec]
Comments: John Stahlberg Jr. will direct.
Science Fair
Adventure, Family
Science fair projects comes to life.
(06/16/2008)
[Spec]
Price: $275,000 against $575,000
The Thaw
Indie, Thriller
An Arctic research team is attacked by a killer parasite released by melting polar ice caps.
(06/13/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Aaron Ashmore, Martha MacIsaac, Val Kilmer
Comments: Mark A. Lewis will direct.
Untitled by Mike Rich
Romantic Comedy
True story with elements of ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘The Parent Trap.’
(06/13/2008)
[Pitch]
Untitled by Bryan Schulz and Neil Uliano
Fantasy
Two brothers, visiting their grandfather in New York, meet a man who shows them a mystical realm in Central Park that is in danger.
(06/13/2008)
[Pitch]
Comments: Based on an idea by WB VP Jon Berg.
My Tutor
Comedy
A high school senior flunks his French final, prompting his parents to hire a (sexy) French tutor to help him pass a make-up exam.
(06/13/2008)
[Remake]
Comments: Steven Kriozere will script this remake of the 1983 comedy.
Previous script sales updates:
Recent script sales update #10
Recent script sales update #9
Recent script sales update #8
Recent script sales update #7
Recent script sales update #6
Recent script sales update #5
Recent script sales update #4
Recent script sales update #3
Recent script sales through 4/25
Recent script sales this week
Advertisement: Trying to sell your script to Hollywood? Check out Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry, Second Edition. Then have a look at Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas for some tips.
Disney Fellowship 2009 Applications Now Available
If you have been anxiously awaiting the entry period for the 2009 Disney Fellowship, that time is now here. Just this week the website was updated with the new applications and information.
Here’s the skinny:
The application period ends on August 8, 2008. There is no entry fee. If you are selected, you get a stipend of $50,000 and the year starts in February 2009.
A word of warning:
It is well known that this program targets diversity applicants.
For more info, visit the 2009 Disney Fellowship website.
Recent script sales #10
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 6/03/08 through 6/12/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
Time of My Life
Drama
A thirtysomething housewife gets a chance to go back in time to eliminate the lingering doubts about what might have happened had she not settled down.
(06/09/2008)
[Novel]
Girls Like Us
Drama
The lives of singer/songwriters Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon.
(06/09/2008)
[Biography], [Book]
Comments: Based on ‘Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — And the Journey of a Generation’ by Sheila Weller.
Dune
Sci-Fi
The remote desert planet Arrakis produces the interstellar empire’s sole source of the spice Melange — used for distant space travel. An empirewide power struggle ensues over the control of the spice.
(06/06/2008)
[Novel]
Update: 6/6/2008: Josh Zetumer is negotiating to direct.
Deadline
Indie, Thriller
A writer travels to an abandoned house to write a screenplay. A bout of writer’s block and other unforeseen events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
(06/06/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard. Marc Blucas
Comments: Sean McConville will direct.
Shortcut
Thriller
Two brothers come upon a rarely used shortcut in their new town — and soon discover the reasons why it’s so rarely used.
(06/06/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco
Comments: Nicholaus Goosen will direct.
Marvin
Biography, Musical
Life of iconic singer Marvin Gaye, who was shot to death by his father in 1984.
(06/06/2008)
[Life Story]
Comments: F. Gary Gray will direct.
My Fair Lady
Musical
A simple Cockney flower girl is transformed into a lady.
(06/06/2008)
[Play], [Remake]
Stars: Keira Knightley
Killing Mr. Kissel
True Crime, TV
Two multimillionaire brothers marry the women of their dreams and wind up dead.
(06/06/2008)
[Script]
Stars: John Stamos, Robin Tunney, Gretchen Egolf, Anson Mount
Comments: Ed Bianchi will direct.
Nolan Bushnell Biography
Biography
Biopic of Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese.
(06/06/2008)
[Pitch]
Baby Love
Drama, TV
Project Cuddle founder Debbe Magnusen’s enduring battle to prevent baby abandonment.
(06/06/2008)
[Script]
Comments: Andy Wolk will write and direct.
Dallas Buyers Club
Drama
True story of a redneck electrician contracts HIV in 1980 and eventually develops full-blown AIDS by 1986. He’s told to go home and die, but he found of the most risky and effective AIDS related disease management efforts of the time, testing illegal drugs on himself and prolonging his life six years as he helps to treat and extend the lives of thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS.
(06/05/2008)
[Rewrite], [Script], [True Story]
Price: $600,000 against at least $1 million.
Stars: Ryan Gosling
Comments: Guillermo Arriaga is rewriting an original script by Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack. Marc Forster will direct.
Update: 6/5/2008: Craig Gillespie will direct, replacing Marc Forster. Stephen Belber has done a rewrite. Ryan Gosling is negotiating to star.
Ocean
Thriller
A scientist on Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa discovers thousands of coffins containing angel-like bodies, and a giant weapon of mass destruction. A U.N. weapons inspector sent to investigate uncovers a chilling secret about the history of humanity.
(06/05/2008)
[Comic Book], [Novel]
Update: 6/5/2008: Ryan Condal has been hired to adapt.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous
Drama
A 17-year-old awakens from a coma with an exceptional memory and synesthesia, in which words, shapes or numbers become colors, smells or flavors. His father, a demanding physics professor, sends him to a research institute for savants to find a use for his new gifts.
(06/05/2008)
[Novel]
Stars: Freddie Highmore
Roundtable
Comedy, Supernatural
Merlin assembles a bunch of modern-day knights to battle a resurrected ancient evil, only to discover that today’s knights are all washed-up athletes, cowardly scientists or Academy Award-winning actors.
(06/05/2008)
[Spec]
Price: $650,000 against $1 million
Capricorn One
Thriller
A group of astronauts of an aborted mission to Mars.
(06/05/2008)
[Remake]
Comments: Peter Buchman wrote the script for this reimagined remake of the 1978 thriller. John Moore will direct.
The Opposite of Love
Comedy, Drama
A successful 29-year-old Manhattan attorney’s penchant for running away from commitment prompts her to end a relationship just before her boyfriend proposes.
(06/05/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Kara Holden will adapt the novel by Julie Buxbaum.
The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Drama, Indie
A rock star retreats to his Long Island hometown after his sophomore album flops.
(06/05/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Kevin Zegers, Jason Ritter
Comments: Scott Rosenbaum will write and direct.
The Boston Stranglers
Thriller, True Crime
Were the infamous Boston murders actually committed by multiple killers instead of the single, confessed murderer, Albert DeSalvo?
(06/04/2008)
[Book]
Comments: Based on Susan Kelly’s book. Carl Franklin will direct.
Update: 6/4/2008: Brian De Palma will direct. Alan Rosen is the latest writer on the project.
Cool School
Comedy
A group of out-of-touch ad execs are sent back to high school to find out what teens like.
(06/04/2008)
[Script]
Comments: Wayne McClammy will direct.
Souls of Naples
Drama
Penniless Pasquale and his young wife move into a haunted palazzo, rent free, as a scheming landlord seeks to give his estate an air of normality and lure some paying tenants.
(06/04/2008)
[Play]
Comments: John Turturro will write and direct based on the play by Edoardo de Filippo.
I Spit on Your Grave
Horror
A woman is abducted and brutally raped and then left for dead. She survives, hunts her attackers and dispatches them in graphic ways.
(06/04/2008)
[Remake]
Comments: Remake of the controversial 1978 revenge film, directed, produced and written by Meir Zarchi.
Dare
Indie, Thriller
Three privileged high school seniors decide they can no longer ignore their deepest needs and take the biggest risk of their lives.
(06/04/2008)
[Script]
Comments: Adam Salky will direct based on a short film he made at Columbia.
Hollywood and Wine
Comedy, Satire
A Hollywood chef and an aspiring actress embark on a get-rich quick scheme that results in mistaken identify and a run-in with the mob.
(06/04/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Chris Kattan, David Spade, Norm MacDonald, Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell
Hexum
Action, Thriller
A worst-case scenario analyst works for the government.
(06/04/2008)
[Pitch]
Price: Seven figures
The Bait
Thriller
A woman, her boyfriend and his friend come up with a plan to rob the houses of wealthy married men by using the woman as ‘bait’ — that is, having her seduce the men — but the plan quickly leads to missteps and murder.
(06/04/2008)
[Remake]
Comments: Matthew Cirulnick will script this remake of a 1995 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
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