Recent script sales update #5
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 5/9/08 through 5/13/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
Twilight
Indie, Mystery
Two teen siblings suspect that something’s amiss with their whisky bootlegger father’s burial and soon learn that an undertaker is manipulating the dead in a small Southern town.
(05/13/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Based on the novel by William Gay.
Bad Lieutenant
Drama
(05/13/2008)
[Remake]
Stars: Nicolas Cage
Comments: Werner Herzog will direct this remake of the 1992 cult classic starring Harvey Keitel, directed by Abel Ferrara.
Fraggle Rock
Musical
(05/13/2008)
[TV Series]
Comments: Cory Edwards will write and direct this live-action musical.
From Zero to Sixty
Comedy
(05/13/2008)
[Pitch]
Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton
The Trail
Drama
Two soldiers on a base in New Mexico are led by a Native American woman up a trail to find her brother, who has been badly hurt in mysterious circumstances.
(05/13/2008)
[Script]
Slipping Into Darkness
Thriller
Twenty years after sending a teenager to jail for life, a cop watches him freed on a technicality.
(05/13/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Blake Masters will adapt the novel by Peter Blauner.
Alina Fernandez Biography
Biography
Biography of Alina Fernandez, the only daughter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
(05/13/2008)
[Biography]
Buyer(s):
Production Company: Moresco Productions, Artists Relations Group
Producers: Bobby Moresco, John Martinez, Noel Tristan
Comments: A screenwriter will be hired.
Cereal Heroes
Animation, Comedy
Cartoon cereal box-mascots are mistakenly brought to life when a plan to replace the world’s fallen superheroes with characters from comic books goes awry. They soon find themselves on the run in an unfamiliar world that only they can save from destruction.
(05/13/2008)
[Script]
Point Break Indo
Action, Drama
(05/13/2008)
[Sequel]
Comments: Jan de Bont will direct this sequel to Kathryn Bigelow’s iconic surfer movie, ‘Point Break.’
Untitled by Rupert Wyatt
Drama
A teenaged ex-member of the MS-13 gang is killed by her comrades after she becomes an informant for the FBI.
(05/12/2008)
[Book]
Comments: Rupert Wyatt will adapt and direct based the book by Samuel Logan ‘This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha.’
Into the Blue 2
Action, Adventure
A married couple are hired as professional divers to search for Columbus’ hidden treasure. To their horror, they learn that their wealthy employers have a much more terrifying agenda.
(05/12/2008)
[Sequel]
Stars: Audrina Patridge, Chris Carmack, Laura Vandervoort
Comments: Charles Winkler will direct.
Gregory Burns
Thriller
Arizona cop goes undercover to take down a Los Angeles-based Russian crime family.
(05/12/2008)
[Script]
Hot Tub Time Machine
Comedy
A group of guys who used to be cads back in their heyday, travel back in time and set out to rediscover their ‘mojo.’
(05/12/2008)
[Script]
Heaven and Earth
Drama, Historical
Britain’s first female doctor is forced to disguise herself as a man in order to practice medicine.
(05/12/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Natasha McElhone, James Purefoy
Comments: Marleen Gorris will direct.
Shared Fare
Romantic Comedy
A couple start dating after sharing a short cab ride.
(05/12/2008)
[Spec]
Comments: Brian Robbins may direct.
Deal With the Devil
Thriller
A Chicago detective is forced to take on an unlikely new partner: the original serial killer.
(05/09/2008)
[Comic Book]
Comments: Kyle Ward will script based on the comic book.
Living Proof
Drama, TV
UCLA doctor develops a breast cancer drug and relentlessly battles to keep the drug trials afloat and save the lives of thousands of women.
(05/09/2008)
[Book]
Stars: Harry Connick, Jr.
Comments: Dan Ireland will direct. Vivienne Radkoff wrote the script based on the book by Robert Bazell.
Previous script sales updates:
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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