Recent script sales update #7

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 5/16/08 through 5/20/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.

The Eagle of the Ninth
Adventure, Period
A young Roman centurion travels to Scotland in 135 A.D. to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Rome’s Ninth Legion 15 years earlier.
(05/21/2008)
[Script]

Comments: Jeremy Brock will adapt the novel by Rosemary Sutcliffe. Kevin MacDonald will direct.

Playing for Pizza
Drama, Sports
A washed-up NFL quarterback finds a new perspective on life and a love for all things Italian when his agent lands him a deal to play with a semi-professional team in Parma, Italy.
(05/20/2008)
[Novel]

Lie Down in Darkness
Drama
The rich and troubled Loftis family, whose daughter Peyton winds up fleeing for the New York art world.
(05/20/2008)

Untitled Matt Carnahan Crime Project
Crime, Drama
A trio of childhood friends from Chicago’s South Side.
(05/20/2008)
[Spec]

Price: Mid- against high six figures

Broken City
Drama
A New York private eye who gets sucked into a shady mayoral election.
(05/20/2008)
[Script]

Waco
Drama, Indie
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives attempts to arrest David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian cult. Four ATF agents, Koresh and 76 of his followers die.
(05/20/2008)
[Script]

Comments: Rupert Wainwright will direct.

Highlander
Sci-Fi
Immortal beings battle among humans, hunting down one another and collecting more power.
(05/20/2008)
[Remake]

Permission
Comedy
A husband and wife give each other permission to cheat on their separate weekend vacations. When one does and the other doesn’t, everything changes when they come home.
(05/19/2008)
[Spec]

Welcome to the Sticks
Comedy
A postal employee gets transferred to ‘the sticks,’ where he is eventually won over by the locals warm-hearted ways and impenetrable dialect.
(05/19/2008)
[Remake]

Comments: Remake of a hugely successful French film.

The Greatest
Drama
A young girl throws into chaos a family that is trying to get over the loss of a teenage son.
(05/19/2008)
[Script]

Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon
Comments: Shana Feste will write and direct.

Blackbeard
Action, Adventure
The life of British buccaneer Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard.
(05/19/2008)
[Script]

White Male Heart
Thriller
(05/19/2008)
[Script]

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Eddie Redmayne
Comments: Peter Mackie Burns will direct.

Untitled by Jason Keller
Action, Thriller
American Federal agent goes undercover in South America’s dangerous triborder area - a modern day Dodge City - trying to dismantle a terrorist funding network.
(05/19/2008)
[Script]

Comments: Jose Padilha will direct.

Spin
Sci-Fi
A young scientist tries to save humanity from impending doom, and the world realizes that its salvation may be found with the discovery of life on Mars.
(05/19/2008)
[Novel]

Comments: Based on the novel by Robert Charles Wilson.

Pitch Perfect
Comedy
The competitive world of collegiate a cappella singing.
(05/17/2008)
[Book]

Comments: Kay Cannon will adapt the book by Mickey Rapkin.

The Facttracker
Family
A salesman who peddles lies arrives in a town that produces all the facts in the world, throwing the town into chaos.
(05/17/2008)
[Book]

Comments: David Silverman will direct based on the children’s book by Jason Carter Eaton. Ian Lendler will adapt with the author.

Master Harold … and the Boys
Drama
(05/17/2008) [Play]

Stars: Danny Glover, Thomas Sangster
Comments: Lonny Price will direct.

Men Who Stare at Goats
Comedy, Drama
U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion uses paranormal powers.
(05/17/2008)
[Novel], [Script]

Stars: George Clooney
Comments: Peter Straughan adapted the book by Jon Ronson. Grant Heslov will direct.

Mercy
Indie, Romance
Cynical young novelist writes about love but doesn’t believe in it until he falls in love for the first time.
(05/17/2008)
[Script]

Stars: Dylan McDermott, Scott Caan
Comments: Patrick Hoelck will direct.

Kerosene Cowboys
Action
Tough pilots in an elite Naval attack squadron. In the vein of ‘Top Gun.’
(05/17/2008)
[Book]

Comments: Adam Prince adapted the book by Randy Arrington

Previous script sales updates:

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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Topics: Recent deals and sales

4 Responses to “Recent script sales update #7”

gerard Says:
May 26th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

hi im gerard from south africa i am 19 years old id like to sell a screenplay of mine its an animation screenplay about a young boy who aspires to become president of the fictional town of hennessey,emerica.ansd does so.

the screenwriting mofo Says:
May 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Hi Gerard,

Screenwriter John August actually just did a post on this at http://johnaugust.com/archives/2008/animated-specs

Check it out for more info!

Aimee Says:
July 6th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Interesting site. Thanks for providing the info on recent deals, as it is very helpful. I have 2 screenplays I am working on currently. I have to say as well that I feel inspired to write screenplays not just because I enjoy it, but because the films Hollywood is churning out these days, most of them, are dreadful. It’s a wonder they can even come up with enough films to qualify for any Oscar nominations. The films of even 10-20 years ago were far superior. Hopefully the better scripts will start surfacing again.

the screenwriting mofo Says:
July 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am

I agree - a lot of them are rather dreadful! Good luck to you!

 

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