Recent script sales #9
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 5/28/08 through 6/03/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
The Harvard Zombie Massacre
Comedy, Horror
Harvard is overrun by the undead and America’s most brilliant minds must fend off America’s most brilliant zombies.
(06/03/2008)
[Spec]
The Sigma Protocol
Thriller
A man discovers a lethal international conspiracy while in the process of avenging his brother’s murder.
(06/02/2008)
[Novel]
Comments: Based on the book by Robert Ludlum. Antoine Fuqua will direct.
Update: 7/16/2002: Chap Taylor will adapt. 2/25/2005: Michael Ferris and John Brancato will rewrite. 2/15/2006: Jonathan Jakubowicz will rewrite and direct, replacing Antoine Fuqua. 6/2/2008: Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are the latest writers on this project.
Wake the Dead
Horror
FRANKENSTEIN meets FLATLINERS: four college kids try to reanimate objects and raise the dead.
(06/02/2008)
[Comic Book]
Comments: Based on the comic book created by Steve Niles.
Update: 11/18/2003: Michael Dougherty will adapt for a deal worth mid-six against high-six figures. 6/2/2008: James V. Hart is the latest writer on this project, previously in development at Dimension. Jay Russell will direct.
Eleven Minutes
Drama
The sexual awakening of a Brazilian woman as she heads to Geneva to become a dancer but returns home hardened and cynical after a stint as a high-priced call girl.
(06/02/2008)
[Novel]
Final Orbit
Sci-Fi
A lottery that gives thrill-seekers a chance to vacation aboard a newly completed International Space Station. But the trips turns nightmarish after the station is damaged, trapping tourists in a crippled module with no trained astronauts to help them.
(06/02/2008)
[Comic Book]
Drama, Indie
A writer goes on a downward spiral when his father dies, causing his assistant to start investigating whether his muse as well as narrator for his stories is a figment of his imagination.
(06/02/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Katharine McPhee, Wes Bentley, Anita Briem
Comments: Robert Angelo Masciantonio will direct.
ReBoot
Animation
(06/01/2008)
[TV Series]
Frat Chance
Comedy
A nerd’s full-boat scholarship hinges on his joining a fraternity.
(05/30/2008)
[Spec]
S. Darko
Drama, Indie
Donnie Darko’s sister Samantha, dealing with her broken family, flees town with her best friend when they are plagued by bizarre visions.
(05/30/2008)
[Sequel]
Stars: Daveigh Chase, Elizabeth Berkley, Briana Evigan, Ed Westwick, Justin Chatwin
Comments: Chris Fisher will direct this sequel to cult classic ‘Donnie Darko.’ Project has also been called ‘Samantha D.’
Shorts
Adventure, Family
A young boy discovers a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it.
(05/29/2008)
[Script]
Stars: Jon Cryer, James Spader, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann
Comments: Robert Rodriguez will write and direct.
Ouija Board
Adventure, Supernatural
(05/29/2008)
[Pitch]
Sex and Lies in Sin City
Drama, True Crime, TV
The death of wealthy Las Vegas casino heir Ted Binion.
(05/29/2008)
[Book], [True Story]
Stars: Mena Suvari, Matthew Modine
Comments: Based on the book ‘Murder in Sin City’ by Jeff German. Teena Booth did the adaptation. Peter Medak will direct.
Stolen Innocence
Drama
True story of a 14-year old girl forced to marry her cousin by a Polygamous Sect leader.
(05/29/2008)
[Book]
Comments: Based on memoir by Elissa Wall, ‘Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs.’
Previous script sales updates:
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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