Recent script sales #12

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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).

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