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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