Recent script sales #16
Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 7/21/08 through 7/25/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.
Freedom Formula
Action, Sci-Fi
Based on comic book.
Buyers: Bad Hat Harry Productions, Radical Pictures, Bryan Singer, Barry Levine, Jesse Berger, Edmund Shern, Alex Garcia, Michael Zoumas
Writer: Edmund Shern
Pretty, Baby, Machine
Mystery, Thriller
Based on comic book - gangsters join together to take down Al Capone.
Buyers: Landscape Entertainment, Bob Cooper, Brian Truman, Clark Westerman, Kody Chamberlain
Writer: Clark Westerman
Harold and Kumar III
Comedy
Sequel
Buyers: Mandate Pictures, Nathan Kahane, Greg Shapiro
Writer: Jon Hurwitz , Hayden Schlossberg
RoboCop
Action, Thriller
This is a remake.
Buyers: MGM, Cale Boyter, Mary Parent, Phoenix Pictures
Writer: David Self
Agency: UTA
Hairspray 2
Comedy, Musical
This is a sequel.
Buyers: New Line, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
Writer: John Waters
Agency: William Morris
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Comedy, Musical, TV
This is a remake.
Buyers: MTV, BermanBraun, Fox Television Studios
Writer: Jim Sharman , Richard O’Brien
In Northwood
Drama, Indie
A man is condemned to a mental hospital for committing murder.
Buyers: Jizzy Entertainment, Jamie Kennedy, Mike Wittlin, Sandy Solowitz, Mike Rachmil
Writer: D.W. Brown
Captain Blood
Action, Adventure
This is a remake based on a novel.
Buyer: Warner Bros.
Writers: Rafael Sabatini , Jonathan Hensleigh , Chuck Russell , Frank Darabont
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Horror
This is a remake
Buyers: New Line, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada, Dave Neustadter
Writer: Wesley Strick
Agency: William Morris
The Lost Patrol
Supernatural, Thriller
Buyers: Legendary Pictures, Rick Porras, Steven Boyd
Writers: Matt Cirulnick , Andrew Hilton
Hercules: The Thracian Wars
Action, Adventure
Based on a comic book.
Buyers: Universal, Spyglass Entertainment, Film 44, Radical Pictures
Writers: Steve Moore , Ryan Condal
The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending
Action, Thriller
A casino owner defends Vegas from terrorist attacks. Based on a book.
Buyers: Moritz Borman, Peter Graves
Writer: Jon Land
Stealing Time
Action
Three generations of men on a quest to make time travel possible.
Buyers: Columbia, Doug Belgrad, Landscape Entertainment, Sparkler Entertainment
Writer: Colin Trevorrow
The Leaves
Thriller
A New York doctor in Bombay discovers a prophecy that foretells that he will bring about the apocalypse. Based on a book/graphic novel.
Buyers: Summit Entertainment, Virgin Comics, Erik Feig, Jean Song, Gotham Chopra, Sharad Devarajan
Writer: Kevin J. Walsh
Agency: CAA
Demoted
Comedy
Giving a coworker a taste of his own medicine.
Buyers: Parallel Zide, Warren Zide, Ryan Lewis
Writer: Dan Callahan
My Life In Ruins
Romantic Comedy
A travel guide rediscovers her passion for life.
Buyers: Fox Searchlight, Ray Strache, 26 Films
Writer: Nia Vardalos
Accidentes - pitch sale
Comedy
An ambulance chasing lawyer helps an immigrant and becomes the enemy of L.A.’s power elite.
Buyers: Fox Atomic, Debbie Liebling, Sacha Baron Cohen
Writer: Peter Baynham
We Got the Beat
Comedy, Indie
A high school football player quits the team turns his heavy metal band into a boy band.
Writer: Jon Artigo
Junkers
Action, Adventure
Pitch sale.
Buyers: 20th Century Fox, Mark Gordon
Writers: John Glenn , Gil Kenan
Agency: ICM
Capeshooters
Action
Based on graphic novel.
Buyers: Warner Bros., Bad Hat Harry, Energy Entertainment, Bryan Singer, Alex Garcia, Brooklyn Weaver
Writers: Rob Liefeld , J.P. Lavin , Chad Damiani
Agency: William Morris, Luber Roklin Entertainment
City Island
Comedy, Indie
A prison official realizes that an inmate is his secret love child.
Buyers: Medici Entertainment, CineSon, Lucky Monkey Pictures, Raymond De Felitta, Andy Garcia, Lauren Versel, Zachary Matz
Magdalena
Action, Adventure
Based on comic book.
Buyers: Valhalla Motion Pictures, Platinum Studios, Top Cow Productions, Gale Anne Hurd, Gary Ventimiglia, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Marc Silvestri, Matt Hawkins, Randy Greenberg
The Crusaders
Courtroom, Drama
The true story of attorney Jack Greenberg of Brown v. Board of Education
Buyers: Universal, Landscape Entertainment, Participant Productions, Bob Cooper, Ricky Strauss, Michael Bogner, John Saroff
Writer: Lawrence O’Donnell , Paul Redford , John Romano , Danny Strong
Agency: Broder-Webb-Chervin-Silbermann Agency, William Morris
Reps: Danny Greenberg , Chris Silbermann
Savvy
Family
Based on a book
Buyer: Walden Media
Writer: Ingrid Law , Karen Janszen
Thulsa Doom
Fantasy
Based on comic book - The adventures of the immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom.
Buyers: Dynamite Entertainment, Nick Barrucci, Djimon Hounsou, Arthur Lieberman, Luke Lieberman.
Icarus
Action
An assassin is tries to escape his double life.
Buyers: CineTel Films, Insight Film Studios
Writer: Raul Inglis
ZMDs: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Action, Horror
A new government weapons program drops zombies - based on a comic book.
Buyers: Benderspink, Josh Feldman
Writer: Kevin Grevioux
Agency: William Morris
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