Recent script sales #21

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are recent script sales since 8/13/08 through 8/14/08. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.

Born to Rock - spec sale
Comedy
After a demo tape mixup, a group of struggling, aging rock musicians find unlikely success as a Wiggles-type children’s band.
Buyers: CBS Films, And Then Productions, David Duchovny, Tea Leoni, Susanna Jolly, Dan Cortese
Writers: Jess Walter , Mark Steilen

Easy A - spec sale
Comedy
A good-natured high school student uses the school rumor mill to financial and personal advantage by pretending to be the school slut.
Buyers: Screen Gems, Zanne Devine
Writer: Bert V. Royal

Severance Package - novel sale
Action, Comedy
Media relations director of a financial company learns that the firm was a front for a covert intelligence agency that is being shut down immediately, with every manager scheduled to be terminated–literally.
Buyers: Lionsgate, Jim Miller, Marc Platt Productions
Writer: Duane Swierczynski

Fools Rush In - book sale
War
An aid worker in Sarajevo during the bitter Balkans war siege that lasted 43 months. To star Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson.
Buyers: Elliott Lewitt, Julie Kirkham, Orlando Bloom
Writer: Bill Carter

Like Father - script sale
Comedy
A father and son who have never gotten along coincidentally have baby sons at the same time. The births of their sons result in them being forced to go through the fatherhood experience together.
Buyers: Columbia, Katalyst Films, Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg
Writers: Kenneth Lonergan , Ian Deitchman , Kristin Robinson.

Flynn - script sale
Biography
Biopic of Sean Flynn, the son of Hollywood icon Errol Flynn, a photojournalist who disappeared in the Cambodian jungle in 1970.
Buyers: Millennium Films, Mythic Films
Writers: Ralph Hemecker , Perry Deane Young

The Wheel of Time - novel sale
Fantasy
Three men must confront their destiny when villagers are attacked by Dark One followers.
Buyers: Universal, Red Eagle Entertainment
Writer: Robert Jordan

What I Know About Love - script sale
Drama
In the vein of ‘Kramer vs. Kramer.’
Buyers: Indiana Productions, Gabriele Muccino, Will Smith
Writers: Liz Tuccillo , Gabriele Muccino

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Topics: Recent deals and sales

 

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