Recent script sales #32

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are some recent script sales. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.


Netflix, Inc.
Chasing Bohemia
Non-fiction
Based on Australian Carmen Michael’s book “Chasing Bohemia — A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro,” about her experiences in the city.
Buyers: Total Films, GreenCo
Writer: Laura Malin

Couples Retreat
Comedy
Focus on four couples who go to a tropical island resort who discover that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is not optional.
Buyers: Universal Pictures, Wild West Pictures Show, Stuber Productions
Writer: Jon Favreau

Untitled Tomorrowland/Dwayne Johnson Project
Sci-Fi
Takes place in space, possibly based on Disney ‘Tomorrowland’ ride.
Buyers: Walt Disney Pictures, Mayhem Pictures
Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Neighborhood Watch
Comedy
A guy in suburbia joins a neighborhood watch group and uncovers a conspirarcy.
Buyers: 21 Laps Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
Writer: Jared Stern
Notes: This was a pitch sale.

Airman
Adventure
Based on a children’s adventure book by “Artemis Fowl” author Eoin Colfer.
Buyers: ImageMovers
Writer: They are looking for a writer

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