Recent script sales #39

Posted by: the screenwriting mofo on Wednesday, November 12th, 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.
Above Suspicion
Thriller, True Crime
Based on the book of the same title by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey.
Buyers: Bold Films
Writer: Chris Gerolmo

The Beaver
Comedy
Spec sale about a man who walks around with a beaver puppet on his hand.
Buyers: Anonymous Content
Writer: Kyle Killen

Tales From The Gangster Squad
Action
Based on the L.A. Times’ recent seven-part series “Tales From the Gangster Squad”, by Paul Lieberman.
Buyers: Warner Bros. Pictures, Lin Pictures

Battling Boy
Action
Story centers on the son of a god or superhero who comes down from the top of a mountain at his father’s behest in order to rid a giant city of monsters.
Buyers: Paramount Pictures, Plan B Entertainment
Comment: Based on a series of graphic novels to be published by First Second Books in 2010.

Herb and Dorothy
Documentary
About a postal clerk and a librarian who slowly amassed a large contemporary art collection now worth millions.
Buyers: Post Logic Studios

Dante’s Inferno
Development
Based on the unannounced EA video game based on the famous work detailing the nine circles of hell.
Buyers: Universal Pictures, Electronic Arts Inc., Strike Entertainment
Comment: Sold for seven figures.

The Last Dragon
Action
Remake - the plot will be updated but will follow a similar story as the original,
Buyers: Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group, Davis Entertainment Company
Writer: Dallas Jackson

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One Response to “Recent script sales #39”

Logan Lamech Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

I’m a huge fan of netflix. I recommend it to everyone. Are these movies coming out or what?

Logan Lamech
http://www.eloquentbooks.com/LingeringPoets.html

 

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