Writer: Madison Turner Genre: Historical Action Drama Agency: CAA Management: Grandview Buyer: Warner Bros.We all have the dream of writing the spec screenplay that sells for a million bucks and introduces us to Hollywood.But in recent years the spec screenplay market has taken a huge hit.
It seems like sales each year since the 20072008 strike has gone way down. And Hollywoods changing, IP-driven, landscape has dissuaded buyers from shelling out cash for original ideas more and more. Lucky for us, Scott Myers, of Go Into The Story and The Black List, has diligently been tracking spec sales for the past twenty years. He recently released his report analyzing this years sales along with the sales of scripts for the past several years. Scott compiled the screenplays, loglines, agencies, and buyers. This is incredibly useful in analyzing the way the business is skewing and whats selling right now. By digging into these youll get a clear sense of what is selling right now, and how it might affect some of your own creative choices. Maybe you want to zig when everyone zags, maybe youll see something so close to your idea that you have to adjust it. Maybe youll see something close to an old idea that inspires you to dust it off and give it a fresh look. We compiled all the data into two super useful infographics that can help you easily identify what is selling in each genre, subgenre, and how spec sales have fluxuated over the years. Keep reading to check out Scott Myerss official spec script breakdown. Here is the entire list of 40 spec script deals from 2018 including links to my blog posts covering each acquisition. Scott also dug deep and did a personal analysis of these sales. Writer: Adam Bloom Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: APA Management: Kersey Management Buyer: Universal Pictures Date: 212018 Notes: First-timer. Writer: Marc Guggenheim Genre: Science Fiction Agency: WME Management: Syndicate Entertainment Buyer: Sony Pictures Date: 272018. Fatal Attraction Script Pro Basketball ProspectsThe phenom is thrown into the hype machine of pro basketball prospects and must deal with being away from his family and village for the first time while the scout tries to put back together the pieces of the family he left behind. Writer: Taylor Materne Genre: Sports Drama Agency: CAA Management: Oasis Media Group Buyer: Universal Pictures Date: 2142018. Notes: Bidding war. High-six figures. Lebron James attached as a producer. It centers on an illegal memory dealer who is accused of murdering a man who she does not believe she even knows. Writer: Graham Moore Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: CAA Buyer: Studio 8 Date: 2282018 Notes: Moore to direct. Writer: Adam Alleca Genre: Science Fiction Action Agency: NA Management: NA Buyer: Millennium Films Date: 3142018.
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