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    Scoggins Report - Mar 11 2011 - February Roundup Final

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    February 2011 Spec Market Roundup

    As you’ll see, there’s plenty to be optimistic about in the below breakdowns. Familiar
    faces from 2010 like Esola and Fenton are mixed in with fresh ones like Kessman and
    Karp, and half of the month’s sales went to four major buyers (Disney, DreamWorks,
    Sony and Warner Bros.), two of which hadn’t bought spec scripts in a year. But there
    are two obvious standout stories from last month’s spec market:

    • Two companies sold 3 specs each in February: CAA and Gersh. WME
    and Circle of Confusion are close behind with 2 each.

    • Gersh’s Greg Pedicin and Circle’s David Alpert were on fire individually
    last month: Each sold two specs.

    Here’s a snapshot of the raw numbers, with year-over-year comparisons since 2009:

    Feb 2011 Feb 2010 Feb 2009


    New Specs 40 42 60
    Number Sold 9 10 12
    Percent Sold 22.5% 23.8% 20%
    3 Comedies 3 Action/ 3 Action/
    1 Horror Adventure Adventure
    Genres Sold 1 Sci-Fi 3 Comedies 2 Comedies
    4 Thrillers 2 Thrillers 2 Thrillers
    2 Other 4 Other

    Weekly Activity Breakdown

    Week of January 31:


    • 8 scripts hit the tracking boards, 1 of which has sold (“Harker”)
    Week of February 7:
    • 6 scripts hit the boards, 1 of which sold (“Line of Sight”)
    • 2 additional sales were reported (“Voices From The Dead” and “Good Time
    Gang”)

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    Week of February 14:
    • 13 scripts hit the boards, none of which have sold
    • 2 additional sales were reported (“Article III” and “Stash House”)

    Week of February 21 (President’s Day):


    • 6 scripts hit the boards, none of which have sold
    • 3 additional sales were reported (“Something Cliqued,” “Inherit The Earth” and
    “Zombie Pet Shop”)

    Genre Breakdown

    Genre Total Sold % Sold


    Action 5 0 0%
    Comedy 13 3 23%
    Drama 3 0 0%
    Fantasy 1 0 0%
    Horror 2 1 50%
    Sci-Fi 3 1 33%
    Thriller 13 4 31%

    Spec Sales (alphabetical by title)

    Article III
    Writers: Aaron Tracy
    Reps: CAA (Grant Kessman)
    Buyer: Route One Films
    Genre: Thriller

    Good Time Gang


    Writers: Max Landis
    Reps: WME (David Karp) and Circle of Confusion (Britton Rizzio and David Alpert)
    Buyer: RCR Pictures
    Genre: Action comedy
    Attachments: RCR’s Robin Schorr and Chris Ferguson will produce.

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    Harker
    Writer: Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy
    Reps: Paradigm (Trevor Astbury) and Mad Hatter (Michael Connolly)
    Buyer: Warner Bros.
    Genre: Horror
    Attachments: Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio and
    Jennifer Davisson Killoran will produce along with Connolly.
    Notes: Project is a re-imagining of Bram Sroker’s Dracula. Mike Ireland will oversee for
    Appian Way.

    Inherit the Earth (aka “Robots vs Zombies”)


    Writers: J.T. Petty
    Reps: CAA (David Kopple) and Circle of Confusion (Lawrence Mattis and David
    Alpert)
    Buyer: Sony
    Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
    Attachments: The Soon-To-Be-Named Yorn Company’s Rick Yorn and Julie Yorn will
    produce along with Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller and
    Circle’s Alpert, Mattis and Rick Jacobs.
    Notes: Based on the IDW Publishing graphic novel. Project originally went out in July
    2010. Jonathan Kadin and Hannah Minghella will oversee for Sony.

    Line of Sight
    Writers: Scott Frazier
    Reps: WME (Mike Esola) and H2F (Chris Fenton)
    Buyer: Warner Bros.
    Genre: Action thriller
    Attachments: Silver Pictures’ Joel Silver, Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman
    Notes: Sarah Schechter will oversee for the studio.

    Something Cliqued
    Writers: Karen Bloch Morse
    Reps: Gersh (Eric Garfinkel) and Underground (Trevor Engelson)
    Buyer: Disney
    Genre: Teen comedy
    Attachments: Panay Films’ Andrew Panay will produce along with Underground’s
    Engelson and Nick Osborne.
    Notes: Tendo Nagenda and Erin Westerman will oversee for Disney; Alex Ankeles will
    oversee for Panay.

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    Stash House
    Writers: Gary Spinelli
    Reps: Gersh (Greg Pedicin and Frank Wuliger) and ROAR (Josh Adler and Mike
    Goldberg)
    Buyer: Dark Castle
    Genre: Thriller

    Voices From The Dead


    Writers: J. Michael Straczynski
    Reps: CAA (Chris Harbert)
    Buyer: DreamWorks
    Genre: Mystery thriller

    Zombie Pet Shop


    Writers: E.L. Katz
    Reps: Gersh (Greg Pedicin) and Generate (Jeremy Platt)
    Buyer: The Animation Picture Company
    Genre: Family horror (3D animation)
    Attachments: The Animation Picture Company’s John Davis, Dan Chuba and Mark
    Dippe will produce along with Davis Entertainment’s Brian Manis and Silver Nitrate’s
    Ash Shah. Platt will co-produce.

    About The Scoggins Report:


    The Scoggins Report is a terribly unscientific analysis of the feature film development
    business based on information assembled from a variety of public and non-public
    sources. The numbers in the reports are by no means official statistics. Past editions of
    The Scoggins Report can be found in the archives of The Business of Show Institute
    (http://bit.ly/2HRZ67) and now have a beautiful new home on www.thewrap.com.

    Details on every person, project and company covered by the Report can also be found
    at www.ItsontheGrid.com, the only place mere mortals can find listings of Hollywood’s
    active open writing and directing assignments, not to mention comprehensive spec
    market data and active film development information. Check out the IOTG Blog, too -- it
    includes frequent highlights of recent database updates and individual posts on every
    spec that hits the market: http://blog.itsonthegrid.com. You’ll find buttons to subscribe
    to the blog’s feed right where you’d expect them, and you can follow the site’s Twitter
    feed here: http://twitter.com/itsonthegrid.

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