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Oct 12 2017
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September 2017 Script Sales

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Echo Lake Productions and Royal Viking Entertainment have picked up Sean Sorensen’s spec We Interrupt This Program, based on the true story of Orson Welles’ famous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds and the ensuing panic. Disney has picked up Tarell Alvin McCraney’s musical romance script Cyrano the Moor, which will combine elements from Cyrano de Bergerac and Othello. David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo are set to produce. Phoenix Pictures is moving forward with A Country of Strangers, Sean Armstrong’s 2012 Black List script. The story follows the true story of a 40-year investigation into the disappearance of three young children in Australia. Murray Miller’s untitled buddy cop comedy has found a home at Universal. John Cena and Kumail Nanjiani will star, Ruben Fleischer will direct. Finally, Lisa Jones is set adapt Danielle McGuire’s non-fiction book At the Dark End of the Street for Invisible Pictures. Julie Dash to direct.…
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Sep 11 2017
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August 2017 Script Sales

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Hyde Park Entertainment has picked up Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler's drama spec Jack and Dick. The story will follow John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon's careers as friends and political rivals leading up to their presidential debate. Ashok Amritraj and Alan Gasmer are set to produce. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is moving forward with Josh L. Gordon's untitled sci-fi/thriller. Set in a near-future world where advances in artificial intelligence are threatening the human race, Gordon's spec follows a young engineer who finds herself involved in a billionaire's plan to alter the fate of humanity. Next up: Tyler MacIntyre and Chris Hill's horror/thriller spec Nightlight has found a home at Columbia Pictures. Nightlight follows a 10-year-old boy who fends off invaders when he's left home alone. Tyler MacIntyre is set to direct as well. Finally, Screen Gems and Royal Viking Entertainment are teaming for Peter A. Dowling's Exposure. His action/thriller spec centers on an African…
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Sep 06 2017
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Mandalay Pictures Developing Script Pipeline Contest-Winning TV Pilot

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The Devil in Evelyn, winner of the 2016 First Look Project (Teleplay), was picked up for development by Mandalay Pictures in September 2017. Script Pipeline set up the writers, brothers Ben and Tyler Soper, with meetings after extensive circulation to Pipeline's industry network. "Script Pipeline's First Look Project was an awesome experience," Ben and Tyler said. "From our first phone call, they became our personal champions and proceeded to surprise us again and again with the extent of their support.  Thanks to them, we had meetings with a manager and production companies and are now developing our pilot with Mandalay Entertainment.  Entering this contest moved our careers forward in an unprecedented way and was the smartest thing we did all year!" A favorite of Script Pipeline judges, the horror/comedy expertly weaves genres and manages to overcome the hurdle of grounding relatable themes in an entirely unreal context. "Probably one of the most…
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Aug 23 2017
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July 2017 Script Sales

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Screenwriters made a strong showing in July, with many projects finding homes over the course of the month. Voltage Pictures snagged Brian Edward Hill's untitled horror/thriller spec. The script has been described as a supernatural take on Se7en but with a female lead. Miramax picked up Jason Markarian and John Mirabella's spec The Armstrongs. The action/comedy follows a divorced couple in witness protection who have to team up when their son is kidnapped. Eli Roth is set to produce Casey La Scala's 1974, a thriller spec inspired by true events about a man convicted of murdering his parents and siblings. La Scala is set to direct as well. New Line Cinema purchased Super-Intelligence, an action/comedy spec written by Steve Mallory. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are also set to produce. Finally, Lionsgate acquired Shay Hatten's action spec Ballerina, which follows a female assassin out for revenge. The script might become…
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Aug 22 2017
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10th Great TV Show Idea Contest Results

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Grand Prize Winner Fucking Robots by Emily McGregor & Sam Weller Emily McGregor is a Tucson, AZ native who moved to California to attend the Chapman University film program and to escape the constant barrage of cheesy Kokopelli art. Emily recently directed MiTu’s original pilot “Beauty School” which screened at CES 2017. She’s worked with Pepsi, Univision, and NickMom on multiple campaigns as writer and director. As VP of Production for Comediva, a production company laser-focused on female comedy, she wrote and directed hundreds of sketches, web series, and branded videos, many of which you’ve seen on HuffPost, NY Times, CNN, Good Morning America, Mashable, and Gizmodo. Emily has also sold a half-hour comedy series to Amazon Studios. Sam Weller is a writer and comedian originally from St. Louis, MO who performs at The Pack Theater in Los Angeles, and you can catch him online making appearances on Project Alpha livestreams…
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Aug 22 2017
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12th Great Movie Idea Contest Results

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Grand Prize Winner The Maidservant Cap by Jeff Opdyke Jeff Opdyke is a Louisiana-born writer who has traveled the world for his jobs (62 countries, six continents). He spent 17 years at The Wall Street Journal and seven with a Florida-based newsletter traveling globally to write about geo-politics, economics and investing. He has also written eight books under his own name and two as a ghostwriter for others. He graduated from Louisiana State University in 1989 with a B.A. in journalism. He recently chucked everything in his life to relocate to California to attend UCLA, with an eye toward pursuing a lifelong dream of writing for television and movies. He’s currently at work on a comedy pilot. Wherever he lives, you should probably flee, since he moved to Los Angeles just in time for the Rodney King Riots, which he covered for the Orange County Register; he was in New…
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Aug 05 2017
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Action-Comedy Produced by Script Pipeline

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Operation: Endgame stars Zach Galifianakis, Rob Corddry, Maggie Q, Ellen Barkin, and Adam Scott. The action-comedy was first discovered from Script Pipeline after Brian Watanabe submitted for Development Notes. Script Pipeline CEO Chad Clough brought the project to Sean McKittrick (Get Out), and it was later produced by Clough, Darko Entertainment and Infinity Media. Watch the Trailer Here Variety Article - July 27, 2008  Indie comedy co-stars Corddry, Scott, Odenkirk Ellen Barkin, Ving Rhames and Rob Corddry are starring in the indie comedy “Rogues Gallery.” Michael Ohoven and Kevin Turen are producing via their Infinity Films shingle (“Capote”). Spy romp takes place in an underground government intelligence agency. Paris-based director Fouad Mikati is directing from a script by Brian Watanabe and Abe Levy. Pic began shooting July 21 in Los Angeles, becoming one of the few films to go before cameras amid the de facto work stoppage. Joe Anderson, Odette Yustman, Bob Odenkirk, Jeffrey Tambor, Maggie Q,…
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Jul 13 2017
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June 2017 Script Sales

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June was a lighter month for script sales. 20th Century Fox picked up Courage, a sci-fi spec written by Karl Gajdusek. The movie is described as in the same vein as Inception and Edge of Tomorrow. Amazon Studios meanwhile has picked up Flint Wainess's 2016 Black List script Linda and Monica about the relationship between Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinski. Zodiac Features is teaming with Bankside Films and Head Gear Films to produce Devon Graye's horror/thriller I See You. Helen Hunt is set to star. Other script sales: - Universal Studios picked up Sarah Rothschild's workplace comedy pitch 24/7. Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington are set to star in and produce the film. - Material Pictures is moving forward with Patrick Ness's Home, based on George Saunders's New Yorker short story. - Lauren Graham to write and produce an adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s YA novel Windfall. - Margie Claus found a home at…
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Jun 19 2017
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2017 Screenwriting Contest Results

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Grand Prize Winner Getaway by Joshua Paul Johnson & Jamie Napoli Joshua Paul Johnson is a writer, director, and sound editor working between Los Angeles and Albuquerque. In 2014 he wrote the screenplay for the short film Tomorrow, which has screened at 27 festivals worldwide. It won the Audience Award for Best Overall Short Film at the 17th FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Women and Minorities in Media Film Festival, as well as the Best Student Film Award at the Desperado LGBT Film Festival. He won the Best Editing Award at the 2014 Women's Independent Film Festival for his work as co-editor on the documentary Wheels: An American Dream (dir. Sara Joe Wolansky) as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound at the 2016 First Look Film Festival for the DGA award winning short The Lost City of Tomorrow (dir. Auden Bui.) Recently, he completed a…
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Jun 19 2017
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2017 TV Writing Contest Results

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Grand Prize Winner Default by Hannah Dillon Hannah began screenwriting while studying Dramatic Literature at NYU and interning for documentary film production companies in New York City (4th Row Films, The Documentary Group). Her favorite writing teacher told her, "Read the screenplays for the movies you've seen a thousand times, and see what you discover." She immediately read the scripts for Goodfellas, When Harry Met Sally, and Shawshank Redemption, and discovered that compelling screenwriting is the most awesome thing, ever. When Hannah isn't creating her own material, she's siphoning great literature, film, TV, and comedy into her soul like her life depends on it (it does). Hannah has a passion for thrillers and dark comedies. In fact, comedy is her other love, second only to writing, and the two often fuel each other. She has studied Improv and Sketch Writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, under Mark Rennie, Rachael Mason, Eric Scott,…
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May 12 2017
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“Divergent” Written by Script Pipeline Contest Winner

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Released in March 2014, the Summit Entertainment film stars Shailene Woodley and Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet. Co-written by Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest winner Evan Daugherty and novelist Veronica Roth, based on Roth's hit young adult novel. A sequel is currently in the works. Evan was later brought on to major studio projects, including Esmeralda for ABC, GI Joe 3 for Paramount, Myst for Hulu, and the Tomb Raider reboot.
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Apr 05 2017
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March 2017 Script Sales

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It was a strong month for spec scripts. Things kicked off with Bluegrass Pictures and DreamWorks Studios picking up Bad Cop, Bad Cop, an action buddy comedy written by Fortune Feimster, Brian Jarvis, and Jim Freeman. Feimster is also attached to star. Sony is moving forward with Marian. The action/drama spec follows Maid Marian donning Robin Hood's mantle after his death, and the film is set to star Margot Robbie. Cristal Pictures and The Donners' Company will produce Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi's action/comedy spec Twin Blades, which centers on a tech entrepreneur relocated to China and her local female bodyguard. Finally, Ian Shorr's sci-fi spec Infinite, which follows a schizophrenic who discovers that his hallucinations are memories of his past lives, has found a home with Di Bonaventura Pictures and Paramount. Other script sales: – 20th Century Fox has picked up Drew Goddard's (The Martian) thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. Everything…
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Mar 22 2017
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Three Contest Finalist Scripts Optioned by Bohemia Group Originals

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In February and March 2017, Bohemia Group Originals optioned three Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competition finalist scripts: Bradley Stryker's action/thriller The Dragon Run, Diana Wright's comedy pilot Franchise, and Nadeemi Siddiqui's romcom Slut. All three placed in the 2016 competitions. "We are thrilled to be working with the whole team at Script Pipeline," said Bohemia CEO Susan Ferris. "They have quickly proven to be an extremely valuable resource for solid material and incredible writers. While these two projects could not be more different from one another, they meet the standard of quality, entertainment value, and unique voice that we at BGO are looking for." The option agreements come on the heels of Script Pipeline ramping up industry network expansion in 2016. Bohemia was one of several new contacts made by Senior Executive Matt Joseph Misetich "After speaking with Bohemia, we felt their gameplan toward production matched up very well to the type of…
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Mar 20 2017
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5th Annual 2016 First Look Project Results

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SCREENWRITING Action/Adventure Sweep by Matthew Barr – Winner Matthew was born and raised far away from Hollywood. He grew up reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comic books, and watching each and every movie he could get his hands on. An early love for art and storytelling shaped Matthew’s drive and ambitions for the rest of his life. Majoring in Illustration at Rochester Institute Of Technology, with a minor in Creative Writing, Matthew was convinced that he wanted to create comic books for a living. Soon after acquiring his art teaching certification, however, his love of visual storytelling began to crystallize into its purest form: movies. Matthew embarked on the perilous screenwriting journey and never looked back, incorporating all of his past experiences and skills into his writing. After writing countless pages, placing in numerous contests, undertaking the FAST Screenplay program, and now winning the First Look Project for Action/Adventure, he’s just getting started. Above…
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Mar 09 2017
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February 2017 Script Sales

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STX Entertainment has optioned The New Neighbors, a spec written by Leslie Headland and David Schickler. The psychological drama follows a couple who move into an affluent area and uncover dirty secrets within. Headland is also attached to direct. Amblin acquired John Swetnam's action/thriller spec Ruthless in an auction. The script follows a retired assassin who sets out on one final job after she's diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Brad Peyton to direct. Black Bear Pictures acquired The Impossible War, a drama spec written by Robert Specland, based on the true story of Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin's search for the polio cure. Sony picked up Teddy Tenenbaum and Minsun Park's supernatural thriller spec /Reddoor, which follows a journalist as he reviews a new app game that kills its players. Finally, Amazon Studios and RatPac Entertainment are teaming for Melissa London Hilfers's script Unfit, based on Adam Cohen's nonfiction book…
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