March 2011 Spec Market Roundup
Those aren’t typos below - March was a monster month in the spec market:
16 specsales and a 39% sales rate are by far
the highest monthly figures since the2007-2008 WGA strike
. The next two highest months were April 2010 (13) andFebruary 2009 (12). Every studio except Disney and Warner Bros. came on strong(
Columbia
bought three specs and
Universal
and
Fox
bought two each) and eightnon-studio buyers got into the game as well, notably
Mandate
and
Montecito
.The major agencies dominated the marketplace:
UTA
absolutely crushed it, with 5sales, followed by
CAA
and
ICM
with three each. UTA’s
Julien Thuan
and ICM’s
Adam Weinstein
each had great months individually, with two sales each. Elsewhere,
H2F
’s
Chris Fenton
continued his hot streak with two sales in March, for a total of threeso far in 2011.Congratulations, everyone. Here are March’s raw numbers:
March 2011
March 2010 March 2009New Specs
33
49 78Total Sold
1
16
6 9Percent Sold
2
39.3%
12.2% 11.5%Genres Sold
1 Action5 Comedies2 Sci-Fi8 Thrillers
2 Comedies1 Drama3 Thrillers1 Action/Adventure4 Comedies1 Drama2 Sci-Fi/Fantasy1 Thriller
1 All scripts sold in March, including 3 from previous months in 2011 and 1 from 2010.2 Only includes scripts that came out and sold in March 2011.
Be sure to keep an eye out for the Spec Market Scorecard in two weeks. As of thiswriting, there’s a three way tie for most spec sales between CAA, UTA and
WME
, andthere’s a four-way tie for second place among the major studios (
DreamWorks
, Fox,Universal and
Warner Bros.
, with 2 each). Columbia leads the pack with 4.
The Scoggins Report, by Jason Scoggins April 7, 2011Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Page 1
Weekly Activity BreakdownWeek of February 28:
•
4 scripts hit the tracking boards, 1 of which sold (“
Monsters of the Midway
”)
•
3 additional sales were reported (“
In the Belly of the Whale
,” “
Dirty Grandpa
”and
“
The Slackfi Project
”)
Week of March 7:
•
6 scripts hit the boards, 1 of which sold (“
Agent Ox
”)
•
3 additional sales were reported (“
The Last Drop
,” “
The Nameless
” and “
TheLast Witness
”)
Week of March 14:
•
5 scripts hit the boards, none of which sold
Week of March 21:
•
3 scripts hit the tracking boards, 1 of which sold (“
The Big Stone Grid
”)
•
1 additional sale was reported (“
Genneris
”)
Week of March 28:
•
6 scripts hit the boards, 1 of which sold April 1 (“
Wild Guns
”) and will show up innext month’s Roundup
•
7 additional sales were reported (“
Savages
,” “
Crosshair
,” “
Besties
” and“
Rounds
,” plus “
Meet the New Boss
” and ”
Timelock,
” which went out inFebruary, and “
Maggie,
” which sold April 1 and will be included in next month’sRoundup).
Genre Breakdown
*
Genre Total Sold % Sold
Action 6 1 16.7%Comedy 7 4 57%Drama 2 1 50%Fantasy 1 0 0%Sci-Fi 4 2 50%Thriller 13 5 38%
*Does not include scripts that went out prior to March 2011
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Spec Sales (alphabetical by title)Agent Ox
Writers: Daniel KunkaReps:
ICM
(Harley Copen, Adam Weinstein)Buyer:
Columbia
Genre: Sci-FiAttachments:
Original Film
’s Neal Moritz will produce.
Besties
Writers: Kelly FremonReps:
ICM
(Ava Jamshidi) and
Kaplan/Perrone
Buyer:
Gracie Films
Genre: Comedy
The Big Stone Grid
Writers: Craig Zahler Reps:
UTA
(Julien Thuan) and
Caliber Media
(Dallas Sonnier)Buyer:
Columbia
Genre: Thriller Attachments:
Michael De Luca Productions’
Michael De Luca will produce.Notes: Josh Bratman will oversee for De Luca. Sam Dickerman and Lauren Abrahamswill supervise for Columbia.
Crosshair
Writers: Morgan FoehlReps:
WME
(Mike Esola),
CAA
(Matt Rosen) and
Wirehouse
(Jessica Jordan)Buyer:
Summit
Genre: Thriller Attachments:
Mandeville Films
and
Top Cow
will produce.Notes: Top Cow’s Marc Silvestri and Jeff Katz wrote the source material graphic novel.
Dirty Grandpa
Writer: John PhillipsReps:
ICM
(Adam Weinstein, Aaron Hart)Buyer:
Universal
Genre: ComedyAttachments:
Josephson Entertainment
’s Barry Josephson will produce.
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