The Scoggins Report by Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan August 6, 2012

July 2012 Spec Market Roundup

Between Independence Day and Comic-Con, most of Hollywood is out of town for half the month of July every year, so its surprising that any business gets done at all during that period. July 2012s spec numbers were exactly in line with expectations for summer script sales, and the below grid underscores why last years July spec numbers were so extraordinary. As you can see, last months numbers are on par with July 2010s and 2009s monthly tallies, and in case youre wondering, August 2011 was in this range, too, with 5 spec sales. Here are Julys overall numbers with year-over-year comparisons to Julys past, followed by the usual breakdowns and project details, including loglines.. Enjoy. 2012 21 4 14% 1 Action 1 Comedy 1 Drama 1 Sci-fi 2011 21 8 38% 1 Action 2 Comedy 1 Drama 2 Horror 1Thriller 2010 16 2 0% 1 Action 1 Thriller 2009 16 4 25% 1 Action 1 Comedy 2 Thriller

New Specs Number Sold1 Percent Sold2 Genres Sold

1 Total Sales in July 2 Sales percentage of scripts that came out and sold in July

Weekly Activity Breakdown

Week of July 2 (Independence Day) No scripts hit the boards Week of July 9 (Comic-Con) 1 script hit the boards and has not sold 2 additional sales were reported (The Adversary and Divorce Party)
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Week of July 16 8 scripts hit the boards, one of which has sold (Viral) Week of July 23 4 scripts hit the boards, none of which has sold No additional sales were reported Week of July 30 5 scripts hit the boards (3 in August), none of which have sold 2 additional sales were reported 1 in July (Untitled Cameron Crowe Love Story) and 1 in August (Chewie, which was one the 2011 Black Lists top ten scripts)

Genre Breakdown
One of Julys sales, Divorce Party, came out in May. Genre Action/Adventure Comedy Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller Total Sold % Sold 3 1 33% 5 0+1 5 1 20% 1 0 2 1 50% 4 0

Spec Sales (alphabetical by title)

The Adversary
Writer: Faisal A. Qureshi Buyer: Bazelevs Production Genre: Action Attachments: Timur Bekmambetov to produce. Notes: Won the pitching prize at the third Astana International Film Festival in Kazakhstan. Logline: Centers on a stranger recruited to defend a Jewish settlement from rampaging Cossacks.

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Untitled Cameron Crowe Love Story

Writer: Cameron Crowe Reps: CAA (Richard Lovett & Robert Bookman) Buyer: Columbia Genre: Drama Attachments: Crowe to direct; Emma Stone is attached to star. Logline: Under wraps, but said to be tonally similar to Crowes Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire.

Divorce Party

Writers: Mukilan Thangamani (script) and Ali Asgar Millwala (story) Buyer: Enderby Entertainment Genre: Comedy Attachments: Rick Dugdale, Rob Skinner, Ean Thorley and Daniel Petrie Jr. will produce. Notes: Script was surfaced by Tracking-Board.com as part of its TB Recommends feature. Logline: Bridesmaids meets Love Actually. Chronicles the intersecting arcs and misadventures of a group of friends attending a divorce party.

Viral
Writer: Dustin T. Benson Reps: UTA (Ramses Ishak, Michael Sheresky) and Energy (Brooklyn Weaver) Buyer: Unnamed Ian Bryce Company Genre: Sci- Attachments: Ian Bryce to produce with Prime Universes Adrian Askarieh. Logline: A rst person point of view dystopian action-thriller, centering on a scientist who must help a crew of workers through the infected area of Manhattan while also trying to nd her missing daughter. About The Scoggins Report: The Scoggins Report is a terribly unscientic analysis of the feature lm development business based on information assembled from a variety of public and non-public sources. The numbers in the reports are by no means ofcial statistics. Caveat emptor. Moln lab.

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