Here is my preliminary list of spec script sales in 2009. These sales are based on me tracking news items in the trades and various tracking boards, my daily use of DoneDealPro.com (a great resource), ItsOnTheGrid.com (another great resource), and ongoing conversations with various managers I know.
Note: I’m not claiming this is 100% accurate. Indeed, I’m posting the list here so that if anyone knows of other sales I’ve missed, please forward that information to me:
scottdistillery@gmail.com
Once the list is finalized, I’ll do some analysis, along with Jason Scoggins, per genres, reps, studios, etc.
The Field
Writer: Seth Wathen & Josh Dobkin
Isaac Gray, W.D.
Writer: Todd Berger
The Sitter
Writers: Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka
Conviction
Writer: Jonathan Herman
Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery
Writer: Jeff Lowell
Inception
Writer: Christopher Nolan
The Adventurer’s Handbook
Writers: Jonah Hill & Matt Spicer & Max Winkler
Book Smart
Writers: Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins
Old Timers
Writer: Noah Haidle
Writer: Oren Uziel
Within
Writer: Jack Olsen
Medieval
Writers: Alex Litvak & Michael Finch
Grandma vs. Grandma
Writers: Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
Once Upon a Time….
Writers: Charles Vignola, Kevin Marcus & Bradley Marcus
Untitled Chris McCoy Project
Writer: Chris McCoy
Rites of Men
Writer: Jonathan Herman
Nonstop
Writer: Michael Gilvary
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Writers: Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
Elevator Men
Writer: Marc Haimes
Good Looking
Writer: Chris McCoy
The Many Deaths of Barnaby James
Writer: Brian Nathanson
The Highest Bid
Writer: Gary Spinelli
Writers: Jacob Isser & Paul Lutz
True Memoirs of an International Assassin
Writer: Jeff Morris
Kristy
Writer: Anthony Jaswinski
Forever 21
Writers: Mike Culbert & Mike Pellettieri
Odysseus
Writer: Ann Peacock
Boss
Writers: Tony Lord & David Cohen
Everybody Loves Whales
Writers: Jack Amiel & Michael Begler
Repeat After Me
Writers: Brad Bredeweg & Peter Paige
Personal Security
Writer: Matt Lieberman
The Gunslinger
Writer: John Hlavin
The American Can
Writer: John Lee Hancock
Umbra
Writer: Steven Karczynski
Trans Am
Writer: Matt Johnson
The Originals
Writers: Bryce Dallas Howard & Dane Charbeneau
Diver
Writer: Diane Ademu-John
Beautiful Girl
Writer: Michael Cunningham
Hellified
Andy Burg
Get a Job
Writers: Kyle Pennekamp & Scott Turpel
Vatican Tapes
Writer: Chris Borelli
The Violent Kind
Writers: Mitchell Altieri & Phil Flores
One Night Stan
Writer: Josh Friedlander
Prisoners
Writer: Aaron Guzikowski
Babe in the Woods
Writer: Mike White
Change Up
Writers: Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Central Intelligence
Writers: Ike Barinholtz & Dave Stassen
Doc & Howie Whack a Granny
Writer: Steve Leff
Supermax
Writers: Christopher Allen Nelson & Mitch Rouse
Mercy
Writer: Chris Sparling
Rubicon
Writers: Ric Roman Waugh & Michael Alan Lerner
Rehab
Writer: Sam Laybourne
The Black Phantom
Writers: Dave Lease & Megan Hinds
F***ing Engaged
Writer: Julia Brownell
Someone in the Dark
Writers: Richard Blaney & Gregory Small
Rule #1
Writer: Terrel Seltzer
Dirty Old Men
Writer: Josh Cagan
Jitters
Writer: Marc Haimes
I Am My Family’s Secret
Writer: Derick Martini
Desperados
Writer: Ellen Rapoport
Last Stand
Writer: Andrew Knauer
The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie
Writers: Brent Forrester & Mindy Kaling
Invasion
Writer: Ben Magid
The Panopticon
Writer: Craig Rosenberg
Cancun
Writers: Eric Champnella & Grant Thompson
Untitled Fogelman Comedy
Writer: Dan Fogelman
The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday
Writer: Chad St. John
By my count, that’s 67 spec scripts that sold in 2009. Down from 87 in 2008, which is in synch with all the news we’ve read and discussed on GITS during the last year — how movie studios are contracting acquisition, development, and production of movies for 2010 and possibly 2011.
That said, 67 spec scripts represents 67 solo writers or writing teams who tasted a bit of Hwood glitter last year as a result of their creative inspiration and writing perspiration.
More analysis to come next week.
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