We’ve all heard of the other woman… now here comes…
THE OTHER MAN
Representation: Tobin Babst (UTA) & Ilan Breil (Mosaic Media)
Written by: Peter Egan
A man plots to murder his best friend’s overbearing wife in order to give him a more fulfilling life.
Endeavor agent Matt Shaffer will be leaving the agency. No word yet on his next move…
We are hearing that excellent management firm, Magnet Management, has sold CREEPY KID to Dreamworks. Magnet and Montecito Pictures are attached to produce this tale that was being pitched as THE EXORCIST meets BIG DADDY. Screenwriters are Ethan Furman & Adam Farasati, who sold RIZZLE, PIZZLE, SIZZLE to Gold Circle last year. Zach Tann repped the [...]
I guess if agents are negotiators and salesmen/women, then it makes sense that they’d keep finding themselves better deals… Hence, the agent shuffle continues…
Sandrine De Clercq, an agent in film finance at Endeavor, has left to join the Gersh agency.
Paradigm agent Chris Smith often has commercial specs, and has sold another with the help of Kaplan/Perrone. I WANT TO ___ YOUR SISTER, first reported here earlier in the week, was bought by MTV today. Congrats to screenwriter, Melissa Stack. Two bonus points for the inventive title. And two to Escape Artists who had the foresight [...]
We are hearing that Brillstein-Grey literary manager Kassie Evashevski will be heading over to UTA to ply her trade there. At least it’s a short drive…
Any writer who wrote for XENA: PRINCESS WARRIOR is worth a look…
CHASING THE ORIENT
Representation: Brant Rose (Brant Rose Agency)
Written by: George Strayton
Think ROMANCING THE STONE. Action-Adventure. Set in China, an American outlaw saves a brainy computer scientist from the death penalty for a crime she didn’t commit. As they escape together, they’ll either kill [...]
Reminiscent of another recent spec entitled TANDYLAND & another project set up at WB way before then called SEALAND, which is an outstanding script from screenwriter Sean Sorensen of Popular Films.
BOBLAND
Representation: Maura Teitelbaum (Abrams Artists)
Written by: Adam Moore & Kevin Abrams
An American Civil War Revolutionary re-enactor accidentally buys a third world country on EBAY and [...]
From two of the writers of HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS comes…
THE DELEGATES
Representation: Barbara Dreyfus (UTA)
Written by: Kristen Buckley
High concept comedy.
THE CLINIC
Representation: Brad Rosenfeld (Preferred Artists) & Jonathan Hung (Hung Entertainment)
Written by: Joseph Muscat
A wealthy couple desperate for a baby go to a mysterious clinic with many secrets that forces them to question their own sanity.
Robert Harper, Vice-Chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will be taking over the spot vacated by David Matalon over at New Regency, and will head up New Regency Films and Television. Now, Robert, we think MR. & MRS. SMITH 2 might be fun with a mutilcultural family added to the mix… Okay, maybe not… Best of [...]
In my opinion, this should just be called 301. Funny, to the point, and we all get it. Note: This spec may have already gone out last year under a different name.
301: THE ADVENTURES OF AWESOMEST MAXIMUS WALLACE LEONIDAS
Representation: Dan Farah (Farah Management)
Written by: Jason Burinescu
A parody of 300 and all the other sword and sandal movies [...]