Spec Script Deal: “The Virginian”

New Line acquires historical action thriller spec script “The Virginian” written by Michael Gunn. From Deadline:

The script’s movie potential is best described as Last of the Mohicans meets Braveheart. A down-and-out, young George Washington — desperate to join the British Army — accepts a dangerous mission to conquer a French fort and save the American colonies.

Continues a Hollywood trend to take historical figures, real or fictional, and transform them into action heroes.

Writer is repped by Paradigm and Principato-Young Entertainment.

By my count, this is the 45th spec script deal in 2015.

There were 45 spec script deals year-to-date in 2014.