2017 Spec Script Deal List
Every year since I launched the blog in 2008, I do a week-long analysis of the recent year in terms of spec script deals. This week, we look back at 2017.
First, my usual caveat: Tracking spec script deals is not an exact science. To make the blog’s list, there almost always has to be some sort of article in the press verifying a deal, but even then that can get dicey because the term “spec script” is itself rather amorphous in meaning.
In the broadest terms, it applies to any deal made for a script written ‘speculatively,’ that is for no fees, just the writer’s own sweat equity with the hope of making a sale. Seems simple enough, but there is a lot of gray area:
- Some deals get announced that are in effect handshake, no money arrangements.
- Some deals are by professional writers with a preexisting relationship with a production group or studio, so that a tacit agreement was in place for the project from the get-go, even if nothing official until the script comes in.
- Some deals are scripts that have been circulating for many months, even years in the process of being packaged, then finally get announced when the project receives a green light.
- Some deals are option arrangements for as little as $5–10K, not what we typically associate with spec script sales (i.e., six figures).
There is no way to determine by any objective standard the precise number of spec script deals in any given year. However, since I have been using the same sources of information and standards in tracking deals, it is possible to track trends as well as have at least some idea of what projects got set up in a twelve-month period.
Each day this week, I will provide analysis of the 2017 spec script deals:
Tuesday: Genres
Wednesday: Studios, Production Companies, and Financiers
Thursday: Agents and Managers
Friday: Top Sales
Saturday: First Timers
Here is the entire list of 61 spec script deals from 2017 including links to my blog posts covering each acquisition:
2017 Spec Script Deals
Compiled by Scott Myers
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1. Title: Slayer Logline: A simple fisherman who, when his wife is kidnapped and his village slaughtered, trains for 20 years to become the greatest warrior alive in order to wreak vengeance on the four demonic knights responsible. Writer: Joel Dorland Genre: Action Management: Good Fear Film + Management Prod Co: Prime Universe Productions and Marlowe Pictures Date: 1/13/2017 Notes: Option deal. Script discovered off the Black List website. Writer participated in 2015 Black List mini-lab.
2. Title: Keeper of the Diary Logline: The story of Otto Frank’s struggle to find a publisher for the diary written by his daughter Anne Frank before she perished in the Holocaus. Writers: Sam Franco, Evan Kilgore Genre: Drama Management: Bellevue Productions Agency: Paradigm Buyer: Fox Searchlight Date: 1/14/2017 Notes: Subject to a bidding war involving Paramount, Amblin, StudioCanal.
3. Title: Little America Logline: In a dystopian future, a former American Force Recon member is hired by a Chinese billionaire to go into an American ghetto and rescue his daughter. Writer: Rowan Athale Genre: Science Fiction Agency: WME Management: Grandview Buyer: Universal Date: 1/25/2017. Notes: Bidding war.
4. Title: Skyward Logline: True story about two families in 1979 who secretly build a homemade hot air balloon in their garage in a plan to escape over the Berlin Wall. Writer: Joe Ballarini Genre: Historical Drama Agency: Paradigm Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 1/26/2017
5. Title: Unfit Logline: The shocking true story of Carrie Buck, a young Virginia woman who became a lightning rod for that movement and was forced to singlehandedly fight against it for the one thing she desperately wanted — to be a mother. Writer: Melissa London Hilfers Genre: Historical Drama Agency: Paradigm Management: Alan Gasmer Buyer: Amazon Studios Date: 2/2/2017 Notes: Bidding war.
6. Title: /reddoor Logline: A journalist discovers a new game app can kill people in real life once they enter the game. He then needs to race to save both he and his sister before they meet their demise. Writers: Teddy Tenenbaum, Minsun Park Genre: Supernatural Thriller Agency: Paradigm Management: Jim Wedaa Buyer: Sony Pictures Date: 2/6/2017. Notes: Pre-emptive offer.
7. Title: The Impossible War Logline: The true story of Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin as they raced against time and each other to come up with a desperately needed cure. Writer: Robert Specland Genre: Historical Drama Agency: UTA Management: Pacific View Management Buyer: Black Bear Pictures Date: 2/8/2017. Notes: Auction. Mid-six figures.
8. Title: The New Neighbors Logline: A couple moves into an affluent suburban community only to find out that their enclave is filled with dirty secrets. Writers: Leslye Headland, David Schickler Genre: Psychological Thriller Agency: UTA (Headland), CAA (Schickler) Management: Anonymous Content (Headland), Gotham Group (Schickler) Buyer: STX Entertainment Date: 2/9/2017. Notes: This is an option deal.
9. Title: Ruthless Logline: When a legendary retired assassin is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she must return to the life she left behind and complete one final job in order to secure a future for her young daughter. Writer: John Swetnam Genre: Action Agency: Paradigm Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: Amblin Entertainment Date: 2/15/17 Notes: Auction. Mid-to-high six figures.
10. Title: The Hard Way Out Logline: A wrongfully convicted man returns to his small town in Texas and gets involved with a vulnerable, free spirit. Writer: Brad Mirman Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Hands In The Middle Management & Productions Production Company: Outside the Box Film Partners Date: 2/28/17. Notes: Option deal.
11. Title: Bad Cop Bad Cop Logline: An R-rated action buddy comedy about two hapless cops who stumble on a case that exposes a conspiracy of corruption in their own precinct. Writers: Fortune Feimster, Brian Jarvis, & Jim Freeman Genre: Action Comedy Agency: ICM Partners Management: Truhett/Garcia Management Buyer: DreamWorks Studios Date: 3/1/17.
12. Title: Marian Logline: After a conspiracy to conquer England in which the love of her life Robin Hood dies before her eyes, Marian picks up the cause to lead her people into a pivotal war. She comes to power, charging into a battle that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom but will see her don the mantle of the man she loved. In the process, she rises as a legend herself. Writer: Pete Barry Genre: Action Drama Agency: Paradigm Management: Pannon Entertainment Buyer: Sony Pictures Entertainment Date: 3/6/17. Notes: First-timer. Preemptive purchase.
13. Title: The Shitheads Logline: A pair of deeply unqualified bozos who have been hired to transport a troubled teenage millionaire to rehab. Writer: Macon Blair Genre: Comedy Agency: CAA Management: Anonymous Content Buyer: Imperative Entertainment Date: 3/6/17. Notes: Tracy Morgan and Luke Wilson attached to star, Blair to direct.
14. Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe Logline: In 1531, the visitation of the Virgin Mary in a small town in Mexico leads a humble man named Juan Diego to push the local bishop to get a temple erected in her name. Writer: Joe Eszterhas Genre: Religious Drama Agency: ICM Partners Management: LINK Buyer: MGM Date: 3/7/17. Notes: This is the first spec script sale by Eszterhas in over a decade. During the 90s, he was the ‘king’ of the spec script market.
15. Title: Bad Times at the El Royale Logline: N/A Writer: Drew Goddard Genre: Thriller Agency: UTA Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 3/8/17. Notes: Goddard to direct.
16. Title: The Claim Logline: A single father with a criminal background must uncover the whereabouts of his kidnapped daughter while fighting the mysterious claims of another couple who insist that the child is theirs. Writer: Damien Chazelle Genre: Thriller Agency: WME Management: Exile Entertainment Buyer: Motion Picture Capital, Oceanside Media, Route One Entertainment Date: 3/13/17. Notes: A 2010 Black List script. Option deal.
17. Title: Twin Blades Logline: Zoe, an American tech entrepreneur who relocates her company to China, and Maylin, a local female bodyguard hired to protect her struggle to coexist in their daily routine. When Zoe’s life is threatened, the two must put aside their differences and join forces to survive. Write: Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi Genre: Action Comedy Agency: APA Management: Zero Gravity Management Buyer: Cristal Pictures, The Donners’ Company Date: 3/13/17 Notes: First-time writer. Recent graduate of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
18. Title: Infinite Logline: A schizophrenic discovers his hallucinations are actually memories of past lives that he can access as well as the skills he possessed in those time periods. Writer: Ian Shorr Genre: Science Fiction Agency: UTA Management: Bellevue Productions Buyer: Paramount Pictures Date: 3/15/17 Notes: The spec is based on The Reincarnationist Papers, an unpublished novel by D. Eric Maikranz.
19. Title: Space Race Logline: N/A Writer: Daniel Kunka Genre: Science Fiction Action Agency: ICM Partners Management: Madhouse Entertainment Buyer: Universal Pictures Date: 3/16/17 Notes: Preemptive purchase.
20. Title: Darker Saints Logline: A female FBI forensics expert is called in to assist the police in profiling a vicious serial killer. She is stunned to discover that this killer is wiping out the entire female bloodline of another family — her own — and she’s his next victim. Writer: Tony Kayden Genre: Thriller Agency: N/A Production Company: Imagination Worldwide Date: 3/22/17 Notes: Option deal.
21. Title: Body Cam Logline: Several LAPD officers are haunted by a malevolent spirit that is tied to the murder of a black youth at the hands of two white cops… all of which was caught on a body cam video that was destroyed in a cover up. Writer: Richmond Riedel Genre: Supernatural Action Management: Bellevue Producer: Brian Robbins Date: 3/31/17 Notes: Four outfits bidding. Mid-six figures. First-timer.
22. Title: Fragment Logline: An Air Force jet breaks up over the desert. A mysterious radio beacon draws the pilot from the crash site. A discovery is waiting. And it is not of this Earth. Writers: Noah Griffith, Daniel Stewart Genre: Science Fiction Agency: CAA Management: The Gotham Group Buyer: Sony Pictures Date: 3/31/17 Notes: First-timers.
23. Title: Untitled Melissa Stack Project Logline: It’s an R-rated comedy in which an older woman goes on vacation with her much-younger boyfriend’s family. Writer: Melissa Stack Genre: Comedy Agency: Paradigm Management: Kaplan/Perrone Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 4/5/17. Notes: Mid-six figures, Stack attached to direct.
24. Title: All My Life Logline: Based on the story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, who were planning to be married on Aug. 21, 2015. Instead, that ended up being the day of Chau’s funeral. he couple, who had been planning their wedding since April 2014, found out that Chau had liver cancer in December that year. To make sure they got the wedding of their dreams, they moved the date up to April 11, 2015, and they raised more than $52,000 for the Toronto wedding through a GoFundMe account. They were married for four months before he died. Writer: Todd Rosenberg Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Kaplan/Perrone Buyer: Universal Pictures Date: 4/6/17.
25. Title: Princesses Logline: The film’s premise is likened to The Avengers, with all the classic princesses as the heroines. Writer: Nir Paniry Genre: Action Adventure Agency: Paradigm Management: Good-Fear Management Buyer: Pascal Productions, Greymatter Productions Date: 4/19/17. Notes: Six figure deal.
26. Title: The Prodigal Logline: A modern revenge tale of a soldier who returns to his hometown to solve the mystery of his estranged brother’s death. Writer: Luke Paradise, Genre: Action Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: Voltage Pictures, Chris Morgan Productions Date: 4/27/17.
27. Title: World Breaker Logline: In a not-too-distant future, Earth is under attack from creatures from an alternate world, bent on humanity’s destruction. A father hides his 14-year-old daughter on an island to avoid her conscription in the all-female army and escape the war, but nowhere is truly safe. Writer: Joshua Rollins Genre: Science Fiction Agency: Gersh Management: Affirmative Entertainment Buyer: Amasia Entertainment Date: 5/4/17.
28. Title: The Infinity Reel Logline: A paranormal investigator is drawn to a small town that has gone through bizarre phenomena. These instances have an eerie connection with the investigator’s own past. Writer: Adam D’Alba Genre: Horror Agency: Gersh Management: Grandview Buyer: Paramount Pictures Date: 5/5/17.
29. Title: This is Jane Logline: A Chicago woman founds and maintains the underground abortion service “Jane,” a group of women who taught themselves how to perform abortions in the years before Roe V. Wade. Writer: Dan Loflin Genre: Historical Drama Agency: ESA Management: Heller Highwater Buyer: Amazon Studios Date: 5/6/17. Notes: Reported six-figure deal.
30. Title: Wendy and the Lost Logline: Wendy tries to help her son, Will, fit into the world. As he tries to find his place among his socialization group filled with oddball peers, Wendy realizes she needs to begin her own journey of making friends — and maybe even finding love. Writer: Carol Barbee Genre: Romantic Comedy Agency: WME Management: Hands In The Middle Management & Productions Buyer: Paulist Productions Date: 5/14/17. Notes: This is an option deal.
31. Title: The Best of Adam Sharp Logline: A man (Adam) on the cusp of fifty is restless as his marriage has gone stale. He can’t quite forget a romance he had twenty years ago with an intelligent and strong-willed woman named Angelina Brown who taught him what it meant to find — and then lose — love. Out of the blue, he gets a one word email from Angelina. He responds and his life takes a significant turn. Writer: Graeme Simsion Genre: Romantic Drama Agency: ICM Partners Buyer: Vocab Films Date: 5/23/17. Notes: This is an option deal.
32. Title: Mother Logline: A female protagonist in a scenario reminiscent of The Professional and La Femme Nikita that has franchise potential. Writer: Misha Green Genre: Action Thriller Agency: CAA Buyer: Netflix Date: 6/4/17. Notes: Reported seven-figure deal.
33. Title: Linda and Monica Logline: Details the budding friendship between D.C. pals Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky that imploded when it led to the revelation of the scandalous relationship between the White House intern and President Bill Clinton. Writer: Flint Wainess Genre: Political Drama Agency: UTA Management: Kaplan/Perrone Buyer: Amazon Studios Date: 6/5/17. Notes: 2016 Black List script.
34. Title: Courage Logline: Described as being in the vein of Inception and Edge of Tomorrow. Writer: Karl Gajdusek Genre: Science Fiction Agency: Verve Management: Management 360 Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 6/27/17. Notes: Gajdusek is executive producer of the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’.
35. Title: The Assessor Logline: In an over populated Britain in 2027, a perfect couple elect to complete a grueling and humiliating assessment where a stranger scrutinizes their suitability for parenthood. Writers: Nell Garfath-Cox and Dave Garfath-Cox Genre: Drama Agency: N/A Management: N/A Buyer: Number 9 Films Date: 7/5/17. Notes: An option deal.
36. Title: The Armstrongs Logline: A divorced couple in suburbia have to come out of witness protection when their son is kidnapped and their past catches up with them. They find themselves having to reassemble their old team to successfully complete the mission. Writers: Jason Markarian, John Mirabella Genre: Action Comedy Agency: Paradigm Management: Zero Gravity Management Buyer: Miramax Films Date: 7/11/17. Notes: A reported $1M deal.
37. Title: Untitled Hill Project Logline: Described as a supernatural “Se7en” with a female lead. Writer: Brian Edward Hill Genre: Supernatural Horror Thriller Agency: ICM Partners Management: Heroes and Villians Entertainment Buyer: Voltage Pictures Date: 7/11/17. Notes: Preemptive purchase.
38. Title: Untitled Epstein Project Logline: Focuses on an A.I. courtroom case. Writer: Joe Epstein Genre: Science Fiction Drama Agency: CAA Management: Ken Gross Management Buyer: Paramount Pictures Date: 7/17/17.
39. Title: Super-Intelligence Logline: The logline for Super-Intelligence is being kept under wraps, but it’s a high-concept action/unconventional buddy comedy set against the phenomena of technological singularity. Writer: Steve Mallory Genre: Comedy Management: MGMT Buyer: New Line Date: 7/25/17 Notes: Preemptive purchase. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone will produce.
40. Title: Ballerina Logline: A young woman raised as an assassin must hunt down the other assassins who murdered her family. Writer: Shay Hatten Genre: Action Agency: CAA Management: Lee Stobby Entertainment Buyer: Lionsgate Date: 7/25/17. Notes: First-time deal. Wrote 2016 Black List script “Maximum King!” Bidding war.
41. Title: Exposure Logline: A rookie African-American female cop in Detroit rounds the corner just as corrupt officers are murdering several drug dealers, an event captured by her body cam. They try to kill her, and she is hunted throughout the night by the narcs who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage and also a criminal gang who have been told she did the killing. Writer: Peter A. Dowling Genre: Action Thriller Agency: APA Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: Screen Gems Date: 8/21/17.
42. Title: Untitled Supernatural Thriller Logline: Has been described as being in the vein of What Lies Beneath Writer: Bragi F. Schut Genre: Supernatural Thriller Agency: Verve Management: Realm Management Buyer: Original Films Date: 8/22/17.
43. Title: Nightlight Logline: A 10-year-old boy who must fight off some sort of invaders while home alone Writers: Tyler MacIntyre and Chris Hill Genre: Thriller Agency: APA Management: Epicenter Buyer: Sony Pictures Date: 8/23/17.
44. Title: Damascus Logline: Damascus takes place after an explosion at the Minneapolis airport. Everyone is on high alert, and with all planes grounded, a stranded teenager pleads with a Somali-American airport shuttle driver to drive him home to Chicago. As the two men cross the Midwest in the dead of winter, they discover that not everything is what it seems. Damascus investigates the seductiveness of extremism and the assumptions made about homeland and security. Writer: Bennett Fisher Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Source Artists Management Buyer: Pandemonium Entertainment Date: 8/26/17. Notes: This is an option deal.
45. Title: Untitled Josh Gordon Project Logline: In the near future where mankind is threatened by an exponential advances in artificial intelligence, a brilliant young engineer finds herself at the center of an eccentric billionaire’s bid to alter the trajectory of the human race. Writer: Josh L. Gordon Genre: Science Fiction Agency: ICM Partners Management: Pulse Films Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 8/29/17 Notes: First time sale. Competitive bidding.
46. Title: Jack & Dick Logline: Follows the friendship between political rivals John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, from their early years as Senators to the race for the Presidency, leading up to the historic 1960’s televised debate. Writers: Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler Genre: Historical Drama Management: Alan Gasmer & Friends Buyer: Hyde Park Entertainment Date: 8/30/17.
47. Title: The Revisionist Logline: A loyal soldier is sent back in time with a hit squad to take out an elusive insurgent — responsible for releasing a virus on the world. But when their mission is compromised, he’s forced to go against his own team in a sacrificial effort to turn the tides of history. Writer: Michael Lloyd Green Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: WME Management: Echo Lake Entertainment Buyer: eONe Date: 9/6/17.
48. Title: We Interrupt This Program Logline: The script explores the chaos of creative genius that resulted in the infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, narrated and directed by Orson Welles before he made his directing debut on Citizen Kane. Writer: Sean Sorensen Genre: Drama Management: ROAR Buyer: Echo Lake Productions Date: 9/18/17.
49. Title: Dorothy & Alice Logline: Haunted by nightmares of Oz’s impending destruction, Dorothy Gale finds herself in a home for others like her with troubling, vivid dreams. While she is there, she meets a mysterious girl, Alice — who involves her in a perilous quest to not only save the worlds of imagination — those which we come to realize are real and not just dreams — but the world as we know it. Writer: Justin Merz Genre: Fantasy Drama Agency: Paradigm Management: Gotham Group Buyer: Netflix Date: 10/13/17. Note: Described as a “competitive bidding situation”.
50. Title: Heart of the Beast Logline: A former Navy SEAL and his retired combat dog attempt to return to civilization after suffering a catastrophic accident deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Cast Away meets American Sniper. Writer: Cameron Alexander Genre: Drama Thriller Management: Rosa Entertainment Buyer: Stay Gold Features Date: 10/16/17.
51. Title: Decon Logline: A young medical prodigy is pushed to the mental, physical and emotional brink over the course of one night, after joining an elite team of doctors that treat the rarest, most gruesome and dangerous illnesses on Earth. Writer: Max Landis Genre: Horror Agency: CAA Management: Writ Large Buyer: QC Entertainment, Good Universe Date: 10/19/17.
52. Title: The New Mrs. Keller Logline: Described as a Hitchcockian techno-thriller. Writer: Mark Hogan Genre: Thriller Agency: Gersh Management: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment Buyer: Lakeshore Entertainment Date: 11/8/17.
53. Title: Crater Logline: After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a mysterious crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet. Writer: John J. Griffin Genre: Science Fiction Agency: WME Management: Grandview Buyer: Twentieth Century Fox Date: 11/8/17. Notes: Writer is a first-timer. Script made the 2015 Black List.
54. Title: Take Back the Night Logline: N/A Writer: Ryan Riley Genre: Thriller Agency: UTA Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: New Regency Date: 11/15/17.
55. Title: Green Rush Logline: An ex-con recently paroled from prison sets out to turn a new leaf and reconnect with his daughter. When she convinces him to help her steal millions in medical marijuana dispensary taxes collected in cash by City Hall once a month in order to evade the federal authorities, he risks everything to make his daughter’s scheme come true. Writer: Matt Tente Genre: Crime Thriller Management: Bellevue Productions Buyers: New Republic Pictures, Will Packer Productions Date: 11/20/17 Notes: Reported mid-six figure deal.
56. Title: Envoy Logline: An elite military intelligence specialist jumps at the chance to take part in the selection process to become the first-ever human representative to alien life. Writer: Kat Wood Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: Verve Management: Zero Gravity Management Buyer: Pascal Pictures Date: 11/21/17. Notes: Pre-emptive pick-up.
57: Title: Meat Logline: A misanthropic man notices bizarre changes in himself, his wife, and the animals inhabiting the territory around their homestead as they attempt to survive self-imposed isolation. Writer: Logan Martin Genre: Horror Agency: UTA Management: Good Fear Film + Management Production Company: Assemble Media Date: 11/21/17. Notes: #1 script on the 2017 Blood List. First-time writer.
58. Title: Sirius Logline: Two members of a Danish special forces dog sled team — one a sage veteran and the other a bold new recruit — become ensnared in an international incident while on a mission to one of the coldest and deadliest places on Earth. They face off not only against highly trained adversaries but also cruel forces of nature. Writer: Tony Mosher Genre: Action Agency: Verve Management: Circle of Confusion Buyer: Sentient Entertainment Date: 11/30/17.
59. Title: Ready or Not Logline: A bride who, marrying into a wealthy gaming family, sees her wedding night turn deadly when the eccentric new in-laws force her into a bizarre and terrifying game of hide and seek. Writers: Guy Busick, Ryan Murphy Genre: Thriller Agency: Paradigm Buyer: Fox Searchlight Pictures Date: 11/30/17. Notes: Competitive bidding.
60. Title: Antlers Logline: A fourth-grade teacher tries to help a troubled boy in her class, only to discover that he’s been hiding a nightmarish secret. Now something terrifying is coming for the boy, and she has to protect him. Writers: Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca Genre: Supernatural Horror Agency: WME (Antosca) Management: Writ Large Buyer: Fox Searchlight Date: 12/4/17.
61. Title: The Expansion Project Logline: A rookie female marine gets stranded on a hostile planet during humanity’s space colonization. Writer: Leo Sardarian Genre: Science Fiction Agency: APA Management: Echo Lake Management Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 12/6/17. Notes: A preemptive pickup.
If I got any information wrong or missed a deal, please email me.
UPDATE: Contacted by the writer with this information.
62. Title: Going Alone Logline: When a biologist working with an almost impossible deadline dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter must take over his work as an assassin closes in. Writer: Diana Black Genre: Thriller Agency: N/A Management: N/A Production Company: Asian Entertainment Television Date: 6/1/17 Notes: An option deal.
Spec Script Deals By Year (1991–2017)
1991: 28
1992: 40
1993: 89
1994: 101
1995: 173
1996: 155
1997: 141
1998: 110
1999: 83
2000: 92
2001: 101
2002: 114
2003: 90
2004: 75
2005: 58
2006: 60
2007: 64
2008: 87
2009: 67
2010: 55
2011: 110
2012: 99
2013: 100
2014: 62
2015: 55
2016: 75
2017: 62
While you’re here, why not click on RESPONSE to give your general impression of the year in spec script deals, maybe noting which loglines interest you the most.
Previous annual analyses:
2008 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2009 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2010 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2011 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2012 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2013 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2014 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2015 Spec Script Deals Analysis
2016 Spec Script Deals Analysis
Tomorrow: A breakdown and analysis of spec script deals in 2017 by genre.
