2019 Spec Script Deals Analysis: First-Timers

Francis Marion and Mary Pickford

As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2019, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by setting up a spec script.

Shut In — Melanie Toast / New Line Cinema — 9/5/2019

A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive.

[Note: The list above does not include the many writers who used a spec script to gain representation and/or land an assignment base on their spec as a writing sample.]

2019 Spec Script Deal List
2019 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres
2019 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers
2019 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Agent and Managers
2019 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Top Sales