Spec Script Sale: “Depth of Field”

Fox 2000 acquires spec script “Depth of Field” written by J. Mills Goodloe. From Deadline:

An Americanized version of Get Her Off The Pitch, the 2009 bestselling memoir by Times Of London cultural critic Lynne Truss. Elizabeth Gabler bought it with the idea of shaping it as a star vehicle for Reese Witherspoon, who’ll produce it with Twilight Saga‘s Karen Rosenfelt and Bruna Papandrea.

Truss, once a self-described proud sports atheist, was sent on a lark by her editor to cover the World Cup. Her readers were amused, and Truss eventually spent four years covering major sporting events throughout Europe and America, writing humorous and somewhat academic essays. Along the way, she slowly became a convert, discovering the significance of sport, and how it affected her own life and relationships. Get Her Off The Pitch was never published in the U.S., but Goodloe discovered it in a bookstore while on a trip to Sydney. He transplanted Truss’ story to an American sport.

Stories are everywhere, even in a bookstore in Sydney, Australia as Goodloe discovered… and with a nifty return on his investment.

Goodloe is repped by UTA and Management 360.

By my count, this is the 36th spec script sale of 2013.

There were 45 spec script sales year-to-date in 2012.