Spec Script Sale: “Non-Stop”

Dark Castle Entertainment acquires action thriller spec script “Non-Stop” from first-timers Don Richardson & Chris Roach. Per THR:

Plot details are being kept under wraps but the project is described by those in the know as a contained, gritty action thriller centering on an air marshal flying on a domestic flight.

And check this out:

[Director Jeff] Wadlow discovered the first-time writers, who are unrepped, and worked with them to develop the script.

Unrepresented writers. Worked with a director. Nailed the script. Sale.

Yes, the odds are astronomically long. But this is precisely the type of thing that can happen with a spec script. Richardson & Roach: Outsiders now insiders.

By my count, this is the 54th spec script to sell in 2011.

The 54th spec script didn’t sell last year until December 15th.

Spec script sales are up 74% year to year.

Congratulations to Messrs. Richardson and Roach for the sale of their first spec script and breaking into Hollywood.

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