Spec script sale: “Oh Brother”
Gold Circle Films acquires wedding comedy spec “Oh Brother” from first-time screenwriter Cathy McCarthy:
“Brother” follows a self-made woman who, ashamed of growing up as an orphan, hires actors to play relatives at her wedding to impress her fiancee’s high-society family.
It’s the first deal for Phoenix-based podiatrist McCarthy, whose script caught the eye of manager Tom Drumm. It also is the latest deal to emerge from Gold Circle’s first-look pact with management/production outfit The Safran Co. A new writer will be brought in to work on the script.
Sounds like a case where the concept is really strong, the storyline pretty good, and the writing just so-so — hence the “new writer.” However, Ms. McCarthy must be pretty happy with a paycheck that could enable her to write full-time instead of handling patient’s feet.