Spec Script Sale: “Patrol”

Paramount acquires action thriller spec script “Patrol” from writer Jayson Rothwell. From Variety:

The pic follows US Marines patrol who while chasing drug smugglers to a remote island, their mission takes an unexpectedly deadly twist.

Rothwell is repped by WME.

By my count, this is the 80th spec script sale in 2012.

83 scripts sold by this date in 2011.

Spec script sales are down 4% year-to-date compared to last year.

Note: This is the first time in nearly 2 years spec script sales have declined in comparison to the previous year. In part this is due to the fact that 19 specs sold in October 2011.