Spec Script Sale: “Pontius Pilate”

Warner Bros. acquires Biblical drama “Pontius Pilate” from writer Vera Blasi. Per Deadline:

This script follows the evolution of Lucius Pontius Pilate from the sensitive son of a Roman Knight into a ferocious soldier whose warrior exploits make him a general and puts him on a political track under the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Promised a military governorship in Egypt, Pilate is instead assigned by Tiberius to become the prefect of Judea, at a time when Jerusalem was a cauldron of religious tensions between various factions of the Jewish faith. Pilate veers from the political fast track into the express lane to hell and historical infamy.

Blasi is repped by UTA.

By my count, this is the 70th spec script sale in 2011.

There were 62 spec script sales by this time last year.

The 70th spec script didn’t sell last year until September 30th.

Spec script sales are up 11% year-to-date compared to 2011.