Spec Script Sale: “The Driver”

Voltage Productions and Solipsist Films acquire spec action-thriller “The Driver” from director-writer team Spenser Cohen and Zach Luna. Per THR:

Driver centers on a man whose life suburban existence is flipped on his drive to work when he finds himself coerced to be the wheelman of an assembled group of criminals. The man learns that thieves were not randomly assembled and that the heist leads to a larger mystery.

Ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. It’s perhaps the single most reliable narrative dynamic in existence. And “The Driver” looks to have a nice couple of layers to the story unfolding as a mystery to boot. Strong high-concept, a hot genre right now, and an interesting hook.

I received a nice email from Spenser with this note:

I’ve been following your website since I can remember and I wanted to let you know that your help has been invaluable to me as a writer/filmmaker.

I couldn’t be happier to hear that, nor more delighted for the success Spenser and his writing partner Zach have experienced with “The Driver.”

Writers are repped by WME and Energy Entertainment.

By my count, there have been 109 spec script sales this year.

Only 55 spec scripts sold in 2010.

Only 68 spec scripts sold in 2009.

Spec script sales are up 102% year-to-date over last year.

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