Spec Script Sale: “The Follower”

Per Variety, Millennium Films acquires thriller spec script “The Follower” from writer Tony Giglio.

No plot details given. Katherin Heigl circling to produce and star.

Writer is repped by Paradigm and New Wave Entertainment.

By my count, there have been 104 spec script sales in 2011.

Only 55 spec scripts sold in 2010.

Only 68 spec scripts sold in 2009.

Spec script sales are up 96% year-to-date compared to last year.