Spec script sale: “Tough Cookies”
Walden Media buys family-comedy spec “Tough Cookies” from sister scribes Carley and Chelsea Steiner:
The story centers on a deadbeat dad ordered by a judge to form a Girl Scout troop with his rebel daughter and her friends. The troop uses its unconventional ways to compete against snobbish rivals at the National Scout Rally.
The Steiner sisters have an interesting background:
“Cookies” is the second project in the works for Chelsea Steiner, a former assistant at ICM, and Carley Steiner, who earned a master’s in screenwriting at USC. Another screenplay, “Jelly,” which centers on belly-dancing, is in development with producer David Doerkson and is set to go into production next year.