Spec Script Sales Analysis 2008: Top Sales
We broke down the spec script sales in 2008 by genre here, by studios here, and by agencies and managers here. Today we look at the deals with the biggest payoff.
Zookeeper- Comedy
Jay Scherick & David Ronn- $2M against $3M
Iron Jack- Action Adventure
Johnny Rosenthal- $1.25M against $2M
Pierre Pierre- Comedy
Edwin Cannistraci & Frederick Seton- $1,000,000
Wedding Banned- Comedy
Jack Amiel & Michael Begler- $850,000 against $1.6M
Executive VP David M. Murch’s Adventures in Zamethera- Comedy
Michael M.B. Galvin & Peter Speakman- $850,000 against $1.35M
Treehouse Gang- Adventure Comedy
Timothy Dowling- $750,000 against $1.5M
The Low Dweller- Drama Thriller
Brad Ingelsby- $650,000 against $1.1M
Roundtable- Supernatural Comedy
Brian K. Vaughan- $650,000 against $1M
Dan Minter: Badass for Hire- Comedy
Chad Kultgen- $500,000 against $1M
Underage- Comedy
Scott Neustadter & Michael Weber- $500,000 against $900,000
Doomsday Protocol- Science fiction
Shane Salerno- Seven figures
Hereafter- Thriller
Peter Morgan — Low seven against mid-seven
The Long Run- Drama
Stephen Belber- Low seven figures
Raindrops All Around Me- Comedy
Reed Agnew & Eli Jorne- Mid-six against high-six
Self-Guided- Fantasy
Jared Stern — Mid-six against high-six
Untitled Matthew Michael Carnahan Project- Drama
Matthew Michael Carnahan- Mid-six against high-six
Animals- Disaster
Mike Sobel- Mid-six figures
Bite Me — Comedy
Tim Garrick & Scott Russell- Mid-six figures
C.O.D.- Action Thriller
Lars Jacobson- Mid-six figures
Galahad- Action Thriller
Ryan J. Condal- Mid-six figures
Man and Wife- Action Thriller
Alan McElroy- Mid-six figures
Parents Weekend- Comedy
Barry Schwartz — Mid-six figures
That’s a lot of people whose lives changed overnight. And even though the odds are hugely against selling a spec script, the fact is it happens. Every year. I should know. It happened to me with K-9.
Tomorrow we look at those writers who sold a spec script in 2008 for the first time.
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