Spec Script Update: “Selfless”

Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict acquire science fiction thriller spec script “Selfless” from writers Alex and David Pastor. From Variety:

“Selfless” centers on a wealthy older man who discovers he’s dying and pays to have his mind transplanted into a younger man’s body. When he discovers how his new body was acquired, he defies the company that provided it and is hunted by mercenaries.

Hollywood’s fixation with thrillers continues unabated.

The Pastor brothers are repped by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment.

By my count, this is the 44th spec script sale in 2012.

There were 34 spec sales at this time last year.

Spec sales are up 29% year-to-date compared to 2011.

In 2011, the 44th spec script didn’t sell until June 14th which means the spec script market is 45 days ahead of last year’s sales pace.

UPDATE: The keen eyes of GITS reader Zoh Noorani caught the fact that this news item is an update of a sale that took place in December 2011. I had remembered the Proctor brothers, but my title search didn’t turn up that sale because at the time, it was listed as “Self/Less”. So I’m afraid we’ll have to pull this from current sales meaning these are the updated totals:

Current spec scripts sales [2012]: 43.

Spec script sales by this date last year: 34

Spec script sales percentage increase this year: 26%

Date of 43rd spec script sale in 2011: June 5

Thanks, Zoh, for catching that!

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