screenplays Archives - Media City Groove

Thursday, March 13, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, March 13, 2014

Categories

Hollywood Deals: March 13, 2014

FilmNation has snatched up the hot spec script, “Aether,” and putting it on the fast track. Not much is being released about the screenplay, but FilmNation is crowing about the acquisition. “I’m astounded by the level of talent and inventiveness we’ve come across from such a young voice,” said FilmNation production president, Aaron Ryder, on Deadline. “We’re terribly excited to produce […]

Friday, November 15, 2013

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, November 15, 2013

Categories

Script sales and deals

“City that Sailed” — Screenwriter/director, Audrey Wells, has scored the job of writing an adventure film with Will Smith in the lead. Wells wrote the delightful rom-com, “The truth about cats & dogs” (1996), as well as “Under the Tuscan Sun” (2003), which she directed, too. Now Wells has been tapped to write, “City that Sailed,” about a young […]

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Categories

News & General Info

Script sales and deals: Popular toys to get Hollywood treatment

Toys are still hot properties in Tinseltown. The offsprings of some notorious monsters are about to get the glitter and glam treatment from the creators of the hit TV shows, “Gossip Girl” and “The O.C.” Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have signed on to write and produce a Universal project based on the popular Mattel toyline, Monster High, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]

Friday, March 30, 2012

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, March 30, 2012

Categories

Script sales and deals: Action screenplays sell for big money

“White House Down” — Huge payday for hot screenwriter James Vanderbilt. In fact, the $3 million dollar script deal is being called the biggest so far this year. The action spec script is described as a cross between “Die Hard” and “Air Force One.” Apparently there was some heated bidding for the script with Sony Pictures finally closing a deal […]

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Categories

Script sales and deals

“Jadoo” by writer/director, Amit Gupta, has a deal and is now on the really fast track. That’s a great start to the new year for one filmmaker. Done Deal Pro reports Gupta is repped by Abram Nalibotsky over at Gersh. Based on Gupta’s family experience, the story revolves around two feuding twin brother chefs who set up rival restaurants across from each other, leaving […]

Thursday, November 10, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, November 10, 2011

Categories

Script deals and sales

Evan Spiliotopoulos to rewrite “Asteroids” for Universal Pictures— This busy screenwriter picks up another big assignment. Universal has hired Spiliotopoulos to rework “Asteroids” based on the 1970’s Atari video game. Original script by Matt Lopez. Spiliotopoulos is repped by UTA. More here on Variety. Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair’ hired to write “The Girl Who Conned the Ivy League” — Shafer and Vicknair are two […]

Monday, May 16, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, May 16, 2011

Categories

Chick flicks hot at the box office

Chick flicks are packing them in at movie theaters. Two in the last couple of weeks have beaten projections and grabbed a lot of attention away from the front runner, “Thor”. While the superhero actioner held onto first place over the weekend, the debut of the raunchy female comedy, “Bridesmaid” is the talk of Tinseltown. The comedy about a down-on-her luck […]

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Categories

Hollywood spec script market still fired up

At a time when the sale of spec scripts usually slows down — this year– those sales are still going strong. Scott Myers over on the screenwriting blog Go Into The Story is tracking 2011 spec script buys. Myers says the 29th sale was for a spec script written by the grandsons of the actor, Dick Van Dyke. Carey and Shane Van Dyke’s “The Watching […]

Saturday, March 12, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, March 12, 2011

Categories

Hollywood spec script market heats up

The spec script market appears to be catching fire and that’s a good thing for all of Hollywood. More scripts that sell, more production, and more jobs. Last night, Sony Pictures came out the victor in a lively auction for the spec script, “Agent OX,” by Daniel Kunka, according to deadline.com Neal Moritz’s Original Pictures will produce “Agent OX.” Moritz is the prolific […]