LATEST SCREENPLAY SALES

The latest screenplay sales in Hollywood...Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Seriously? Many remakes too...Is the film industry running out of ideas? J.

Title:     A Good Marriage
Date:     Monday, June 24, 2013
Logline:     A woman discovers the sinister and gruesome double life that her husband and the father of her two children has been living.
Writer:     Stephen King
Genre:     Thriller , Suspense
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Reno Productions
Producer:     Peter Askin, Will Battersby
More:     Joan Allen, Theo Stockman and Anthony LaPaglia attached to star. Peter Askin attached to direct. Stephen King adapted his own novel.


Title:     Encyclopedia Brown
Date:     Monday, June 24, 2013
Logline:     The son of a local police chief, who runs his own detective agency out of the family s garage.
Writer:     Donald J. Sobol
Genre:     Adventure , Family , Crime , Fantasy
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
Executive Overseeing:     Jesse Ehrman
Producer:     Roy Lee, Howard David Deutsch, Jon Zakin



Title:     Rochester
Date:     Monday, June 24, 2013
Logline:     The story is about Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl who becomes an independently-minded governess at the estate of Edward Rochester.
Writer:     Aline Brosh McKenna, Charlotte Bronte
Genre:     Drama , Romance , Period
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Fox Studios
Production Company:     Archaia Publishing
Producer:     Aline Brosh McKenna, Simon Kinberg, Stephen Christy, Jack Cummins
Agent:     CAA and Hansen Jacobson (McKenna)
Price:     seven figures
More:     Aline Brosh McKenna will adapt Charlotte Bronte's novel.


Title:     Cinderella
Date:     Friday, June 21, 2013
Logline:     When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from her Fairy Godmother and lives happily ever after with the prince.
Writer:     Aline Brosh McKenna, Chris Weitz
Genre:     Family , Romance , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script
Studio:     Disney Studios
Producer:     Simon Kinberg, Allison Shearmur, David Barron
More:     Kenneth Branagh is attached to direct. Helena Bonham Carter, Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Sophie McShera and Holliday Granger are attached to star.


Title:     Hercules
Date:     Friday, June 21, 2013
Logline:     Hercules is portrayed not as the son of Zeus but rather as a mortal with a fearsome reputation. He leads a team of mercenaries on a job where all is ominously not what it appears.
Genre:     Action , Fantasy
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     MGM, Paramount
Producer:     Brett Ratner, Beau Flynn, Barry Levine
More:     Dwayne Johnson, Tobias Santelmann, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt and Rebecca Ferguson are attached to star. Brett Ratner is attached to direct.


Title:     Maggie
Date:     Friday, June 21, 2013
Logline:     The story is about a father whose daughter is infected by a walking-dead virus that has spread across the country.
Writer:     John Scott 3
Genre:     Action , Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script
Producer:     Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Matt Baer, Trevor Kaufman, Colin Bates, Joey Tufaro, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Ara Keshishian, Hubert Gibbs, Claudia Bluemhuber, Arnold Schwarzenegger , John Scott 3
More:     Henry Hobson attached to direct. Arnold Schwarzenegger attached to star.


Title:     The Gunman
Date:     Friday, June 21, 2013
Logline:     An international operative is betrayed by the organization he works for, forcing him into a game of cat and mouse across Europe.
Writer:     Jean-Patrick Manchette, Pete Travis
Genre:     Thriller , Action
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Silver Pictures
Producer:     Joel Silver, Andrew Rona, Steve Richards
More:     Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Jasmine Trinca, Mark Rylance and Idris Elba attached to star. Pete Travis adapted Jean-Patrick Manchette's novel. Pierre Morel is attached to direct.


Title:     After
Date:     Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Logline:     The story of two bus-crash survivors who share the same dream while in a coma.
Writer:     Jason Parish, Ryan Smith
Genre:     Drama , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Jinga Films, Mongrel Media
More:     Steven Strait and Karolina Wydra star in film. Ryan Smith directed film.


Title:     Epsilon
Date:     Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Logline:     Set after a failed robot rebellion on Earth, the remaining robots seek refuge on a space station and begin to raise their own human lab rats, which they train to act as their agents.
Writer:     Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Studio:     Sony Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Jonathan Kadin
Producer:     Michael DeLuca, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Price:     $1 million
More:     Greg Berlanti attached to direct.


Title:     Outliers
Date:     Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Logline:     No logline given.
Writer:     Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Genre:     Action , Supernatural
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Fox Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Jason Young
Production Company:     Underground
Producer:     Peter Chernin, Trevor Engelson, Mike Larocca, Jenno Topping
Agent:     Underground and WME (Melton, Dunstan)
More:     David Karlak attached to direct.


Title:     Stretch
Date:     Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Logline:     A down-on-his luck limo driver nicknamed Stretch, who is trying to get clean and pay back a debt owed to a bookie when he gets the passenger from hell.
Genre:     Thriller
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Blumhouse
Producer:     Jason Blum
More:     Joe Carnahan attached to direct. Ed Helms, Patrick Wilson and Chris Pine attached to star.


Title:     The Purge
Date:     Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Logline:     The story is set in a society where once a year, there's a 12-hour period when all crime is allowed and condoned.
Genre:     Horror , Crime , Fantasy
Saletype:     Sequel
Studio:     Universal Studios
Producer:     Jason Blum


Title:     Choose Your Own Adventure
Date:     Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Logline:     No logline given.
Writer:     Edward Packard, R. A. Montgomery
Genre:     Fantasy
Saletype:     Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Fox Studios
Production Company:     Chooseco, Red Crown, Davis Entertainment
Producer:     R. A. Montgomery, Shannon Gilligan, John Davis, John Fox, Damien Saccani, Daniela Taplin


Title:     Romeo and Juliet
Date:     Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Logline:     The story is about a tragic love affair.
Writer:     William Shakespeare, Julian Fellowes
Genre:     Drama , Romance , Period
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Relativity Media, Amber Entertainment, Swarovski Entertainment, Echo Lake Entertainment
Producer:     Julian Fellowes, Ileen Maisel, Lawrence Elman, Nadja Swarovski, Simon Bosanquet, Alexander Koll, Dimitra Tsingou, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding
More:     Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti, Stellan Skarsgard, Damian Lewis and Ed Westwick star in film. Carlo Carlei directed film. Julian Fellowes adapted William Shakespeare's novel.


Title:     Pixels
Date:     Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Logline:     The story is about characters who come out of a video game to wreak havoc in the real world.
Writer:     Tim Dowling, Patrick Jean
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Short Story , Adaptation
Studio:     Sony Studios
Production Company:     Happy Madison, One More Production
Producer:     Patrick Jean, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Benjamin Darras, Johnny Alves, Matias Boucard
More:     Chris Columbus attached to direct. Tim Dowling adapted Patrick Jean's short.


Title:     Alice in Wonderland
Date:     Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Logline:     The story about a girl named Alice, who is transported to a magical world.
Writer:     Linda Woolverton
Genre:     Adventure , Family , Fantasy
Saletype:     Sequel
Studio:     Disney Studios
Producer:     Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
More:     James Bobin attached to direct.


Title:     Fables
Date:     Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on fairy and folktale characters ranging from Snow White and Cinderella to the Big Bad Wolf and Little Boy Blue, who are kicked out of their world and now live in a secret pocket of New York City.
Writer:     Jeremy Slater. Bill Willingham
Genre:     Fantasy
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Production Company:     Heyday Films
Producer:     David Heyman, Jeffrey Clifford
Agent:     UTA and Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment (Slater)
More:     Nikolaj Arcel attached to direct. Jeremy Slater will adapt Bill Willingham's comic.


Title:     A Prophet
Date:     Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a young Algerian man, who is mentored by a crime boss while in prison and rises to lead a syndicate.
Genre:     Drama , Crime
Saletype:     Remake
Studio:     Sony Studios
Production Company:     Original Film
Producer:     Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe


Title:     Timecop
Date:     Thursday, May 23, 2013
Logline:     Set in the near future, the story is about where time travel is regulated by a police force.
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Saletype:     Remake
Studio:     Universal Studios
Production Company:     Global Produce
Producer:     Marc Shmuger, Tom McNulty


Title:     The Dead Men
Date:     Thursday, May 23, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on an American running from his past, who is brought into a group of young underground radicals called The Dead Men, only to discover a centuries-old spiritual battle.
Writer:     Andrew Poston
Genre:     Thriller , Action , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Contento Films
Producer:     Brad Furman, Alejo Arango, Laura Gomez, Aaron Ginsberg
More:     Kirk Sullivan attached to direct. Diego Boneta and Jackson Rathbone attached to star.


Title:     Big Hero 6
Date:     Thursday, May 09, 2013
Logline:     An action comedy adventure about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo.
Genre:     Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Comedy , Animation , Fantasy
Saletype:     Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Disney Studios
Production Company:     Marvel


Title:     A Dark Reflection
Date:     Thursday, May 09, 2013
Logline:     The fact-based story is about an air traffic controller who is suspended following a serious in-flight incident. When his journalist wife starts to ask questions, she uncovers a disturbing succession of cover-ups dating back to 1954.
Writer:     Viv Young, Tristan Loraine
Genre:     Thriller , Indie , Suspense
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Fact Not Fiction Films
Producer:     Tristan Loraine
More:     Georgina Sutcliffe and Marina Sirtis attached to star.


Title:     The Mule
Date:     Thursday, May 09, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on an unlikely drug mule who challenges the authority figures in his life.
Writer:     Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannel
Genre:     Dark Comedy
Saletype:     Script
Production Company:     Screen Australia
Producer:     Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannel
More:     John Noble and Hugo Weaving attached to star. Tony Mahony attached to direct.


Title:     Our Robot Overlords
Date:     Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Logline:     The story centers on a teen who gathers a group of teens together to search for his long lost father in the midst of a war between humans and robots. The teen discovers a way to fight back and he realizes that there s more to this war than his own family.
Writer:     Mark Stay, Jon Wright
Genre:     Action , Sci-Fi
Saletype:     Script
Producer:     Piers Tempest
More:     Jon Wright attached to direct. Callan McAuliffe, Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson are attached to star.


Title:     Pippin
Date:     Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Logline:     At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.
Writer:     James Ponsoldt, Roger O. Hirson
Genre:     Musical
Saletype:     Novel , Play , Adaptation
Studio:     The Weinstein Company
Executive Overseeing:     Harvey Weinstein
Agent:     UTA (Ponsoldt)
More:     James Ponsoldt will adapt Roger O. Hirson's novel.


Title:     Doc Savage
Date:     Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Logline:     The story is about a doctor with limitless skills and possesses super-strength.
Writer:     Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi, Charles Mondry
Genre:     Action , Supernatural , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Comic , Adaptation
Studio:     Sony Studios
Executive Overseeing:     Hannah Minghella
Production Company:     Original Film
Producer:     Ori Marmur, Michael Usland
More:     Shane Black is attached to direct and adapted comic with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.


Title:     Three Little Words
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     The true-life story centers on the relationship between a girl in the welfare system and the unpaid volunteer who discovers her nine years later. The volunteer must search for and convince the biological mother to surrender her parental rights so the teen can begin a new life.
Writer:     Lewis Colick, Michael Petroni, Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Genre:     Drama , Biography
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Tree Line Films, Lime Orchard Production, Red Crown
Producer:     James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, Jami Gertz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker, Daniel Crown
More:     Lewis Colick and Michael Petroni adapted Ashley Rhodes-Courter's memoir. James Mangold attached to direct. Reese Witherspoon, Amanda Seyfried


Title:     Untitled animal comedy
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     No logline given.
Genre:     Action , Family , Comedy , Animation
Saletype:     Pitch
Studio:     Disney Studios
Production Company:     Pixar
More:     Byron Howard attached to direct. Jason Bateman attached to do voice work.


Title:     Ice Station Zebra
Date:     Monday, May 06, 2013
Logline:     The story is centered on an American Naval submarine team that races the Russians to retrieve sensitive photographic material in the Arctic.
Writer:     Alistair McLean, Christopher McQuarrie
Genre:     Thriller , Action , Suspense
Saletype:     Remake , Novel , Adaptation
Studio:     Warner Bros.
Producer:     CAA, Key Creatives and Myman Greenspan (McQuarrie)
More:     Christopher McQuarrie will adapt Alistair McLean's novel and direct.


Title:     Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Date:     Friday, May 03, 2013
Logline:     Set in Regency-era England, the story follows the lives of Elizabeth Bennett and her four sisters, who also live in an alternative universe where zombies roam the English countryside.
Writer:     Seth Grahame-Smith
Genre:     Action , Period , Fantasy
Saletype:     Script , Novel , Adaptation
Production Company:     Panorama, Darko Entertainment, Handsomecharlie Films
Producer:     Natalie Portman, Annette Savitch, Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick, Allison Shearmur
More:     Lily Collins attached to star. Burr Steers attached to direct.

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