2020 Spec Script Deals Analysis: First-Timers

We continue our week-long analysis of spec script deals in 2020. Today: Writers who broke in by selling a spec script.

As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2020, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by setting up a spec script.

Tin Roof Rusted — Michelle Harper / TriStar Pictures — 12/16/2020

After they discover that they’re both pregnant, two lifelong best friends promise to embark on their journey together. But with the constant pressure of outsiders, the two struggle amid personal differences and must relearn that what connected them as children can still be their glue as adults.

[Note: This does not include the many writers who gained representation and/or landed writing assignments based on their spec as a writing sample.]

2020 Spec Script Deal List
2020 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres
2020 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers
2020 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Agent and Managers
2020 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Top Sales

UPDATE: One more to add to the list of first-timers:

Mad Rush — Manfred Lopez / Jorge Garcia Castro — 6/16/2020