Spec Script Deal: “Dorothy & Alice”

Netflix acquires fantasy drama spec script “Dorothy & Alice” written by Justin Merz. From Deadline:

Haunted by nightmares of Oz’s impending destruction, Dorothy Gale finds herself in a home for others like her with troubling, vivid dreams. While she is there, she meets a mysterious girl, Alice — who involves her in a perilous quest to not only save the worlds of imagination — those which we come to realize are real and not just dreams — but the world as we know it.

Described as a “competitive bidding situation”.

Merz is repped by Paradigm and the Gotham Group.

By my count, this is the 49th spec script deal in 2017.

There were 54 spec script deals year-to-date in 2016.