Spec Script Deal: “Hustle”

Universal Pictures acquires sports drama “Hustle” written by Taylor Materne. From Variety:

The project follows a washed-up basketball scout who discovers a Chinese streetball phenom and sees him as his ticket back to the NBA, talking him into coming to Los Angeles to train for the draft. The phenom is thrown into the hype machine of pro basketball prospects and must deal with being away from his family and village for the first time while the scout tries to put back together the pieces of the family he left behind.

The script sold in a bidding war for high-six figures.

Materne is repped by CAA and Oasis Media Group.

By my count, this is the 3rd spec script deal of 2018.

There were 8 spec script deals year-to-date in 2017.