Spec Script Deal: “King Richard”

Star Thrower Entertainment and Overbrook Entertainment acquire sports dram “King Richard” written by Zach Baylin. From Variety:

Will Smith will play Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in the movie “King Richard.”

The film, based on a script by Zach Baylin, will center on Richard Williams overcoming hardship, skepticism, controversy, and his own troubled past to instruct his daughters, starting when they were four years old on the tennis courts of Compton, Calif. — despite not having a background in tennis.

“King Richard” was the #2 script on the 2018 annual Black List.

Baylin is repped by CAA and Grandview.

By my count, this is the 5th spec script deal of 2019.

There were 4 spec script deals year-to-date in 2018.