Spec Script Deal: “The Dryline”

Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires action thriller spec script “The Dryline” written by David Rothley. Via Deadline:

Sources add development is still early on the project and no director or talent are attached at this time. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

These plot details via DoneDealPro.com:

A kidnapping and ransom negotiator is tasked with finding a nine-year-old boy who went missing on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After finding the boy, she must fight to keep them both alive when they come under attack by the very people who hired her — corrupt FBI agents and cold-blooded police officials who want the boy dead because of what he knows.

This is Rothley’s first screenplay sale. He is repped by WME and Bellevue Productions.

By my count, this is the 24th spec script deal in 2021.

There were 16 spec script deals year-to-date in 2020.