Spec Script Deal: “The Paladin”

Stampede Ventures has acquired action spec script “The Paladin” written by Umair Aleem. Via Deadline:

Billed as Doctor Strange meets Unforgiven, The Paladin centers on a broken-down, last-of-his-kind warrior mage who undertakes a final quest to protect a child who has the power to save or destroy our world.

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Aleem said: “The Paladin was born out of my adoration for spaghetti Westerns, samurai sagas, the glory days of Heavy Metal magazine and other cool genre sh*t.

Aleem is repped by Verve and Lit Entertainment Group.

By my count, this is the 26th spec script deal in 2021.

There were 18 spec script deals year-to-date in 2020.