Spec Script Deals Analysis 2017: First-Timers

As we continue our analysis of spec script sales in 2017, today we check out the first-timers, writers who broke into the business by setting up a spec script.

Marian — Pete Barry / Sony Pictures — 3/6/17

After a conspiracy to conquer England in which the love of her life Robin Hood dies before her eyes, Marian picks up the cause to lead her people into a pivotal war. She comes to power, charging into a battle that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom but will see her don the mantle of the man she loved. In the process, she rises as a legend herself.

Twin Blades — Ingrid Eskeland-Adetuyi / Cristal Pictures— 3/13/17

Zoe, an American tech entrepreneur who relocates her company to China, and Maylin, a local female bodyguard hired to protect her struggle to coexist in their daily routine. When Zoe’s life is threatened, the two must put aside their differences and join forces to survive.

Body Cam — Richmond Riedel / Brian Robbins — 3/31/17

Several LAPD officers are haunted by a malevolent spirit that is tied to the murder of a black youth at the hands of two white cops… all of which was caught on a body cam video that was destroyed in a cover up.

Fragment — Noah Griffith, Daniel Stewart / Sony Pictures — 3/31/17

An Air Force jet breaks up over the desert. A mysterious radio beacon draws the pilot from the crash site. A discovery is waiting. And it is not of this Earth.

Untitled Josh Gordon Project — Josh Gordon / Warner Bros. — 8/29/17

In the near future where mankind is threatened by an exponential advances in artificial intelligence, a brilliant young engineer finds herself at the center of an eccentric billionaire’s bid to alter the trajectory of the human race.

Crater — John J. Griffin / Twentieth Century Fox — 11/8/17

After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a mysterious crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.

Meat — Logan Martin / Assemble Media — 11/21/17

A misanthropic man notices bizarre changes in himself, his wife, and the animals inhabiting the territory around their homestead as they attempt to survive self-imposed isolation.

Congratulations to all the first-timers!

[Note: The list above does not include the many writers who used a spec script to gain representation and/or land an assignment base on their spec as a writing sample.]

2017 Spec Script Deal List
2017 Spec Script Deals Analysis: Genres
2017 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Buyers
2017 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Agent and Managers
2017 Spec Script Sales Analysis: Top Sales