Between September 1st and September 30th, we tracked 24 new feature specs hitting the market. However, of all this material only 4 have some type of attachment which we have tracked. Let’s not detract from the fact this is a 41.1% increase in material from last month. This marks the highest number of specs in a single month, beating out June which saw 23 new specs hit.
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Here is a list of some of the feature-length film mandates for 2022.
Paradigm is out with WE USED TO BE FRIENDS by Jess Bond & Sydney Sweeney. Centers on a best friend break-up between two girls during their senior year of high school.
Bellevue Productions is out with EXTRA CREDIT by Dax Shelby. A straight-A student is forced to help his teacher outrun her dark past.
The Muraviov Company is out with STEALING BUDDHA’S DINNER by Jenna Finwall Ryan. An awkward, Asian immigrant is on a quest to become a normal American teen when the kids are all white.
Housefire Management is out with THE FESTIVAL by Hannah Rosner & Kate Scott. A teenage girl runs away to a debauchery-fueled music festival with her best friend.
Written by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins with revisions by Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman, the comedy is about two high school seniors who realize they spent too much time studying and not enough time partying.
Logline: The story follows two overachieving high school seniors who realize the only thing they haven’t accomplished is having boyfriends, and each resolves to find one by prom.
