Between April 1st and April 30th, we tracked only 13 specs hitting the market. That is nearly a 31% decrease in specs out in comparison to March 2022. Though not the lowest volume out this year, it is certainly the lowest April in recent years (more on that soon). Of these 13 specs, 6 have some type of attachment, with one from January selling as well. That brings our total up to 7 successes of some type.
Jon Silk
Universal Pictures picked up BATSHIT by Jeffrey Gelber & Ryan Belenzon. A new “bounty app” encourages reckless behavior.
A young woman wants a break from fighting supernatural forces to experience normal life.
A botched ritual by a ruthless sex-trafficking ring brings a murdered Mexican American veteran back from the dead on Dia de Muertos. Reborn with supernatural abilities and a lethal hunger for revenge, she sets out against the elite criminal network whose twisted desires prey upon her community.
Keep up with what’s happening in the industry with the inside information on who’s getting hired, promoted, and let go. Marc Shmuger announces his departure from EuropaCorp leaving company Founder Luc Besson to fill in as interim Chief Executive starting January 1st.
Italian filmmaker Francesco Munzi is set to direct a yet-to-be-titled New York City-based crime thriller about the dangerous and lucrative underworld of cargo theft.
A young man is mentored by an experienced thief. As he rises in the ranks, the young man reaches a crossroads when he must choose between his family and ambition.
A superstrong small town gas-station worker who anonymously performs a good deed everyday finds his quiet existence thrown into disarray when a newcomer alerts the media.
Jeff Robinov is looking to bring the next great title from prolific comics creator Mark Millar to the big screen, set to adapt Millar’s forthcoming series Huck. Robinov will executive produce under his newly formed Studio 8 banner, while Jon Silk oversees.
After playing a fantasy role-play game, a professor sends his students into a real fantasy world where they must work to survive. Based upon the ten-novel book series.
Logline: Follows the true story of William E. Fairbairn, a police officer that was sent to clean up the crime in Shanghai in the 1920’s, where he assembled the world’s first SWAT team to go up against the gangsters that controlled the city, after being nearly murdered.
Chad Stahelski and David Leitch are set to helm the high profile film with the “Sherlock Holmes” producer on board.
Logline: Based on the life-story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at the age of 14, went undercover as an informant for local and federal law enforcement agencies during the mid-80s and quickly went from being an asset to an issue after being arrested for possession of 17 pounds of cocaine at the age of 17 — and then sentenced to life without parole.
Logline: Kept under wraps, but touted as an epic medieval fantasy.
A roundup of the week’s exec moves!
A roundup of the week’s exec moves!
A roundup of the week’s exec moves!
Logline: The story centers on the hunt for a serial killer in the heart of the Third Reich, and the relentless detective who must confront his own murderous regime in order to catch the killer.
Logline: Story of young Jonny Shelton who teams up with a government agent and an Indian girl to stop an evil terrorist from unleashing the powers of an ancient Hindu god.
Remake of an Asian triology in the tone of “The Departed.”
Logline: Kept under wraps but said to be a high school comedy set in present day.
Logline: After a mob boss is gunned down, an outright battle ensues among several mobsters who want to succeed him, one of whom is an undercover cop.
Logline: When two groups of diverse aliens crash land on Earth around 3000 B.C., their constant fighting gives birth to every known human myth, from Greek and Egyptian gods to werewolves and dragons.
Logline: In 53 BC Chinese warriors team up with captured Roman legionnaires to defend China from the fiercest army in history.
Logline: A detective schemes to seek vengeance on the French governor who killed his mother.
Logline: A schizophrenic genius witnesses a murder online and enlists his brother to help him track down the murderer while crossing crooked cops and hitmen
Logline: Story follows Lucius Pontius Pilate as he grows from the son of a Roman Knight, to a fear-inducing military General, and as the prefect of Judea under Emperor Tiberius, the judge who condemned Jesus Christ to crucifixion.
Logline: Follows the adventures of a young girl, who along with her family, unlocks a portal in a historic and forgotten library, bringing heroes, villains, and creatures from storied books into our world, while conversely sending the family into theirs.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
Logline: Pitched as “Midnight Run” in the world of extrication specialists.
