Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment

CAA is out with UNTITLED ART BELL PROJECT by Sam Chelsom and Nelson Greeves. Disc jockey Art Bell broadcasts his radio show 65 miles west of Las Vegas from his home studio, fielding un-screened telephone calls in a five-hour show on….

Between April 1st and April 30th, 2023, we tracked a total of 8 feature specs hitting the market or being sold, highlighting a 47% decrease in specs we followed compared to last month, due primarily to the impending writers’ strike. Of these 8 feature specs, 5 had some type of attachment.

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with THE FINAL SCORE by Will Hettinger. Two FBI agents are pitted against a crew of bank robbers – and each other – as they grapple with order and chaos in….

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with HOMING by Jeremy Roth. When a fatherless homing pigeon born with no sense of direction gets lost in 1960s New York City, he not only learns the truth behind ….

Between November 1st and November 30th, we tracked a total of 17 new feature specs on the market. Though it’s not the lowest volume of content in a single month this year, it marks the lowest since August 2022.

UTA is out with BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. This sparks….

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with STEAL THE DARK by Josh Marentette & Spencer Marentette. A team of CIA operatives attempt to infiltrate a Romanian black site and steal its prized….

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.

Between August 1st and August 31st, we tracked 17 new feature specs hot out of Final Draft. 3 of them have some type of attachment, while 1 is reported to have sold that was previously out in 2021 (more on that spec later). That brings our total count of specs with attachments up to 4. This marks a 23% decrease in specs from July, and a 26% drop off from June. How the year has been shaping up, August has turned over some fairly better numbers than anticipated.

CAA is out with THE KEY MAN by Joby Harold. A man has lived his whole life haunted by the memory of his father, a schizophrenic government cryptologist who may have been a….

Between June 1st and June 30th, we tracked 23 new feature specs hitting the market, with 6 having some type of attachment. However, one spec made waves that hit the market some time ago, bringing our total success up to 7 (more on that spec later). That is a 43.75% increase in specs from last month. Not only that, but this is the highest number of specs in a single month all year.

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with IN SHADOWS by Alex Pastor & David Pastor. After being released from his 20-year sentence, Jason Fagan must confront the childhood trauma haunting him…

Between May 2022 and May 2021, there has been a 15.8% decrease in the material hitting the market. This gap has only continued to grow in past years. Dating at its peak, 2019 saw 33 specs out in a single month. Comparing that to now, that is nearly a 51.5% drop-off. While materials have decreased, the success rates have seen a bit more of a u-shape in the last few years.

UTA is out with HARPER by Patrick Burleigh. The mysterious discovery of a manuscript. The tumultuous creation of a masterpiece. This is the true story of…

March is usually the month we see the market start to defrost and kick into high gear. Instead, the month stayed on course and went out with the exact same about as February. Between March 1st and March 31st 2022, we tracked a total of 19 feature specs hitting the market. Of these specs, 5 have some type of attachment. So, we’re seeing an even split between February and March, but with the market primed, it plays like a smaller month than anticipated.

Between January 1st and January 31st, 2022, we tracked a total of 11 new feature specs hitting the market. Compared to last month, we are seeing a 15% decrease in the material out. That is fairly standard for the time of the year, thanks to the holidays. In terms of successes, of the 11 specs out, 4 have some type of attachment.

Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment is out with BEST MAN by Thomas Kivney. A man starts falling in love with his best man.