Romantic Comedy

Universal Writers Management is out with RESTORATION by Jessica Clothier. A makeup artist is pushed out of her relationship, pushed out of her home… and pushing forty, but a new man shows up to help….

Between October 1 and October 31, 2024, we tracked a total of 6 Specs on the market — 1 of which was a TV pilot.  This is up from last month, but down a little during this same time in 2023.

Bellevue Productions is out with THE EXEC by Eric Podell. In a not-too-distant future, where Hollywood relies on a sophisticated AI program to write all of its biggest blockbusters, a studio executive is dispatched to Silicon Valley to figure out why the program is unable to….

Between May 1st and May 31st, 2024, we tracked a total of 9 new specs on the market – 3 of which were TV pilots. The month was a bit quieter than we (initially) expected due to two weeks of the Cannes Film Festival and the Memorial Day weekend. Thus, this was a slight decrease from April.

Silver Bitela Agency is out with THE PET SITTER by Suzanne Gill. A city girl inherits a pet-sitting business that brings out her inability to walk and chew gum at the same time because….

Rain Management is out with KIDS WITH BENEFITS by Patrick Tobin & Jennifer Goldson. Bradley is an out of luck finance bro and desperate for his next break, so he coerces his ex-girlfriend to let him….

AFA Prime Talent Media is out with TURBULENCE by Sarah Stocker. A self-absorbed bride-to-be finds her future upended after she calls….

UTA is out with TEXTBOOK BEHAVIOR by Tess Morris. Centers on debunking the myth that there is a certain set of rules, a tried and tested path, to getting over someone….

Ensemble Entertainment is out with DOG MEETS GIRL by Mark Goff & Anise Goff. Dog-phobic Calvin Barnes, whose zealous dog-rescuer girlfriend just dumped him, accidentally hits an adorable stray and finds that he’s somehow switched bodies with the pup. Now he has two big problems….

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.

The Muraviov Company is out with THREE GROOMS AND A BRIDE by Gary Goldstein. A gay male couple and their straight best friends plan a double wedding with romantic, financial and familial….

CAA is out with SATURN RETURN by Lauren Hadaway. An eccentric, jaded lesbian clinging to a failing relationship shepherds a straight-laced, newly-out lesbian through….

Mosaic is out with FOR LIFE by Brett Goldstein & Will Bridges. Two best friends who are secretly in love with each other are forced to live on the periphery of one another’s lives after one of them undergoes a “test” to find….

The Muraviov Company is out with THE WEDDING WITCH by Chad Wellinger. A family of French witches who design enchanted wedding dresses ensuring happy marriages, bewitch the bridegroom of a new client upon discovering….

APA is out with HEIRLOOM by Fawzia Mirza. Zareen, a gay bride-to-be, is determined to have the perfect wedding. But when her mother refuses to let her wear the family heirloom jewelry….

Basilisk Entertainment is out with THE LAND OF AVENSMERE by John Swansiger. When the author of a famed fantasy book series claims the world in his stories is real, his rebellious granddaughter agrees to help him….

Between July 1st and July 31st, we tracked 22 new feature specs hitting the market, with only 4 having some type of attachment. Surprisingly, this is only a 4.3% decrease in specs from June. June saw a monstrous uptick in specs from the rest of the year, so it looks like we’re holding steady for the summer. Still, July didn’t beat out the record high for the year but came quite close to it.

CAA is out with THE THREESOME by Ethan Ogilby. When a young man’s perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it’s his ultimate fantasy come true. But when the fantasy ends….

Jackson Agency is out with WEEKEND BAE by Rick Walls. A young, no-nonsense woman arrives in L.A., starting a new chapter in her life; she meets a successful but clueless businessman who….

OWA

Lionsgate Television is looking for a writer to develop LOVESICK.

Elixir Entertainment is out with WHEN HORROR MET SALLY… by Ervin Anderson. When an unusually charming Final Girl discovers she was supposed to be in a romantic comedy all along, she races to find…

CAA is out with WHEN RYAN SWIPED MOLLY by Ari Berkowitz. Ryan and Molly are polar opposites who keep finding each other on different dating apps over the course of a decade.

AAO Entertainment is out with I HATE YOU, SUZY LIU! by William Keaton. Suzy Liu becomes an overnight sensation after creating a controversial dating app that identifies terrible men.