Here is the final 2013 Spec Script Sales List, each with a link to the GITS post about the sale. A few comments.

Tracking spec script sales is not an exact science. To make the blog’s list, there almost always has to be some sort of article in the press verifying a deal, but even then that can get dicey because the term “spec script” is itself rather amorphous in meaning.

In the broadest terms, it applies to any deal made for a script written ‘speculatively,’ that is for no fees, just the writer’s own sweat equity with the hope of making a sale. Seems simple enough, but there is a lot of gray area:

* Some deals get announced that are in effect handshake, no money arrangements, typically forwarded to the press to generate some PR for the project.

* Some deals are by professional writers with a preexisting relationship with a production group or studio, so that a tacit agreement was in place for the project from the get-go, even if nothing official until the script comes in.

* Some deals are scripts that have been circulating for many months, even years in the process of being packaged, then finally get announced when the project receives a green light.

* Some deals are option arrangements for as little as $5–10K, not what we typically associate with spec script sales (i.e., six figures).

As I say, not an exact science. But this list does give you a pretty good sense of the buyer’s market in the last 12 months.

Each day this week, I will provide some analysis of the 2013 spec script sales:

Tuesday, January 28: Genres

Wednesday, January 29: Studios

Thursday, January 30: Managers & Agents

Friday, January 31: Top Sales

Saturday, February 1: First Timers

To see the entire list of 100 spec script sales in 2013, go below the fold!

2013 Spec Script Sales

1. Title: Untitled Devlin Guyot Project Logline: N/A Writers: Dean Devlin, Paul Guyot Genre: Disaster Agency: CAA / UTA Management: Circle of Confusion Buyer: Skydance Productions Date: 1/9/13 Notes: Seven-figure deal.

2. Title: Ben-Hur Logline: An adaptation of the original book Writer: Keith Clarke Genre: Drama Adventure Management: D.J. Talbot Buyer: MGM Date: 1/14/13.

3. Title: The Widow Logline: The psychological thriller centers on a young woman who befriends a lonely widow only to discover that their encounter was not a coincidence. Writer: Ray Wright Genre: Thriller Agency: UTA Buyer: Vendome Pictures Date: 1/15/13.

4. Title: Surrounded Logline: Described as a “Reservoir Dogs” story set in the Old West, focuses on a single day in the life of a young man who holds a notorious outlaw captive as his gang closes in to take him back. Writers: Andrew Pagana, Justin Thomas Genre: Western Agency: Verve Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: Incognito Pictures Date: 1/16/13.

5. Title: Pantheon Logline: N/A Writer: Spenser Cohen Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Agency: WME Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Solipsist Films Date: 1/24/13.

6. Title: Blood Drive Logline: An everyday guy with the rarest of blood types is suddenly and unexpectedly forced to deliver his very own, freshly stolen kidney to an infamous criminal whose life depends on it. Writer: Christian Parkes Genre: Action Thriller Management: Zero Gravity Buyer: Sentinel Pictures Date: 1/28/13.

7. Title: Endangered Logline: Follows a group of scientists on a quest to locate the fountain of youth. Writers: Ryan Belenzon, Jeffrey Gelber Genre: Action Adventure Agency: Paradigm Management: Zero Gravity Management Buyer: Lionsgate Date: 2/5/13.

8. Title: Spinback Logline: A soldier returns from Afghanistan. When his brother, a prominent DJ on the electronic dance music circuit, is murdered, he must infiltrate that world in order to figure out the killer. Writer: John Swetnam Genre: Action Thriller Agency: Paradigm Management: Benderspink Buyer: Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment Date: 2/11/13.

9. Title: Fury Logline: The action takes place in 1945 as the Nazi regime collapses and the five man crew of an American tank called Fury battles a desperate German army. Writer: David Ayer Genre: Action Drama Agency: CAA Buyer: QED International Date: 2/13/13.

10. Title: Dunkirk Logline: The script chronicles the courage of British civilians, men and women who used small boats to cross the English Channel and rescue 200,000 British troops and 140,000 French troops from the advancing Germans. Dunkirk was one of the battles that changed the course of WWII. Writer: Gavin Smith Genre: War Drama Agency: Original Artists Management: Linda Seifert Management Buyer: Working Title Date: 2/13/13.

11. Title: Mecha Logline: A young survivor of a robot uprising searches for a way to avoid detection. Writer: Ben Magid Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Agency: WME Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Sierra/Affinity Date: 2/26/13.

12. Title: Agatha Logline: Spec is an action adventure which surmises what really happened to Agatha Christie during the 11 days she went missing. Plot specifics are being kept under wraps but tonally it is described as a female Sherlock Holmes meets Romancing The Stone. Writer: Allison Schroeder Genre: Action Adventure Agency: UTA Management: Benderspink Buyer: Paramount Date: 3/5/12.

13. Title: Murder City Logline: A Detroit cop who, when framed and sent to jail, must clear a mob debt upon his release in order to save his family. Writer: Will Simmons Genre: Crime Thriller Agency: UTA Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Aldamisa Films Date: 3/6/13. Notes: 2012 Black List script.

14. Title: Marching Band Logline: [Gina] Rodriguez… will star as a single mother of a high school trumpet player… When the boy’s estranged musician father turns up, he bonds with his son as he begins teaching traditional Mexican regional music to the school’s marching band. Writer: Victor Teran Genre: Drama Agency: Verve Management: Generate Management Buyer: CIMA Productions Date: 3/12/13.

15. Title: One Night on the Hudson Logline: Rookie cop and the criminal he caught go on the lam from crooked cops. Writer: T.J. Fixman Genre: Comedy Agency: WME Buyer: Universal Date: 3/14/13. Notes: Director: Seth Gordon. Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis to star.

16. Title: All the Good Ones Get Away Logline: A Perfect Murder meets Hard Candy Writer: Elliot San Genre: Contained Thriller Agency: WME Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: 1984 Private Defense Contractors Date: 3/15/13. Notes: Deal includes a progress-to-production component that requires the project to go into production in 2013.

17. Title: Caught in the Act Logline: Story follows an actor who is confused with a thief he is playing on a crime re-enactment show. His mistaken identity thrusts him into the spotlight of law enforcement and the underworld as he attempts to clear his name. Writer: Steve Klayman Genre: Action Comedy Management: Anthem Entertainment Buyer: Atmosphere Entertainment Date: 3/20/13.

18. Title: The Making of Rock Hudson Logline: The transformation of Hudson from a shy kid into a sex symbol with rugged good looks was a tricky bit of business, in that he was forced to keep secret his homosexuality. The script tells the story from the vantage point of Henry Willson, the agent who discovered Hudson. Beyond changing the actor’s name, Willson became adept at keeping secrets. Writer: Tyler Ruggeri Genre: Biopic Agency: Gersh Management: Anonymous Content Buyer: Maven Pictures Date: 3/19/13.

19. Title: Incinerator Logline: N/A Writer: Jay Eden Genre: Thriller Management: Jeff Ross Entertainment Buyer: Boies/Schiller Film Group Date: 3/19/13.

20. Title: Eden Logline: “Eden” has an alien component to it as it is described as a modern day science fiction take on the Underground Railroad legend. In the case of “Eden,” rather than humans enslaving other humans, the plot sees aliens oppressing humanity. The story follows a family on the run, risking their lives to get to a free city via something called the Rail. Writer: Olatunde Osunsanmi Genre: Science Fiction Agency: CAA Management: Caliber Media Buyer: Gold Circle Films Date: 3/26/13.

21. Title: Ink and Bone Logline: The horror thriller concerns a female book editor who is assigned to help a reclusive horror writer finish his latest book only to discover the writer is being held prisoner in his home by everything he’s ever written. Writer: Zak Olcewicz Genre: Thriller Agency: WME Management: Prolific Entertainment Buyer: Dimension Films Date: 3/27/13. Notes: Preemptive purchase.

22. Title: Camden Logline: When domestic terrorists take over an Ivy League campus, a young Secret Service agent must do everything he can to protect his charge: The First Daughter. Writer: Lucas Carter Genre: Thriller Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: The Exchange Date: 4/2/13. Notes: First-timer.

23. Title: Broken Cove Logline: The crime thriller follows a half-Irish half-British man who lives in London but moves back home after discovering his brother has been killed. Writer: Declan O’Dwyer Genre: Crime Thriller Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Thunder Road Date: 4/3/13. Notes: Manager Brooklyn Weaver discovered the script on the Black List site. O’Dwyer lives in Ireland. First-timer.

24. Title: Don’t Make Me Go Logline: A single Dad who, after learning he has a serious illness, takes his teenage daughter on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before. In the process, he seizes his final opportunity to teach her essential life lessons. Writer: Vera Herbert Genre: Drama Comedy Agency: Gersh Buyer: Big Beach Films / De Line Pictures Date: 4/3/13. Notes: 2012 Black List.

25. Title: Omega Point Logline: The story centers on a young man who comes across a mysterious crash site in the woods where he discovers and befriends a god-like artificial intelligence desperate to escape earth. Writer: Cameron Alexander Genre: Science Fiction Agency: Resolution Management: Rosa Entertainment Buyer: CBS Films Date: 4/8/13. Notes: Alexander is a first-timer.

26. Title: House Arrest Logline: Two high-end bond traders whose plan to end their marriage hits a snag when they are forced to live together for six months of house arrest. Writer: Justin Adler Genre: Comedy Agency: UTA Management: Kapital Entertainment Buyer: Relativity Media Date: 4/9/13.

27. Title: Bermuda Triangle Logline: The logline is being kept under wraps, but the ambition is to use the Bermuda Triangle mythology–planes and ships go missing–and turn it into a tent pole action franchise. Writer: Daniel Kunka Genre: Action Agency: ICM Management: Madhouse Entertainment Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 4/9/13.

28. Title: Highrise Logline: Described as a lush 21st century thriller inspired by the 1960’s classic, The Collector. Writer: Peter Dowling Genre: Thriller Agency: APA Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: Fox 2000 Date: 4/11/13.

29. Title: Inquest Logline: Based on true events, the political thriller is about a London investigator who’s hired to discover whether her [Princess Diana] death was a tragic accident or something more. When he begins to uncover a conspiracy, the gumshoe’s own safety is compromised. Writer: Josh Simon Genre: Political Thriller Agency: WME Management: Apostle Management Buyer: Wayfare Entertainment Date: 4/16/13.

30. Title: Inheritance Logline: Follows a young female lawyer handling the case of a New Orleans coffee magnate whose passing sparks a deadly chain of events. Writer: Tina Gordon Chism Genre: Legal Thriller Agency: WME Buyer: Sony Pictures Entertainment Date: 4/18/13.

31. Title: I Dream of Gene Logline: When his grandfather dies, a man inherits a magic lamp with a genie inside that grants him as many wishes as he desires. Writer: Allan Ball Genre: Comedy Agency: N/A Buyer: Chernin Entertainment Date: 4/19/13.

32. Title: Black Friday Logline: Story revolves around a young man desperately trying to save his fiancé when she’s kidnapped inside a mega-mall on the busiest shopping day of the year. Writer: John Sullivan Genre: Action Thriller Management: Benderspink Buyer: Mammo Media Date: 4/19/13.

33. Title: Americatown Logline: Examines an ex-cop’s journey from poverty to power in the third-world American slums of world-leader China after the U.S. economy’s collapse. Writer: Ben Poole Genre: Crime Drama Agency: Verve Management: Oasis Media Group Buyer: Aldamisa Entertainment Date: 4/22/13.

34. Title: You’ll Be the Death of Me Logline: Nothing can spoil falling in love in New York City, but a masked knife-wielding psychopath hell bent on keeping you single can certainly make falling in love more difficult. Writer: Mark Hammer Genre: Comedy Agency: UTA Management: Think Tank Management Buyer: Lionsgate/Summit Date: 4/23/13. Notes: Mid-six figure deal.

35. Title: Wildflowers Logline: When times of financial crisis leaves a new couple with nothing left to lose, they set off on a crime spree, slipping into a romance as hot as the Arizona desert they blaze through. Dom and Stella are in love, on the run and in their 60s. Writers: Jim Stansberry, Annika Tuneld Genre: Action Comedy Lawyer: Robert L. Seigel Buyer: 108 Production Date: 4/23/13. Notes: Stansberry is located in the United States, Tuneld lives in Sweden.

36. Title: Home Invasion Logline: A family imprisoned in their own home by intruders who play a life-and-death game in which the mysterious rules become clear as the night unfolds. Writer: Joseph Dembner Genre: Thriller Management: Benderspink Buyer: Voltage Pictures Date: 4/24/13. Notes: Dembner is a first-timer.

37. Title: Capsule Logline: “Capsule” follows a young man whose life is turned upside down when he begins to receive metallic capsules containing messages from his future self. Writer: Ian Shorrs Genre: Science Fiction Agency: UTA Management: Mosaic Media Group Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 4/30/13.

38. Title: Depth of Field Logline: Truss, once a self-described proud sports atheist, was sent on a lark by her editor to cover the World Cup. Her readers were amused, and Truss eventually spent four years covering major sporting events throughout Europe and America, writing humorous and somewhat academic essays. Along the way, she slowly became a convert, discovering the significance of sport, and how it affected her own life and relationships. Writer: J. Mills Goodloe Genre: Sports Drama Comedy Agency: UTA Management: Management 360 Buyer: Fox 2000 Date: 5/1/13. Note: Goodloe discovered book in Sydney, Australia and adapted it for the spec.

39. Title: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Logline: N/A Writer: Alexis Jolly Genre: Biopic Agency: APA Buyer: Treehouse Pictures Date: 5/2/13. Note: Based on the life of Mr. Rogers.

40. Title: Cornered Logline: Trapped in a desolate strip mall, two young women must outwit and outlast a group of desperate criminals. Writers: Richard Bobbie, Andy Fraser Genre: Thriller Agency: WME Management: Manus Entertainment Buyer: 1821 Pictures Date: 5/3/13.

41. Title: Dark Summer Logline: Centers on a 17-year-old boy who is placed under house arrest for the summer while his mother is away on business. Writer: Mike Le Genre: Supernatural Thriller Agency: APA Management: Hung Entertainment Group Buyers: Preferred Content / Content Films Date: 5/7/13.

42. Title: Party Girl Logline: A group of high school students underestimate the power of belief when they use social media to create a new urban myth, and their story of supernatural vengeance spreads so far, so fast, that it takes on a terrifying life of its own. Writer: Vikram Weet Genre: Supernatural Horror Agency: UTA Management: New Wave Entertainment Buyer: Nostromo Films Date: 5/13/13.

43. Title: Little Evil Logline: N/A Writer: Eli Craig Genre: Dark Comedy Agency: CAA Management: Wetdog Entertainment Buyer: Universal Date: 5/17/13.

44. Title: Keeping Time Logline: Keeping Time is about a for-hire time traveler who specializes in “preventing” bad relationships. He meets his match with a mysterious woman who also claims to be a traveler and is determined to stop him from completing his mission. Writer: Nathan Zoebl Genre: Thriller Buyer: Bon Aire Productons Date: 5/29/13. Notes: Option deal.

45. Title: The Asterisk Logline: The studio’s keeping the logline quiet, but the spec is in the vein of Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop. Writers: Jordan Goldberg, Alex Paraskevas Genre: Action Agency: UTA Management: Oasis Media Group Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 5/30/13.

46. Title: Jump Logline: It is a romantic dramedy in the vein of Jerry Maguire, with a strong male role at the center. Writer: John Scott Shepherd Genre: Romantic Dramedy Agency: Paradigm Buyer: Relativity Media Date: 5/31/13.

47. Title: Visions Logline: Story, in the vein of “The Others” and “What Lies Beneath,” centers on a pregnant woman moving to the wine country to be with her husband at their vineyard — a move which triggers terrifying visions. Writer: Lucas Sussman Genre: Thriller Agency: ICM Management: Benderspink Buyer: Blumhouse Productions Date: 5/31/13.

48. Title: Young Agatha Logline: During WWI, years before becoming a world renowned author, young nurse Agatha Christie undertakes the investigation of a wounded soldier who was murdered while under her care. Writer: Jamie Dawson Genre: Drama Management: Plumeria Entertainment Management Buyer: BCDF Pictures Date: 6/5/13. Notes: This is an option deal. First-time writer.

49. Title: Don’t Mess With Texas Logline: Pic is a female driven comedy about a cop and a prisoner on the run in Texas, with crooked cops in hot pursuit. Writers: John Quaintance, David Feeney Genre: Action Comedy Agency: CAA (Quaintance), UTA (Feeney) Management: Art/Work (Quaintance) Buyer: Universal Date: 6/7/13. Notes: Bidding war. Reese Witherspoon and Sophia Vergara attached to star.

50. Title: 3022 Logline: The crew members on a space shuttle 600,000 miles from Earth must question their individual fates and fight for their lives after their home — Earth itself — is destroyed. Writer: Ryan Binaco Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Management: Russell Hollander Buyer: BCDF Pictures Date: 6/12/13. Notes: BCDF found the script after Binaco, a New Jersey native now living in Sweden, uploaded it to the Black List site for review by industry experts. The script climbed to the top of the site’s rankings, where manager Russell Hollander found it and signed Binaco.

51. Title: Eden Folly Logline: A rancher left for dead in the desert awakens to find he has no memory. Writer: Ryan Binaco Genre: Western Management: Hollander Entertainment Buyer: BCDF Pictures Date: 6/12/13 Notes: This is the second sale for Binaco to BCDF Pictures.

52. Title: 12/24 Logline: Two brothers try to prove Santa Claus is real by using a home video camera. The two brothers end up joining St. Nick on his Christmas Eve sleigh ride, but cause his sleigh to crash and must save Christmas. Writer: Matt Lieberman Genre: Family Agency: WME Management: Madhouse Entertainment Buyer: 1492 Productions / Ocean Blue Entertainment Date: 6/13/13 Notes: The idea was hatched by screenwriter David Guggenheim who is attached as a producer on the project.

53. Title: Cat Fight Logline: “Cat Fight” follows an insecure high school girl from a single parent household who gets a scholarship to an elite private high school in an attempt to reinvent herself. It’s all going well until she finds out the boy she’s dating has a crazy and psychotic ex-girlfriend, who suddenly returns from juvie and challenges her to fight it out after school. Writer: Amelie Gillette Genre: Comedy Agency: CAA Buyer: Screen Gems Date: 6/14/13.

54. Title: Revelation Logline: A high concept thriller with time travel and murder. Writer: Hernany Perla Genre: Thriller Agency: Original Artists Management: Madhouse Entertainment Buyer: Lotus Entertainment Date: 6/17/13. Notes: Low to mid-six figure deal.

55. Title: Cops and Robots Logline: About an odd couple police duo — one a veteran cop, the other the world’s first android officer — who must learn to work together to avoid being replaced by newer models. Writer: Matteson Perry Genre: Action Comedy Management: Caliber Media Buyer: BCDF Pictures Date: 6/18/13.

56. Title: Hostile Engagement Logline: A brash young undercover FBI agent must first prove his love and mettle in the field when he seeks the blessing of his fiancee’s menacing undercover CIA agent father. Writers: Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken Genre: Action Comedy Agency: UTA Management: Energy Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment Buyer: The Solution Date: 6/19/13.

57. Title: Outside the Wire Logline: N/A, but said to include military and sci-fi elements. Writer: Rob Yescomb Genre: Action Thriller Agency: UTA Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: 42 / Odd Fellows Entertainment Date: 6/20/13. Note: Yascomb is a video game designer. First-time sale.

58. Title: Criminal Logline: This one is an action movie about the right man in the wrong body. In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous prison inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission. Writers: Douglas Cook, David Weisberg Genre: Action Agency: Resolution Management: BenderSpink Buyer: Millennium Films Date: 6/20/13.

59. Title: Tranquility Base Logline: When a global disaster strikes Earth, fifteen astronauts fight to secure a spot in a moon base designed to support only six. Writer: Daniel Turkewitz Genre: Science Fiction Drama Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 6/26/13. Notes: Preemptive purchase mid-six figures.

60. Title: No Quarter Logline: Set in Los Angeles in 2007, two friends who were combat Marines and side by side survived some of the toughest fighting in the Iraq War, find themselves on opposite sides of the law. One becomes a star cop in an elite undercover unit while the other gets into a heist crew involved with a drug cartel. These men, who once depended on each other for survival, see their friendship and loyalties put to the test. Writers: Alessandro Camon, Michael Wilson Gen: Crime Drama Agency: Original Artists, Gersh Buyers: Thunder Road Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions Date: 6/29/13.

61. Title: Extinction Logline: N/A Writer: Spenser Cohen Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: WME Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Good Universe / Mandeville Date: 7/8/13.

62. Title: The Lost Logline: Reformed first-time offenders must clear their name after they are framed for the murder of their parole officer. Writer: T.J. Fixman Genre: Action Comedy Agency: WME Management: Fourth Floor Management Buyer: New Line Date: 7/12/13. Note: 2nd spec sale for Fixman who also wrote and sold “One Night on the Hudson.”

63. Title: Children of the Gun Logline: Set in a desolate near future, two survivors must unite, using their urban athleticism and a weapon from the past to escape their crumbling world, ruthless pursuers and their own violent history. Writer: Will Dunn Genre: Action Agency: WME Management: Think Tank Management Buyer: Bold Entertainment Date: 7/18/13. Note: Dunn first made a splash when Channing Tatum attached to his epic spec Ion.

64. Title: Deprivation Logline: A desperate man who, three days after his family dies mysteriously in a fire, discovers he can travel back in time if he never falls asleep. Writer: Jason Doty Genre: Action Thriller Agency: UTA Buyer: Focus Features Date: 7/25/13. Note: This is an option deal. First-time writer.

65. Title: Man of War Logline: An elite Navy Seal who, after escaping from capture, must use all his skills to survive in Europe’s Carpathian mountains in the dead of winter. Writer: Joseph Sousa Genre: Thriller Agency: CAA Buyer: Lotus Entertainment, Sourian Productions Date: 7/31/13.

66. Title: The Feud Logline: An action thriller about two prominent Hong Kong families caught up in a centuries old conflict. Writers: Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes Genre: Action Thriller Agency: WME Management: Circle of Confusion Buyer: Gulfstream Pictures Date: 7/31/13. Notes: High six-figures. Writers of The Conjuring.

67. Title: Rose Logline: A woman who volunteers to physically fashion herself after another woman loses all sense of identity and begins to covet the other woman’s life. Writer: Nathaniel Halpern Genre: Thriller Agency: CAA Buyer: Focus Features Date: 8/5/13. Notes: This is an option deal.

68. Title: Soldiers of the Sun Logline: Sun is set in a post-apocalyptic future and focuses on a squad of soldiers that searches for a fabled city of gold while on a tour of duty in Mexico liberating it from an alien race known as Orcs. Writer: Arash Amel Genre: Science-Fiction Agency: CAA Buyer: Universal Date: 8/14/13. Notes: Vin Diesel attached to star.

69. Title: Other People’s Love Letters Logline: The film has a Love, Actually vibe in that it follows the intertwining storylines of four romances, each at a crossroads. Writer: Bethany Ashton Wolf Genre: Romantic Comedy Agency: APA Management: Magnet Management Buyer: CBS Films Date: 8/15/13. Notes: Script is based on a nonfiction book of the same name.

70. Title: Sorta Like a Rock Star Logline: The protagonist is Amber Appleton, a high school senior who secretly lives in the back of a school bus, a situation that arose when her mother’s boyfriend kicked them out. The bus (they call it Hello Yellow) is the same one that her mother uses to drive kids to school, and despite the adversity, Amber is a self-proclaimed princess of hope and girl of unyielding optimism. A fatal tragedy puts her optimism to the test. Writers: Amanda Harwood, Laura Sandler Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Mosaic Buyer: Fox Searchlight Date: 8/20/13. Notes: A spec script based on a Matthew Quick novel.

71. Title: Split Logline: A young woman who, having spent most of her life bouncing between foster homes and institutions, is surprised when she is sought out by an identical twin she never knew existed. She also discovers that she and her sister have powerful abilities and must go on the run to keep their secrets hidden from threatening mysterious forces. Writers: Adam Gierasch, Jace Anderson Genre: Thriller Agency: Gersh Buyer: CBS Films Date: 8/26/13.

72. Title: Untitled Amy Schumer Project Logline: N/A Writer: Amy Schumer Genre: Comedy Agency: UTA Management: Mosaic Buyer: Universal Date: 8/26/13. Notes: This is an option deal. Judd Apatow attached to produce.

73. Title: Hyperbaric Logline: Contained thriller set in a narco sub Writers: Dominic Morgan, Matt Harvey Genre: Thriller Agency: APA Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Voltage Pictures Date: 9/5/13 Notes: This is an option deal.

74. Title: Matthew 21 Logline: ‘Matthew 21′ is the next chapter in the theme that has informed my entire career as a writer — from “Equilibrium” to “Salt” — the journey of the machine to become human.” Writer: Kurt Wimmer Genre: Science Fiction Agency: CAA Buyer: Thunder Road / QED Date: 9/10/13.

75. Title: No Good Deed Logline: Revolves around a pair of young valets who practice home burglary on the side. The two find themselves way out of their depth when they target the wrong house with a woman inside being held captive. Writer: Brandon Boyce Genre: Thriller Agency: ICM Management: Kaplan/Perrone Buyer: Electric Entertainment Date: 9/16/13.

76. Title: The Unsacred Logline: The Possession meets The Haunting In Connecticut. Writer: Amanda Gusack Genre: Thriller Agency: Paradigm Buyer: Screen Gems Date: 10/3/13.

77. Title: White Rush Logline: N/A Writer: John Schramm Genre: Action Thriller Agency: CAA Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Thunder Road Date: 10/9/13.

78. Title: Section 6 Logline: In 1919, his intelligence section, called Section 1C, was going to be folded into MI5, which is similar to our FBI in that it focuses on domestic threats. Spies coming through 1C all came from Oxford and Cambridge, aristocrats who stuck out like sore thumbs., Cummings got hold of a blue collar war veteran, trained him and sent him on a crucial mission: an attack on the British embassy in Russia (in which is now St. Petersberg) led to the theft of coded assassination orders signed by the King of England. The spy was tasked with recovering them because had they been discovered, WWII would have begun with those countries on opposite sides. Cummings etched his place in history and proved the need for MI6. The script was unusual in that is was peppered with actual newspaper clippings from the period to inform of how the stories were covered by British papers back then. Writer: Aaron Berg Genre: Spy Drama Thriller Agency: Verve Management: Caliber Media Buyer: Universal Date: 10/12/13. Notes: First-timer. $1.2M against $2M with progress to production agreement.

79. Title: The Strategist Logline: It is the story of a most unusual CIA recruit, a chess master who is brought in to mastermind the takedown of a dangerous dictator. The adversary is himself a brilliant man with impenetrable security who must be outmaneuvered to be taken down. Writer: Inon Shampanier Genre: Thriller Agency: Original Artists Buyer: Millennium Films Date: 10/14/13.

80. Title: Reminiscence Logline: N/A Writer: Lisa Joy Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Agency: UTA Buyer: Legendary Pictures Date: 10/14/13. Note: Deal is for a reporter $1.25M / $2M.

81. Title: Untitled Logline: N/A Writers: Chris Cantwell and Chris Rogers Genre: Action Thriller Agency: Verve Management: Management 360 Buyer: Media Rights Capital Date: 10/14/13.

82. Title: Attach Logline: In the vein of Chronicle Writer: Chris Gorak Genre: Science Fiction Agency: UTA Buyer: Paramount Date: 10/23/12. Notes: Bidding war.

83. Title: The Drop Logline: N/A Writer: Jeremy Drysdale Genre: Action Thriller Agency: Independent Talent Group [U.K.] Management: Sentient Buyer: The Solution Date: 10/23/13.

84. Title: Patient Zero Logline: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, “Patient Zero” features a unique hook — a protagonist with the ability to speak the language of the undead who interrogates zombies with the hopes of finding Patient Zero and a cure for his infected wife. Writer: Mike Le Genre: Action Thriller (Zombie) Agency: APA Manager: Jonathan Hung Buyer: Screen Gems Date: 10/29/13.

85. Title: Fetch Logline: Logline details are being kept in the doghouse but it is described as an offbeat buddy comedy involving a uniquely talented dog and his owner. Writers: Kristen Vincent, Tim Moran. Genre: Comedy Agency: WME Management: Mosaic Buyer: Paramount Insurge Date: 10/30/13 Notes: Writers are first-timers.

86. Title: Little Black Dress Logline: A character-driven film about a twentysomething female war veteran who comes back from Afghanistan grappling with a disability. While working a potentially lethal investigation at a post-war job, she gets involved with a superstitious NYPD detective who helps bring her back from a personal precipice. Writer: David Chase Genre: Drama Agency: UTA Buyer: Paramount Date: 10/31/13. Notes: Chase to direct.

87. Title: Don’t Hang Up Logline: N/A Writer: Joe Johnson Genre: Contained Thriller Management: Energy Entertainment Buyer: Romain Philippe Equity and Altitude Entertainment Date: 10/31/13.

88. Title: Unleash the Mules Logline: In 1956 Henry Lebash, chafing to leave his teaching job at the Missouri School for the Blind for a gig at up-and-coming IBM in California, nevertheless agreed to create a wrestling team before he left. During the course of the season, he was inspired by a blind teen student named Luke Whitman, and became a committed and passionate coach, launching a career in the sport. Whitman, meanwhile, became his best friend and eventually got inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Writer: Chris Parker Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Circle of Confusion Buyer: Columbia Date: 10/31/13

89. Title: La Vida Robot Logline: Drama about four undocumented Mexican-American high school students who form a robotics club. Writer: Elissa Matsueda Genre: Drama Agency: Gersh Management: Circle of Confusion Buyer: Pantelion Films Date: 11/4/13.

90. Title: The Civilian Logline: An American doctor has his identity stolen by a covert operative. The only way he can clear his name is to assume the dangerous mission of the spy who stole it. Writers: Rachel Long, Brian Pittman Genre: Action Agency: UTA Management: Scott Carr Buyer: Millennium Films Date: 11/7/13. Notes: Deal is for a reported mid-six figures.

91. Title: Line of Duty Logline: Miller spent four years working as an investigator in the NYPD Internal Affairs unit. Drawing on his experiences, Miller wrote Duty as a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth through a police-thriller filter. In a tone similar to The Departed, it focuses on the tragic rise and fall of a heroic NYPD narcotics detective who is pushed to the dark side of police corruption. Writer: Cory Miller Genre: Cop Drama Agency: APA Management: Luber Roklin Entertainment Buyer: Lotus Entertainment Date: 11/7/13. Notes: First-time sale.

92. Title: The Unseen Logline: N/A Writer: John Travis Genre: Horror Agency: APA Management: Industry Entertainment Buyer: 20th Century Fox Date: 11/11/13.

93. Title: Stolen Logline: The script from newcomers Burke and Oestenstad follows a young couple from the city, Josh and Allison, whose short trip turns into a rural nightmare when Allison steps out of a quiet local movie theater to answer her phone and never returns. So much for rewarding polite movie theater etiquette. With only a dying phone and a road map, a panicked Josh runs into dead end after dead end and must choose between abandoning his hunt for the love of his life or fighting the bloody battle that awaits on the gravel road that separates them. Writers: Joe Burke, Kevin Oestenstad Genre: Horror Agency: APA Management: Principato Young Buyer: 1984 Private Defense Contractors Date: 11/13/13. Notes: First time writers.

94. Title: Nemesis Logline: N/A Writer: Christopher Wheeler / Craig Rosenberg Genre: Action Thriller Agency: UTA Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 11/13/13. Notes: Deal is notable in that Wheeler has been dead for four years.

95. Title: From Here to Albion Logline: The story is set in a coastal English town, where a tragic accident sets a chain of violence in motion and a malevolent stranger seeks revenge on the perpetrators and the detective who covered it up. Writers: Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, Genre: Thriller Agency: UTA Management: Oasis Media Group Buyer: Participant Media Date: 11/14/13. Notes: The writers are first-timers.

96. Title: The Politician Logline: The film is an action comedy that follows a disgraced Governor and his accomplice on the run from the FBI and U.S. Marshals. Along the way, he is kidnapped by a disgruntled constituent, who is crazier than the pol. It’s Bad Santa meets Midnight Run, and the parallel would be Elliot Spitzer was busted for prostitutes, and when he feds discovered he was a white collar criminal, he fled custody. Writers: Theodore Bressman, Matthew Bass Genre: Comedy Agency: WME (Bressman) Management: Principato Young (Bressman), Circle of Confusion (Bass) Buyer: Sony Date: 11/14/13. Notes: Mid-to-high six figures.

97. Title: It’s On Logline: N/A Writer: Scott Rothman Genre: Comedy Agency: CAA Management: Kaplan-Perrone Buyer: Gulfstream Pictures Date: 11/21/13.

98. Title: Time Tweaker Logline: Described as an event-style movie with sci-fi and time-jumping elements. Writer: David Crabtree Genre: Science Fiction Agency: UTA Management: Benderspink Buyer: Lionsgate Date: 12/5/13. Notes: Writer is a first-timer.

99. Title: Untitled Logline: N/A Writers: Oren Uziel, John Krasinski Genre: Action Adventure Agency: WME Management: Circle of Confusion (Uziel) Buyer: Warner Bros. Date: 12/17/13. Notes: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck attached as producers.

100. Title: Run ‘N Gun Logline: A thief named Jericho in the midst of a cross-country bank-robbing spree run when his getaway car is towed. When he steals a car, he gets more than he bargained for, as there’s a sassy real estate heiress tied up in the trunk. Writer: Casey DeVargas Genre: Action Comedy Buyer: Boundless Pictures Date: 12/23/13. Notes: This is an option deal. No reps listed.

If I got any information wrong or missed a sale, please email me.

Trendline here:

1991: 28

1992: 40

1993: 89

1994: 101

1995: 173

1996: 155

1997: 141

1998: 110

1999: 83

2000: 92

2001: 101

2002: 114

2003: 90

2004: 75

2005: 58

2006: 60

2007: 64

2008: 87

2009: 67

2010: 55

2011: 110

2012: 99

2013: 100

And while you’re here, why not head to comments to give your general impression of the year in spec script sales, maybe noting which loglines interest you the most.



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