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Spec script sales 2021
Every feature spec script and pitch sale reported by Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in 2021, with buyer, writer, genre and reps. Full-year archive. Other years: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020. See also sales by month and our monthly Spec Market Reports.
372021 deals logged
28spec sales
9pitch sales
20different buyers
Deals by month (2021)
All 2021 spec and pitch sales
| Reported | Title | Writer(s) | Buyer | Type | Genre | Reps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | Ultra An ultramarathon runner is caught up in a deadly race. |
Colin Bannon | TriStar | spec | Thriller | Verve, Sugar23 |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Untitled Momoa/Bautista Buddy Action Comedy A buddy action comedy pairing Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista. |
Jonathan Tropper | MGM | pitch | Action Comedy | |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Wayland An ensemble drama-thriller with shades of A Simple Plan. |
Simon Kinberg | Lionsgate | spec | Thriller | CAA |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Darby Harper Wants You to Know A young woman who can see ghosts after a near-death experience as a child. |
Wenonah Wilms, Becca Greene | 20th Century Studios | spec | Comedy | |
| Sep 28, 2021 | The Paladin A broken-down, last-of-his-kind warrior mage undertakes a final quest to protect a child. |
Umair Aleem | Stampede Ventures | spec | Fantasy | Verve, Lit Entertainment Group |
| Aug 30, 2021 | 48 Hours in Vegas Inspired by Dennis Rodman's 1998 NBA Finals detour to Las Vegas with his skittish assistant GM. |
Jordan VanDina | Lionsgate | spec | Comedy | UTA, 3 Arts |
| Aug 30, 2021 | The Dryline A thriller; plot under wraps. |
David Rothley | Sony | spec | Thriller | WME, Bellevue Productions |
| Aug 27, 2021 | The Bee Keeper A lightning-paced thriller steeped in the mythology of beekeeping. |
Kurt Wimmer | Miramax | spec | Action | Verve |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Man of War A retired Army veteran returns to rural Georgia after his mother's death and is drawn into a war at home. |
Sheldon Turner | Paramount Players | pitch | Action | Gang Tyre Ramer |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Time Zone A covert squad of first responders uses technology that lets them manipulate time. |
Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio | Amazon | spec | Sci-Fi | WME, Activist Artists Management |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Black Collar A globe-trotting heist thriller. |
William N. Collage | Lionsgate | pitch | Thriller | CAA |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Black Choke A neo-noir about a bank robbery gone wrong. |
Doug Simon | HBO Max | spec | Thriller | Verve, Writ Large |
| Jul 12, 2021 | The Vampire Asset A reluctant vampire is recruited by the CIA to hunt the former lover who turned him. |
Jonathan Stokes | Code Entertainment | spec | Action | Management SGC, Morris Yorn |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Relay A big sci-fi tentpole; details under wraps. |
Macmillan Hedges | Paramount (Original Film) | spec | Sci-Fi | Gersh, Management 360 |
| Jun 28, 2021 | Red One A four-quadrant holiday action-adventure comedy treatment for Dwayne Johnson; Amazon won it in a bidding war. |
Chris Morgan | Amazon | pitch | Action Comedy | WME |
| Jun 22, 2021 | The Tradition A rom-com celebrating the clash of Mexican and American wedding traditions. |
Nico Godinez Miller, Grant Mellon | Netflix | spec | Romantic Comedy | |
| Jun 8, 2021 | The Delivered A U.S. Marshal drama-thriller in the vein of Hell or High Water. |
Harrison Query | Open Road; Sculptor Media | spec | Thriller | Verve, Ground Control |
| May 12, 2021 | Valor A warrior from a video game dies, is reincarnated in our world and finds his god is a 13-year-old gamer. |
Jeff Chan, Andrew Rhymer | Amazon | spec | Action | Verve, Anonymous Content |
| May 11, 2021 | Untitled Michelle Harper Father-Daughter Dramedy A father-daughter dance dramedy. |
Michelle Harper | Universal | pitch | Comedy | UTA, Kaplan/Perrone |
| May 7, 2021 | Stay Frosty After surviving a bullet to the head, a man has to piece together what happened. |
Tyler Marceca | Warner Bros. | spec | Action | Verve, Industry Entertainment |
| Apr 30, 2021 | The Blindings An original genre film inspired tonally by Carrie, It Follows and Final Destination. |
Alexis Jacknow | Amazon | pitch | Horror | Verve, Washington Square Films, Ziffren Brittenham |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Sharp An action film set in the world of expert knife fighting. |
José Padilha, Nicolette Noble | Netflix | spec | Action | Management 360 |
| Apr 19, 2021 | No One Will Save You A thriller; plot under wraps. |
Brian Duffield | 20th Century Studios | spec | Sci-Fi | UTA, Circle of Confusion, Behr Abramson Levy |
| Apr 8, 2021 | Meebo and Me An original comedic family adventure. |
Matt Lieberman | Warner Bros. | spec | Family | CAA, Lit Entertainment Group |
| Apr 6, 2021 | Untitled Ankeles/Jurgenson Family Adventure A family adventure-comedy; plot undisclosed. |
Alex Ankeles, Morgan Jurgenson | Universal | spec | Family | Kaplan/Perrone, Jonathan Hung |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Every House Is Haunted An insurance investigator debunking a couple's haunted-house death finds his doubts challenged. |
Jason Pagan, Andrew Deutschman | Netflix | spec | Horror | Underground, WME |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Lift A female master thief leads a heist; plot details limited. |
Dan Kunka | Netflix | spec | Action | Verve, Lit Entertainment Group |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Classified An action thriller to be directed by Chad Stahelski. |
Andrew Deutschman, Jason Pagan | New Line | pitch | Action | Underground, WME, Frankfurt, Kurnit |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Parallel Two criminals working parallel universes meet, threatening their boss, and fight across realities to find one where they can both survive. |
Ben Ripley | Netflix | spec | Sci-Fi | Gersh, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Stankevich Law |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Uncoupled A couple on the eve of divorce are framed for murder and go on the run together to solve it. |
Robbie Fox | Netflix | spec | Action Comedy | Fourward |
| Feb 23, 2021 | The Bluff In the 1800s Cayman Islands, a woman with a secret past fights back when vicious buccaneers invade her island. |
Joe Ballarini, Frank E. Flowers | Netflix | pitch | Action | UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Verve |
| Feb 16, 2021 | Wine & Crime Baby boomer friends who bond over Sancerre and true crime find themselves in the middle of their own investigation. |
Cassie Daniels, Mark Bartosic, Beth Behrs | Lionsgate | spec | Comedy | CAA, Anonymous Content, Stride Management |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Yumanzu A big-concept film; logline under wraps. |
Matt Lieberman | Paramount | pitch | Family | CAA, Lit Entertainment Group |
| Feb 5, 2021 | Void Space crew members turn up dead while escaping a moon where a magnetic burst erases their memories every eight hours. |
Chris Borrelli | Netflix | spec | Sci-Fi | Verve, All Day Everyday, McKuin, Frankel & Whitehead |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Delilah A Gone Girl-style thriller with a strong female lead. |
Harrison Query, Tommy Wallach | Screen Gems | spec | Thriller | Verve |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Hound A timid dog groomer bitten by a mysterious stray wrestles with dark new desires as her body changes. |
Lisa Duva | Searchlight | spec | Horror | CAA |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Untitled David Guggenheim Action Film A supernatural action concept with franchise potential. |
David Guggenheim | Sony | spec | Action |
FAQ
How many spec scripts sold in 2021?
The Spec Sheet has logged 28 feature spec script sales and 9 pitch sales reported by the trades in 2021. Counts reflect publicly reported deals only; many sales are never announced, and other trackers (such as Scott Myers at Go Into The Story) count slightly differently.
Who bought the most spec scripts in 2021?
Netflix led with 8 of the 37 2021 deals in our database.
What genres sold in 2021?
The most common genres among reported 2021 sales were Action (10), Thriller (7), Sci-Fi (5).
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