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Spec script sales 2024
Every feature spec script and pitch sale reported by Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in 2024, with buyer, writer, genre and reps. Full-year archive. Other years: 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. See also sales by month and our monthly Spec Market Reports.
292024 deals logged
22spec sales
7pitch sales
12different buyers
Deals by month (2024)
Top genres
Top reps
All 2024 spec and pitch sales
| Reported | Title | Writer(s) | Buyer | Type | Genre | Reps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2024 | Stand-In A Hollywood-obsessed stand-in seizes his chance to shine after the actor he doubles disappears. |
Rudy Mancuso, Dan Lagana | Amazon MGM | pitch | Comedy | WME, Sugar23, UTA, Paul Young |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Clean Break A fiercely independent pool hustler meets her match in another pool shark, with deadly consequences. |
Ryan Brennan | Searchlight | spec | Thriller | Untitled Entertainment |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Alignment A board member and an engineer race to stop their AI company's model from manipulating markets and stoking global conflict. |
Natan Dotan | Fifth Season | spec | Thriller | |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Test Drive An original action film; plot under wraps. |
Matt Venne | 20th Century Studios | spec | Action | IAG, Heroes and Villains Entertainment, Jackoway Austen Tyerman |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Final Score A crime thriller; plot under wraps. |
Will Hettinger | Fifth Season | spec | Thriller | CAA, Kaplan/Perrone, Ziffren Brittenham |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Three Hitmen and a Baby An action comedy riffing on Three Men and a Baby; logline under wraps. |
Dave Matalon, Matt Altman | Lionsgate | spec | Action Comedy | Paradigm, Gotham Group, Parallax Talent Management |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Love of Your Life A romance; plot undisclosed. Sold for around $2 million. |
Julia Cox | Amazon MGM | spec | Romance | CAA |
| Oct 24, 2024 | The Killing Kind A psychosexual thriller; plot under wraps. |
Zach Helm | Amazon MGM | pitch | Thriller | Gotham Group |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Out There A high-concept sci-fi thriller in the vein of A Quiet Place and Cloverfield. |
Shane Van Dyke, Carey Van Dyke, Ian Levy | Netflix | spec | Sci-Fi | CAA, Kaplan/Perrone, Magnolia |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Sporkinfeesten A 'finding your roots' family vacation comedy loosely inspired by true events. |
Aaron Eisenberg, Will Eisenberg | Amazon MGM | spec | Comedy | Avalon Management, Myman Greenspan Fox |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Outdueled A high-concept, potential franchise-launching film; logline under wraps. |
F. Scott Frazier, Jimmy Loweree | Amazon MGM | spec | Action | CAA, Alldayeveryday |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Hurt People A legal thriller; plot under wraps. |
Melissa London Hilfers | Netflix | spec | Thriller | UTA, Entertainment 360, McKuin, Frankel & Whitehead |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Familiar A single mother unknowingly invites an evil entity into her home. |
Julien Magnat | Paramount | spec | Horror | Industry Entertainment |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Over Asking A sexual revenge thriller in the vein of Paramount's 1990s erotic thrillers. |
Caroline Dries | Paramount | spec | Thriller | WME, Entertainment 360, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Mice A horror thriller; plot under wraps. |
Todd Spence, Zak White | A24 | spec | Horror | WME, Grandview |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Untitled Weiss/Nader NFL Rom-Com Two veteran players in the dating game meet their match during the NFL playoffs. |
Jordan Weiss, Michelle Nader | New Line | pitch | Romantic Comedy | UTA, Mosaic, CAA |
| May 29, 2024 | Reality Vice A female detective goes undercover among the cast of a housewives-style reality show. |
Katie Silberman | Paramount | spec | Comedy | |
| May 16, 2024 | Untitled Haskins/Halpern Mother-Daughter Comedy A mother-daughter comedy with two strong female leads. |
Sarah Haskins, Emily Halpern | 20th Century Studios | pitch | Comedy | UTA, Rise Management, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern |
| May 14, 2024 | Hit the Gas A propulsive thriller; logline under wraps. |
Chris McCoy | Paramount | spec | Thriller | UTA, Gotham Group, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller |
| May 6, 2024 | Dyersville A fact-based crime thriller set in Chicago. |
Will Hettinger | Netflix | spec | Thriller | Kaplan/Perrone, CAA, Ziffren |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Untitled Emily Siegel Erotic Thriller An erotic thriller; logline under wraps. |
Emily Siegel | Chernin Entertainment | pitch | Thriller | CAA, Gotham Group |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Untitled Andrew Sodroski Law School Thriller A law-school thriller pitched as The Firm meets The Wolf of Wall Street. |
Andrew Sodroski | Netflix | pitch | Thriller | 42, CAA |
| Mar 25, 2024 | The Bet A twisty, female-led thriller with pitch-black humor set at a playground for the ultra-rich. |
Javier Gullón | Warner Bros. | spec | Thriller | 42 |
| Mar 25, 2024 | How to Save a Marriage A comedy; plot under wraps. |
Ross Evans | Sony | spec | Comedy | Paradigm, Entertainment 360, The Nord Group |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Ballistic An action comedy; logline under wraps. |
John Swetnam | Paramount | spec | Action Comedy | CAA, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Big Time Abroad Pitched as Booksmart crossed with Indiana Jones. |
Scarlett Bermingham, Andrew Rhymer | New Line | pitch | Comedy | Verve, MGMT Entertainment, Iconoclast |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Apex A female-driven genre thriller pitched as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs, about a rock climber. |
Jeremy Robbins | Netflix | spec | Thriller | Grandview, UTA |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Burn Night On the annual 'Burn Night', a family trapped in their lakeside town faces fire from the sky and something monstrous above. |
Chris Sparling | Amazon MGM | spec | Horror | UTA, Kaplan/Perrone, Lichter Grossman |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Again Again Again A man of honor at his best friend's lavish wedding weekend. |
Joel Kim Booster | Searchlight | spec | Romantic Comedy | WME, Omnipop Talent Group, Felker Toczek Suddleson |
FAQ
How many spec scripts sold in 2024?
The Spec Sheet has logged 22 feature spec script sales and 7 pitch sales reported by the trades in 2024. 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 2024?
Amazon MGM led with 6 of the 29 2024 deals in our database.
What genres sold in 2024?
The most common genres among reported 2024 sales were Thriller (12), Comedy (6), Horror (3).
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