Genre: ThrillerPremise: A college Freshman’s roommate becomes dangerously obsessed with her.About: Mallhi is an executive vice president at Vertigo. He went out with the screenplay under a pseudonym so it would be given fair consideration in the marketplace. It wasn’t until after Screen Gems made an offer on “Roommate” that Mallhi revealed that he wrote […]

Genre: ActionPremise: An art auctioneer kidnaps criminals and auctions them off to rival crime bosses.About: Intrepid Pictures, the company behind “The Strangers,” purchased The Highest Bid in April for an undisclosed sum. (note: The draft I read is a very early one and I know that extensive rewrites are being done, possibly even addressing some […]

Genre: Sci-Fi ThrillerPremise: A renegade group of former space employees travels the world, stealing space equipment in an attempt to go back to the moon.About: A relatively unknown project that’s being directed by Doug Liman which will star Jake Gyllenhaal. The script was originally penned by Liman with the help of ‘Along Came Polly’ director […]

Genre: Drama Premise: A working-class single father’s world comes crashing down when his son goes missing. About: Herman just sold the bank heist spec “Conviction” to Universal last month, which opened up the door to sell “Rites Of Men” a couple of weeks later. Writer: Jonathan Herman Rites Of Men is about a single father, […]

Some good news about the upcoming week. I’ll be getting back to the present and reviewing four – count’em FOUR – recently sold specs. As you may have noticed, we’re getting some cease and desist orders on the script postings, which means those of you checking in late don’t get a chance to read them. […]