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- With the 8th Pick Set Up Drama 2025 Alex Sohn & Gavin JohannsenJohn Nash, the general manager of the New Jersey Nets, and incoming Nets coach John Calipari really want basketball player Kobe Bryant in the NBA draft. However, the Nets are a broke organization, and Bryant is a L.A. Lakers fan. Not to mention, Bryant’s sneaker deal with Adidas could be worth more with the Lakers than if he signs with the Nets. Bryant is courted to become Calipari's first NBA draft pick, a move that could change the course of the NBA forever.Market: Sat, 23 Aug 2025Sold: Sat, 23 Aug 2025
Producer: Tim White, Trevor White, Gotham Chopra, Ryan Stowell
AgentAdam Levine (Sohn), Valarie Phillips (Johannsen) (Verve Talent and Literary Agency)
ManagerKendrick Tan (Sohn) (Lit Entertainment Group) , Charlie Scully (Johannsen) (Gotham Group)
StudioWarner Bros. Pictures
ProductionStar Thrower Entertainment, Religion of Sports - Bald Eagles Set Up Comedy 2025 Brandon CohenR-rated high concept workplace comedy.Market: Thu, 21 Aug 2025Sold: Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Producer: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Manager (Range Media Partners)
StudioParamount (Seven-figure deal, per THR)
ProductionRange Media Partners - The Survival List Set Up Action Comedy Rom-Com 2025 Tom MeliaA highbrow reality TV producer named Annie, against her wishes, is assigned to a new show hosted by a famous survival expert, Chopper Lane. However, when a shipwreck strands them on a deserted island, Annie discovers Chopper is a fraud and knows nothing about survival, leaving her in charge of figuring out how to keep them alive. Forced to work together, they begin to discover an unlikely chemistry.Market: Thu, 21 Aug 2025Sold: Thu, 21 Aug 2025
Actor: Blake Lively
Producer: Marc Platt, Scott O’Brien
AgentConnor Armstrong & Max West (WME)
ManagerAlex Lerner & Ben Neumann (Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment)
StudioLionsgate - Fixation Set Up Thriller 2025 Erika Vazquez & Siena ButterfieldA couple's therapist is drawn into a dangerous triangle of lust, lies, and manipulation.Market: Wed, 20 Aug 2025Sold: Wed, 20 Aug 2025
Producer: Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jeanne Snow, Claudia Park
AgentJeff Greenberg, Sean Barclay (Gersh (L.A.))
ManagerJosh Goldenberg, Quincie Li (Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment)
ProductionNew Regency (Highly competitive situation, per DL.) , Made Up Stories - The Pirate Set Up Action Thriller 2025 Will DunnDescribed as "The Raid" set on a pirate ship.Market: Tue, 19 Aug 2025Sold: Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Actor: Jason Momoa
Director: David Leitch
Producer: Kelly McCormick, Jason Momoa
AgentNicky Mohebbi, Adam Weinstein & Chase Northington (Verve Talent and Literary Agency)
ManagerTom Drumm (Think Tank Management)
StudioAmazon MGM Studios
Production87North, On the Roam - Incidents Set Up No Agent Thriller 2025 William GilliesA woman escapes from an attempted abduction with no clear motive, vowing thereafter to find her kidnapper and discover why she’s been targeted.Market: Thu, 14 Aug 2025Sold: Thu, 14 Aug 2025
ManagerMichael Wilson (Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment)
AgentAbby Singer (Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, Ltd.)
StudioSearchlight Pictures - This Could Be Our Night Set Up Comedy 2025 Justin Shipley & Jordan ShipleyDescribed as being in the vein of "Superbad" and "Booksmart."Market: Mon, 11 Aug 2025Sold: Mon, 11 Aug 2025
AgentChelsea Radler (WME)
ManagerJesse Hara (Haven Entertainment)
StudioSony Pictures Entertainment (Pre-emptive pickup.)
- Deer Santa Unrepped Available Comedy Family Scouted Fantasy 75.1 Jesse Laurie1 week agoAfter discovering that a baby reindeer has escaped from Santa’s sleigh, a girl ventures to return the animal in exchange for Santa granting her wish for her parents to reconcile.
- All Together Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 71.7 Ben Parsons1 month agoWhen a community theater company’s existence is threatened with budget cuts, the young man running it and his wife, who are holding on to the hope of realizing their artistic and familial dreams, which often clash, decide to put on a final production of “All Together” in an all-or-nothing attempt to save the small-town theater.
- Ø Unrepped Available Sci-Fi Thriller Scouted Zachary Colt Messner3 months agoIn a dystopian world that has lost gravity and breathable air, a teenager ventures to discover what happened to her mother, which could prove to be the key to stopping the impending doom of an ocean crashing into a local lake, which is her camp’s only source of oxygen.
- Deportados Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 73.4 Seth Schlegel3 months agoA midwestern man moves to Miami and falls in love with an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, though she faces increasing threats from authorities.
- Heianzan Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 72.6 Phil Tan4 months agoAfter World War II, an aspiring fashion designer struggles to find her independence after she becomes betrothed to a man she does not love but must marry in order to gain access to her inheritance.
- Deer Santa Unrepped Available Comedy Family Scouted Fantasy 75.1 Jesse LaurieAfter discovering that a baby reindeer has escaped from Santa’s sleigh, a girl ventures to return the animal in exchange for Santa granting her wish for her parents to reconcile.
- All Together Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 71.7 Ben ParsonsWhen a community theater company’s existence is threatened with budget cuts, the young man running it and his wife, who are holding on to the hope of realizing their artistic and familial dreams, which often clash, decide to put on a final production of “All Together” in an all-or-nothing attempt to save the small-town theater.
- Ø Unrepped Available Sci-Fi Thriller Scouted Zachary Colt MessnerIn a dystopian world that has lost gravity and breathable air, a teenager ventures to discover what happened to her mother, which could prove to be the key to stopping the impending doom of an ocean crashing into a local lake, which is her camp’s only source of oxygen.
- Deportados Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 73.4 Seth SchlegelA midwestern man moves to Miami and falls in love with an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, though she faces increasing threats from authorities.
- Heianzan Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 72.6 Phil TanAfter World War II, an aspiring fashion designer struggles to find her independence after she becomes betrothed to a man she does not love but must marry in order to gain access to her inheritance.
- Feral Mountains Unrepped Available Horror Thriller Scouted 73.1 Terry PodnarA man struggling with crippling anxiety moves to a peaceful mountain home with his wife and stepson, seeking a fresh start. But when an experimental compound explodes nearby, it unleashes a horde of vengeful rhesus monkeys who attack their house, turning their retreat into a fight for survival.
- Anthem Unrepped Available Drama Scouted 70.3 Jose ManuelA curious young man in a dystopian society discovers electricity and crafts a way to use it to help usher his people, including a woman he’s forbiddingly falling in love with, into their own free society.
- When Pigs Fly Unrepped Available Comedy Scouted 70.2 Terry PodnarWhen a freeloading slacker goes to work on a farm after the initiation of a new government program for the unemployed, he discovers that the farmers are trying to sabotage the workers’ success so that they can get back to receiving government subsidies instead of the new program and decides to expose the farmers’ devious plot.
- Long Road to LA Unrepped Available Thriller Scouted 72.8 Emil KraftUsing only his Special Effects skills and what he learned in prison, a down-and-out Hollywood veteran exacts revenge against the mob boss who killed his fiancé and forced him to confess to a crime he didn't commit.
- The Man Who Came From The River Unrepped Available Action Sci-Fi Thriller Scouted 75.9 Kieran O'Dea and Brennan O'DeaA black man travels back in time, from 1973 to 1862, to search for his 12-year-old son and must rely on an injured white Confederate soldier he saves to get him from Virginia to D.C.
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