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      • Three Day Hold No Agent Thriller Available Written by Scott Blaszak
        A psychology grad student comes to believe that her new patient holds the key to the mystery surrounding her sister’s disappearance 13 years earlier.
        Market April 3, 2018
        Manager Jeff Portnoy, John Zaozirny (Bellevue Productions)
      • The Epiphany Of Faye Comedy Drama No Manager Available Written by Gregory Scott Houghton
        On the verge of a life-changing meeting, a phobic, blunt, wine-addicted writer has her life upended when a brown box containing an urn of her mother’s ashes is dumped on her doorstep.
        Market April 3, 2018
        Agent Barbara Bitela (Silver Bitela Agency)
      • Bolsa Negra Drama No Manager Available Written by David Rabinowitz & Charlie Wachtel
        Described as “a darker Jerry Maguire” featuring a Latino-American sports agent.
        Market April 2, 2018
        Agent Hannah Davis, Nick Hoagland (WME)
      • The Roosevelt No Agent Available Written by Darren & Evan Brooks
        After spending the night at the historic Roosevelt Hotel, a struggling actor wakes up in the body of his favorite 1930s movie star.  It's a dream come true, until he discovers that the golden age of cinema isn't nearly as glamorous when you're living one of Hollywood's greatest unsolved mysteries
        Market March 29, 2018
        Manager Antonio D'Intino (Plattform)
      • The Hunt Action No Manager Set Up Thriller Written by Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse
        Plot details for the action-thriller are begin kept under wraps.
        Market March 28, 2018    Sold March 28, 2018
        Director Craig Zobel
        Producer Jason Blum
        Agent Ted Miller, Todd Feldman (CAA), Andrew Mathes, Ari Greenburg, Christopher Slager, Cori Wellens, Meyash Prabhu (WME)
        Studio Universal Pictures
        Production Blumhouse Pictures
      • Intruders Horror Sci-Fi Set Up Written by James V. Simpson
        Home invasion thriller nspired by the “Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter” in which a Kentucky family claimed to have survived an all night alien home invasion attempt.
        Market March 27, 2018    Sold March 27, 2018
        Producer Dan Farah, Roy Lee, Jon Berg
        Manager Dan Farah (Farah Films & Management)
        Agent  (Verve)
        Production Vertigo Films, Farah Films
        Studio Paramount Pictures
      • His House Horror No Manager Available Written by Remi Weekes
        A young refugee couple make a harrowing escape from war-torn Sudan but then struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.
        Market March 23, 2018
        Director Remi Weekes
        Actor Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu
        Producer Roy Lee, Martin Gentiles, Edward King, Arnon Milchan
        Agent Roxana Adle (Independent Talent Group)
        Production Vertigo Entertainment, Starchild Pictures, New Regency
        Financier BBC Films

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      • A Life Fantastic Black List Drama Hit List No Agent 2015 Available Written by Natalie Antoci
        16 hours ago
        A single mother with a terminal diagnosis embarks on a road trip with her eccentric nine-year-old son andnanny to find a loving and progressive family that will accept him for whoever he may grow up to be.
        Manager Andrew Coles, Corrine Aquino (The Mission Entertainment)
        Production The Mission Entertainment
      • Fevre Dream Action Horror 2014 Available Written by George R. R. Martin
        22 hours ago
        In this steamboat era adventure, a struggling riverboat captain begins a partnership with a wealthy young aristocrat on a journey across the Mississippi, but soon discovers that the man is actually a vampire on a mission to free his race from their dependance on human blood. Together, they must embark on a perilous quest to unite the race of the undead with those of the living.
        Market December 10, 2014
        Director David Slade
        Producer Vince Gerardis
        Agent  (WME)
        Manager Vince Gerardis (Created By)
        Adapted from Martin's book. Project was previously set up at Disney.
      • Heart Of The Beast Drama No Agent Set Up 2017 Thriller Written by Cameron Alexander
        6 days ago
        Project details being kept under wraps but being pitched as American Sniper meets Cast Away
        Market June 14, 2017    Sold October 16, 2017
        Producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg
        Agent Sidney Sherman (Rosa Entertainment)
        Financier Stay Gold Features
        10-2017 - Stay Gold acquired in a competitive, bidding situation.
      • The Great Nothing Set Up 2017 Available 86 Written by Cesar Vitale
        6 days ago
        A grieving thirteen-year-old girl hires a terminally ill, acerbic philosophy professor to prevent flunking the seventh grade. What begins as a homework assignment blossoms into an unlikely friendship and a new appreciation for life that neither will forget.
        Market April 13, 2017    Sold February 15, 2018
        Agent Adam Perry, Debbie Deuble-Hill (APA)
        3-2018 - Financier not disclosed at this time. Came to the project after it won the Nicholl and placed 9th on annual 2017 Black List. Untitled Entertainment reps the writer as of 2018.
      • Maximum King! Black List Comedy 2016 Available Written by Shay Hatten
        6 days ago
        Dark comedy that details the career of Stephen King in the 1980s.
        Market October 7, 2016
        Manager Lee Stobby (Lee Stobby Entertainment)
        Agent Joe Mann (CAA)

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      • Painting With Metro Scouted Available Unrepped 75 Written by Ron Krajewski
        A struggling artist and a retired racehorse gain national attention and help each other gain a new lease on life after the artist teaches the horse how to paint.
      • The Melrose Jazz Club Drama No Agent Scouted Available 77.7 Written by Bob Bland
        A brilliant jazz musician, after receiving a devastating diagnosis of MS, must put his faith in an untrained yet talented young female pianist to defeat his arch rival in a most prestigious national jazz competition.
        Manager The Robb Company (Sherry Robb)
      • Heathens Drama No Agent Scouted Thriller Available 75.4 Written by Mike Doyle
        Based on a True Story. Circa 1970s, a dysfunctional narco cop, suspended for unruly behavior, is tapped to go undercover to infiltrate a motorcycle gang that's suspected of stealing weapons from a military depot, but once inside he discovers the much darker truth of this organization, which ultimately puts his own family in jeopardy.
        Manager Kailey Marsh (Kailey Marsh Media)
      • Rise Of The Unusuals Action Scouted Available Unrepped 76.9 Written by James Connor
        After seeing his best friend killed by a shapeshifting superhuman, a wounded former Navy Seal is lead to a mysterious yoga ashram who has ties to this deadly assassin, and uses their training to overcome his physical disabilities and gains superpowers himself.
      • Kashmiriyat (aka The Infidel) Drama Scouted Available Unrepped 80.8 Written by Ashish Mehta
        After losing her husband and son to Islamist extremism in late 1980s Kashmir, a tough Kashmiri Muslim nurse decides to harbor and protect two wounded Indian army deserters on the run from their superiors and militants, placing her life in extreme jeopardy.
      • The Thinker Arises Action Drama Scouted Available Unrepped 75.1 Written by Jonathan Edward Young
        Paris, 1887. A street tough battles his way to fame and inspires the world’s most famous sculpture, but must choose between his glamorous new life or saving the poor he left behind from extermination.
      • State Of Love And Dodge Scouted Available Unrepped 75 Written by Louis Palma
        A consummate freeloader has to see his favorite band headline a sold-out concert in Seattle, but his ride is suicidal and the tickets are in the hands of the last thing he needs.
      • Requited Drama Scouted Available Unrepped 75.4 Written by Bill Johnston
        A former lawman turned lawyer uses his knowledge and courtroom experience to defend the last of his family against a ruthless land baron. When his violent past comes to light, he is forced to choose what he has become and what he once was in order to make thing right.
      • Bonds Of Betrayal - 2016 Scouted Thriller Available Unrepped 78.9 Written by Dimitra Demetriades
        A grieving detective is tasked with solving the murder of a woman's ex husband, with their daughter as the prime suspect. As he goes deeper into the mystery, he discovers a connection between the case, and an accident that took the life of his former lover months ago.
      • Hunted No Agent Scouted Set Up 2016 Thriller 77.8 Written by Matt Sinnreich
        Hunted is a contained thriller about a man who helps an isolated farm girl escape a clan of blood-thirsty religious zealots, only to discover the shocking reason why they’ve picked her as their sacrifice.
        Market October 13, 2015    Sold March 15, 2016
        Director Matt Sinnreich
        Producer Douglas Banker, Marina Bespalov, Moshe Diamant, Bernie Gewissler, Michael Tadross Jr., Brooklyn Weaver, Danny Roth
        Manager Brooklyn Weaver (Energy)
        Production Tadross Media Group, Parkside Pictures
        Financier Aldamisa
       
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