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Old Nov 7th, 2004, 11:16 AM        Recent interesting and HILARIOUS script sales
Title: The Blob
Log line: A jelly-like substance crashes from space and grows as it consumes every human in its path.
Writer: n/a
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Paramount Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Horror
Logged: 10/29/04
More: Remake of the 1958 film. Scott Rudin will produce. No writer is attached as yet.

Title: Espionage for Dummies
Log Line: A high school vice principal is forced to rely on the "Espionage for Dummies" manual when his identity becomes crossed with that of a U.S. superspy. Armed only with the superspy version of the manual, he must try to save the world.
Writer: Stevie Long
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Lion Rock Productions
Price: n/a
Genre: Action Comedy
Logged: 10/27/04
More: To be based on the "Dummies" books published by Wiley. Lion Rock Productions' John Woo and Terence Chang will produce.

Title: Hunter: The Reckoning
Log line: A group of men and women become aware of supernatural monsters preying on humanity and are given special abilities to combat them.
Writer: David Schneider and Drew Daywalt
Agent: Jon Klane of Jon Klane Agency and law firm of Stone Meyer & Genow
Buyer: Brightlight Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Action
Logged: 10/22/04
More: Videogame. Brightlight’s Shawn Williamson will produce. Uwe Boll will direct.

Title: Untitled Willie Nelson Project
Log line: Details being kept under wraps.
Writer: Josh Olson
Agent: Matthew Bedrosian of Paradigm and atty. Jason Sloane
Buyer: New Line Cinema
Price: n/a
Genre: Western
Logged: 10/19/04
More: Steven Bing will produce. Willie Nelson will star.

Title: Dallas
Log line: Adventures of a wealthy Texas oil family.
Writer: Robert Harling
Agent: Adam Kanter of CAA
Buyer: Regency Enterprises
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama
Logged: 10/14/04
More: To be based on the TV series that ran on CBS from 1978-1991. David Jacobs and Corduroy Films’ Michael Costigan will produce. Robert Luketic is in negotiations to direct.

Title: Miami Vice
Log line: Centers on two South Beach Miami detectives.
Writer: Michael Mann
Agent: Richard Lovett of CAA
Buyer: Universal Pictures
Price: n/a
Genre: Drama Action
Logged: 10/14/04
More: To be based on the TV series that ran on NBC from 1984-1989. Michael Mann will produce. Show creator Anthony Yarkovich will executive produce. Michael Mann will also direct. Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx are in talks to star.

Title: The A-Team
Log line: An unofficial team of vets are wanted by the military for a crime they didn't commit. While they run from the law, they help innocent people out of bad situations.
Writer: Bruce Feirstein
Agent: David Saunders of APA
Buyer: Twentieth Century Fox
Price: n/a
Genre: Action
Logged: 10/12/04
More: Based on the 80's TV series. Series creator Stephen J. Cannell will produce. Spike Seldin will produce. Mark Silvestri will executive produce. First set up in February 2001.

Title: Wolverine
Log line: Centering on the talon-clawed mutant superhero.
Writer: David Benioff
Agent: Todd Feldman of William Morris Agency, atty. Gretchen Bruggeman-Rush of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Sloane & Richman, LLP
Buyer: Twentieth Century Fox
Price: Seven figures
Genre: Action-Adventure
Logged: 10/5/04
More: Spinoff from X-Men comic book. Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studio’s Avi Arad are in negotiations to produce. Hugh Jackman is expected to reprise his role.

Title: He-Man
Log line: He-Man begins his life as Prince Adam, the hybrid of an Earthling and an Eternian. When he turns 18, he is taken to Castle Grayskull, where he receives super powers.
Writer: Adam Rifkin
Agent: Josh Donen of CAA
Buyer: Fox 2000
Price: n/a
Genre: Action
Logged: 10/4/04
More: Based on Mattel's "Masters of the Universe" line of action figures. Property was originally an animated series in 1983. Lion Rock Productions' John Woo and Terence Chang will produce. John Woo will direct.

Title: Hip Hop Nanny
Log line: A Scottish woman comes to the United States to work as a nanny for a hip hop/rap family.
Writer: Michelle McGrath
Agent: n/a
Buyer: Walt Disney Pictures
Price: Low six figures
Genre: Comedy
Logged: 10/1/04
More: Pitch. Mandeveille and Helen Bartlett will produce.

Title: Transformers
Log line: Giant robots are able to morph into cars, trucks and planes.
Writer: John Rogers
Agent: Martin Spencer of CAA
Buyer: DreamWorks and Paramount
Price: n/a
Genre: Action
Logged: 11/3/04
More: To be adapted from a story by Tom DeSanto, which was based on the toy line from Hasbro. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto and Angry Films’ Don Murphy will produce. DreamWorks' Steven Spielberg will executive produce. Rights first acquired in June 2003. The project was then set up at DreamWorks in July 2004.
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