Scoggins Report - September 2013 Spec Market Scorecard

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The Scoggins Reportby Jason Scoggins & Landon RohwedderSeptember 23, 2013

September 2013Spec Market Scorecard

As youll see, the spec market has set a steady (if slow-ish) pace as we transition fromSummer into Fall. The years most visible trend has been steady as well -- all ofSeptembers 8 spec sales so far have been purchased by non-studio buyers.

Well steel ourselves to compare Q4 year-over-year sales numbers in next monthsSpec Market Scorecard. In the meantime, well leave you with this comparison of thestudios collective purchasing pattern compared to that of 2013s non-studio buyers:

So far in 2013, the studios have collectively bought fewer than 50% of the specscripts they bought in 2012(28 through September 21, compared to 57 total lastyear). Universal remains the biggest studio buyer with 5 so far, and 2nd place isa three way tie between CBS Films, Lionsgate and Relativity, with 3 each. Atthis point last year, 6 studios had bought 6 each.

The opposite is true of 2013s other buyers: The non-studio buyers that havepurchased specs this year have collectively bought more than twice as many asthey did last year(58 through September 21, vs 25 total in 2012). BCDF is in thelead with 5 so far, and 2nd place is a two-way tie between Thunder Road and

Voltage, with 4 each. At this point last year, 3 non-studio buyers had picked up 3or more specs.

2013 Overall Numbers

Of 2013s 85 spec sales, 12 (14%) have been of scripts that originally went outprior to 2012. Here are the overall spec market numbers through September 21...

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total

New Specs 19 16 22 26 23 29 18 13 18 184

Spec Sales 8 8 10 15 9 10 11 6 8 85

2012 12 13 14 12 12 15 5 13 9 13 7 7 132

2011 * 3 13 15 9 7 12 10 5 7 20 8 10 132

2010 * 1 10 7 13 4 7 0 1 6 7 5 1 65

2009 3 12 10 9 10 6 5 3 4 5 4 1 72

* For 2010 and 2011, sales of scripts that originally went to market in years prior are not distributed monthly in

the above table but have been added to the year-end totals.

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...and here are the monthly spec sales numbers in graph form.

The following are combined total spec and pitch sales numbers through September21, with year over year monthly comparisons...

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2012 2011

Specs 8 8 10 15 9 10 11 6 8 85 132 132

Pitches 3 10 8 10 5 5 8 4 3 56 81 106

Totals 11 18 18 25 14 15 19 10 11 141 213 238

2012 Total 20 20 22 26 16 22 13 16 13 19 10 15

2011 Total 7 21 28 16 15 28 20 9 12 30 16 24

...and here are those combined spec and pitch sales numbers in graph form as well.

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Spec Sales By Genre

J F M A M J J A S O N D Total 2012 2011 2010 2009

Action/Adventure 2 2 2 4 2 2 6 1 3 24 29 20 16 15

Comedy 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 10 28 28 17 23

Drama 1 1 2 1 5 10 14 7 7

Horror 1 1 2 2 1 7 13 8 0 0

Sci-fi 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 14 15 15 5 7

Thriller 2 2 4 5 3 1 2 2 2 23 36 37 17 21

Western 1 1 0 3 0 0

Spec Sales By Month - Studios


CBS Films 1 2 3 0 3 0 2

Columbia 0 8 7 1 5

Dimension 1 1 1 1 0 1

Disney 1 1 2 2 2 2

DreamWorks 0 1 2 1 4

Focus Features 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Fox 1 1 2 6 8 2 3

Fox 2000 1 1 1 1 2 0

Lionsgate* 2 1 3 4 2 1 3

MGM 1 1 0 0 0 1

New Line 1 1 1 4 0 0

New Regency 0 3 0 2 2

Paramount 1 1 11 5 4 5

Par. Insurge 1 1 2 0 0 0

Relativity 1 2 3 1 2 6 3

Screen Gems 1 1 0 0 0 3 Universal 1 1 1 2 5 9 5 2 6

Warner Bros. 1 1 2 7 14 9 6

Totals 2 3 3 6 4 3 2 5 0 28 57 56 32 46

! * 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.





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Spec Purchases by Genre - Studios

Action Comedy Drama Horror Sci-fi Thriller 2013 2012 2011

CBS Films 2 1 3 0 3Columbia 0 8 7

Dimension 1 1 1 1

Disney 1 1 2 2

DreamWorks 0 1 2

Focus 1 1 2 0 0

Fox 2 2 6 8

Fox 2000 1 1 1 1

Lionsgate* 1 1 1 3 4 2

MGM 1 1 0 0

New Line 1 1 1 4

New Regency 0 3 0Paramount 1 1 11 5

Par. Insurge 1 1 2 0

Relativity 2 1 3 1 2

Screen Gems 1 1 0 0

Universal 1 2 1 1 5 9 5

Warner Bros. 2 2 7 14

Totals: Studios 6 8 1 3 5 5 28 57 56

! * 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.The following are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Studio Buyersthat have bought at least one of each so far in 2013 (plus Columbia Pictures):

Pitches Specs 2013 2012 2011

Columbia 2 2 16 16

Disney 1 1 2 12 11

Fox 7 2 9 12 16

Fox 2000 1 1 2 1 3

Lionsgate* 2 3 5 5 6

MGM 1 1 2 1 0

New Line 5 1 6 6 8

Paramount 2 1 3 20 17

Relativity 1 3 4 1 2

Universal 9 5 14 20 19

Warner Bros. 5 2 7 18 30

* 2011 and 2012 numbers for Lionsgate and Summit are combined.





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Spec Sales By Month - Other Buyers


1821 Pictures 1 1 0 0 0 0

1984 1 1 0 0 0 0

Aldamisa 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Amazon 1 1 2 0 0 0

Atlas Independ. 1 1 1 0 0 0

Atmosphere 1 1 0 1 0 0

Automatik 1 1 0 0 0 0

BCDF Pictures 4 1 5 0 0 0 0

Big Beach 1 1 1 0 0 0

Blumhouse1

1 0 0 0 0

Boies/Shiller 1 1 0 0 0 0

Bold Films 1 1 0 1 1 0

Darclight 1 1 0 0 0 0

Electric 2 2 0 0 1 0

Gold Circle 1 1 0 4 2 1

GoodUniverse 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Gulfstream 1 1 0 0 0 0

Incognito 1 1 0 0 0 0

JuntoBox 1 1 0 0 0 0

Lotus Ent. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Mammo Media 1 1 0 0 0 0 Millennium 1 1 2 7 3 0 0

Nostromo Pics. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ocean Blue 1 1 0 0 0 0

Preferred Cntnt. 1 1 0 0 0 0

QED 1 1 4 0 1 0

Radar 1 1 0 1 2 0

RadioactiveGiant 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Sentinel 1 1 1 0 0 0

Sidney Kimmel 1 1 1 3 0 1

Sierra/Affinity 1 1 0 0 0 0

Skydance 1 1 1 1 0 0 Sollipsist 1 1 0 0 0 0

Start Mtn. Pics. 1 1 0 0 0 0

The Exchange 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

The Solution 1 1 0 0 0 0

Thunder Road 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0

Treehouse 1 1 0 0 0 0

Vendome 1 1 1 0 1 0





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Voltage 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 0

Working Title 1 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 5 4 7 8 6 10 9 1 8 58 25 17 8 2

Spec Purchases by Genre - Other Buyers


1821 Pictures 1 1 0 0

1984 1 1 0 0

Aldamisa 1 1 2 1 0

Amazon 1 1 2 0

Atlas Independ. 1 1 1 0

Atmosphere 1 1 0 1

Automatik 1 1 0 0

BCDF Pictures 2 1 2 5 0 0

Big Beach 1 1 1 0

Blumhouse 1 1 0 0

Boies/Shiller 1 1 0 0

Bold Films 1 1 0 1

Darclight Films 1 1 0 0

Electric 1 1 2 0 0

Gold Circle 1 1 0 4

Good Universe 1 1 2 0 0

Gulfstream 1 1

Incognito 1 1 0 0

JuntoBox 1 1 0 0

Lotus Ent. 1 1 2 0 0

Mammo Media 1 1 0 0

Millennium 2 2 7 3

Nostromo Pics. 1 1 0 0

Ocean Blue 1 1 0 0

Preferred Contnt 1 1 0 0

QED 1 1 4 0Radar 1 1 0 1

RadioactiveGiant 1 1 2 0 0

Sentinel 1 1 1 0

Sidney Kimmel 1 1 1 3

Sierra/Affinity 1 1 0 0

Skydance 1 1 1 1

Sollipsist 1 1 0 0





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Start Motion Pics 1 1 0 0

The Exchange 1 1 2 0 0

The Solution 1 1 0 0

Thunder Road 1 1 2 4 1 0Treehouse 1 1 0 0

Vendome 1 1 1 0

Voltage 4 4 4 3

Working Title 1 1 0 0

Totals 19 2 4 4 9 20 58 25 17

Here are the combined pitch and spec purchase numbers for Non-Studio Buyers thathave bought at least one of each so far in 2013.

Pitches Specs 2013 2012 2011

1984 1 1 2 2 1

Good Universe 1 2 3 0 0

QED 1 1 2 4 0

Skydance 1 1 2 1 2

Thunder Road 1 4 5 2 0

Treehouse 1 1 2 0 0

Each of the following production companies has been attached to at least one spec saleso far this year. Names in bold are new or have set up an additional spec since thelast Scorecard.

1492 Pictures21 LapsAllison Shearmur ProductionsAnonymous ContentApatow ProductionsApocalyptic EntertainmentAtlas Entertainment

Benderspink (2)Bluegrass FilmsBroken Road (2)Circle of ConfusionContentFilmCrave FilmsDe Line Picturesdi Bonaventura Films

Disruption Entertainment (2)Double NickelDreamCatcher ProductionsElectric EntertainmentEnergy Entertainment (4)Friendly FilmsGunn Films

Hutch Parker EntertainmentImageMoversIndustry EntertainmentIntrigue Entertainment (2)Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsJon Shestack ProductionsLaurence Mark ProductionsLe Grisbi Productions





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Mad Chance ProductionsMadhouse Entertainment (3)Mandeville Films (2)Michael De Luca Productions

Midnight KitchenOlive BridgeOne Race FilmsOriginal EntertainmentPacific StandardPlatinum Dunes

Process MediaQED InternationalRosa EntertainmentScott Free

Sean Daniel CompanySilver Pictures/Zinc EntertainmentSourian ProductionsSunny Field EntertainmentVendetta Entertainment





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Spec Sales by Seller - Agencies


APA 2 2 1 1 6 10 8 4 2

CAA 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 16 26 11 14

Gersh 1 1 1 2 5 8 8 1 3

ICM 1 1 1 3 8 13 4 10

Kaplan Stahler 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Original Artists 1 2 3 6 4 3 4

Paradigm 1 2 1 4 9 10 2 1

Resolution 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0

UTA 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 16 24 17 7 10

Verve 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 WME 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 13 35 22 10 0

Totals 5 7 7 10 9 8 8 6 6 66 121 112 43 44

Here are the combined pitch and spec sales numbers for the agencies that have sold atleast one of each in 2013:

Pitches Specs Total 2012 2011

APA 1 6 7 9 11

CAA 15 8 23 32 50

Gersh 4 5 9 11 14

ICM 4 3 7 15 27

Paradigm 3 4 7 15 14

Resolution 1 4 5 0 0

UTA 9 16 25 34 30

Verve 1 2 3 9 9

WME 16 13 29 61 50





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The following 71 agents have been involved with at least one spec sale so far this year.Names in bold are new or sold an additional spec since the last Scorecard.

Six:

Mike Esola! ! !

(WME)

Four:Charlie Ferraro! ! (UTA)Three:Emerson Davis! ! (UTA)Two:Daniel Cohan! ! (WME)David Boxerbaum! ! (Paradigm)David Park! ! ! (UTA)David Saunders! ! (APA)Debbie Deuble-Hill! ! (APA)Devra Lieb! ! ! (Gersh)Geoff Morley!! ! (UTA)Ida Ziniti! ! ! (Paradigm)Jason Burns!! ! (UTA)Jon Huddle! ! ! (UTA)JP Evans! ! ! (CAA)Julien Thuan!! ! (UTA)Lee Keele! ! ! (Gersh)Marissa Devins! ! (UTA)Matt Leipzig! ! ! (Original)Matthew Rosen! ! (CAA)Philip Raskind! ! (WME)Rob Herting! ! ! (Verve)Shan Ray ! ! ! (KSA)Simon Faber!! ! (WME)One:Aaron Hart! ! ! (Verve)Abram Nalibotsky! ! (Resolution)Adam Kanter!! ! (Resolution)Adam Levine!! ! (Verve)Adam Perry! ! ! (APA)Adriana Alberghetti! ! (WME)Andrew Miller! ! (CAA)Bayard Maybank! ! (Gersh)Ben Silverman! ! (Integral)

Billy Hawkins! !

(CAA)Bob Hohman! ! (Gersh)Brian Kend! ! ! (CAA)Carolyn Sivitz! ! (UTA)Chris Licata! ! ! (Paradigm)Chris Ridenhour! ! (APA)Chris Sablan!! ! (Original)Cliff Roberts! ! ! (WME)Dan Erlij! ! ! (UTA)David Kramer! ! (UTA)Debbee Klein! ! (Paradigm)Dennis Kim! ! ! (Resolution)Doug MacLaren! ! (ICM)Erik Horine! ! ! (ICM)Greg McKnight! ! (CAA)Harley Copen! ! (ICM)Holly Jeter! ! ! (WME)James Kearney! ! (UTA)Jacqueline Sacerio!! (CAA)Jenny Maryasis! ! (UTA)John Garvey!! ! (CAA)Jordan Bayer! ! (Original)Josh Hornstock! ! (UTA)Josh Katz! ! ! (UTA)Keya Khayatian! ! (UTA)Larry Salz! ! ! (UTA)Max Michael!! ! (UTA)Mickey Berman! ! (UTA)Rich Green! ! ! (Resolution)Roger Green!! ! (WME)Ryan Saul! ! ! (APA)Sandra Lucchesi! ! (Gersh)Sheryl Petersen! ! (APA)Solco Schuit! ! ! (WME)Spencer Baumgarten! (CAA)Tim Phillips! ! ! (UTA)Todd Feldman! ! (CAA)Valarie Phillips! ! (Paradigm)Will Lowery! ! ! (APA)





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Spec Sales by Seller - Management Companies


Anonymous 1 1 8 2 3 1

Anthem 1 1 0 0 0 0

Anvil 1 1

Art/Work 1 1 1 0 0 1

Apostle 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Benderspink 1 1 2 1 1 6 5 5 2 5

Caliber 1 1 2 3 2 2 0

Circle of Confusion 1 1 2 5 5 4 3

Elevate 1 1 1 0 0 0

Energy 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 12 9 7 2 2

Fourth Floor 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Haven 1 1Hollander Ent. 2 2 0 0 0 0

Hung Ent. 1 1 4 1 0 1

Industry 1 1 2 4 3 1 1

Jeff Ross Ent. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Kapital 1 1 0 0 1 0

Kaplan/Perrone 1 1 5 4 2 4

Kersey Mgmt 1 1 0 0 0 0

Linda Seifert 1 1 0 0 0 0

Luber-Roklin 1 1 1 0 0 2

Madhouse 1 3 4 6 2 2 1

Magnet 1 1 2 3 3 0 0

Management360 2 2 2 1 2 2

Manus Ent. 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Mosaic 1 1 2 5 0 1 1

New Wave 1 1 1 3 8 7 0 0

Oasis Media Grp. 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Plumeria 1 1 0 0 0 0

Principato Young 1 1 1 2 1 3

Prolific 1 1 3 0 0 0

Rosa Ent. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Think Tank 1 1 20 0 0 0

Wet Dog Ent. 1 1 0 0 0 0

Wirehouse Ent. 1 1 0 1 0 0

Zero Gravity 1 1 2 1 1 1 0

Totals 5 6 9 14 7 14 7 4 5 71 79 46 24 27





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Here are the combined pitch and spec sales for management companies that have soldat least one of each in 2013.

Pitches Specs Total 2012 2011

Anonymous 5 1 6 11 9

Apostle 2 2 4 2 3

Benderspink 2 6 8 9 6

Caliber 3 2 5 7 2

Energy 5 12 17 15 7

Fourth Floor 1 2 3 2 0

Industry 1 2 3 5 3

Kaplan/Perrone 1 1 2 9 10

Madhouse 2 4 6 6 2

Magnet 3 2 5 4 6

Management 360 5 2 7 7 6

Mosaic 2 2 4 10 5

New Wave 1 3 4 10 11

Principato Young 1 1 2 6 4

The following 51 managers have been involved with at least one spec sale so far in2013.

Twelve:Brooklyn Weaver! ! (Energy)Six:Jake Wagner!! ! (Benderspink)Three:Adam Kolbrenner! ! (Madhouse)Josh Adler! ! ! (New Wave)Mike Goldberg! ! (New Wave)Two:Ben Rowe! ! ! (Oasis)George Heller! ! (Apostle)Jeff Belkin! ! ! (Zero Gravity)Jeff Ross! ! ! (Jeff Ross)Jeff Silver! ! ! (Fourth Floor)Marc Manus! ! ! (Manus Ent.)Russell Hollander! ! (Hollander)Tom Drumm! ! ! (Think Tank)Will Rowbotham! ! (Prolific)

One:Aaron Kaplan! ! (Kapital)Alex Cole! ! ! (Elevate)Alex Lerner! ! ! (K/P)Andrew KerseyAva Jamshidi! ! (Industry)Bryan Brucks! ! (Luber-Roklin)Cindy Adams! ! (Art/Work)C. Campos-Greenberg! (Anthem)Dallas Sonnier! ! (Caliber)Dan Vang! ! ! (Benderspink)Dan Vantresca! ! (Haven)David Alpert! ! ! (Circle)David Lonner! ! (Oasis)DJ TalbotEryn Brown! ! ! (Mgmt 360)Evan Cavic! ! ! (PYE)Greg Shephard! ! (Circle)Guymon Cassidy! ! (Mgmt 360)JC Spink! ! ! (Benderspink)Jeff Okin! ! ! (Anonymous)





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One (cont):Jennie Frankel Frisbie! (Magnet)Jenny Wood! ! (Elevate)Jesse Hara! ! ! (Haven)Jessica Jordan

! !(Wirehouse)Jimmy Miller! ! (Mosaic)

Jonathan Hung! ! (Hung)Ken Freimann! ! (Circle)Langley Perer! ! (Mosaic)

Linda SeifertMike De Trana! ! (Anvil)Michael Botti!! ! (Industry)Rachel Miller

! !(Haven)Rhonda Bloom! ! (Plumeria)

Ryan Cunningham! ! (Madhouse)Sidney Sherman! ! (Rosa Ent.)Stephanie Davis! ! (Wet Dog)Zach Tann! ! ! (Magnet)

About The Scoggins Report:The Scoggins Report is a terribly unscientific analysis of the feature film development

business based on information assembled from a variety of public and non-publicsources. The numbers in the reports are by no means official statistics. Caveat emptor.

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