1.

Title: The Field Logline: Set in an endless field, a group of strangers wake up with seemingly
random items and must find a way out. Writers: Seth Wathen, Josh Dobkin Prod. Co: Stone
Village Pictures Genre: Thriller Date: 1/14/2009

2. Title: Isaac Gray, W.D. Logline: A witch doctor uses his power to free patients from evil
curses. Writer: Todd Berger Agency: Kohner Agency Management: Kaplan/Perrone
Entertainment Prod. Co: Reliant Pictures Price: $300,000 Genre: Adventure Comedy Date:
1/23/2009

3. Title: The Sitter Logline: Described as a cross between “Superbad” and “Adventures in
Babysitting.” Writers: Brian Gatewood , Alessandro Tanaka Agency: UTA Management:
Industry Entertainment Studio: Fox Atomic Prod. Co: Michael De Luca Productions Genre:
Comedy Date: 1/28/2009 Notes: Bidding war.

4. Title: Conviction Logline: A mastermind bank robber serves five years in prison following a
botched heist and then is forced by an FBI agent to entrap his protege, who’s in the midst of a
multimillion-dollar job. Writer: Jonathan Herman Agency: WMA Management: Luber Roklin
Entertainment Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Silver Pictures Price: Low-six
figures Genre: Heist Date: 2/10/2009

5. Title: Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery Logline: A down-on-his-luck private eye
accompanied by his loyal dog sets off to solve a missing persons case. The story is told from the
vantage point of Chet, a dog that flunked out of K-9 school. Writer: Jeff Lowell Agency:
UTA Management: Management 360 Studio: Universal Pictures Prod. Co: Film 360 Price:
Six figures Genre: Comedy Date: 2/10/2009

6. Title: Inception Logline: Set within the architecture of the mind. Writer: Christopher Nolan
Agency: CAA Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Syncopy Films Genre: Science Fiction
Action Date: 2/11/2009

7. Title: The Adventurer’s Handbook Logline: A quartet of pals go on a global adventure.

Writers: Jonah Hill, Matt Spicer, Max Winkler Agency: UTA Management: Principato-Young
Entertainment Studio: Universal Pictures Price: Seven figures Genre: Comedy Adventure
Date: 2/13/2009 Notes: Bidding war. Inspired by the book by Mick Conefrey.

8. Title: Book Smart Logline: After realizing the only thing they haven’t accomplished is having
boyfriends, two overachieving high school seniors resolve to find ones by the prom. Writers:
Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins Agency: WME UTA Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Prod. Co:
Handsome Charlie Films Genre: Comedy Date: 2/20/2009

9. Title: Old Timers Logline: Two sixtysomething conmen reunite their old gang for one final
night to do everything they’ve ever wanted to do before one of them meets his demise. Writer:
Noah Haidle Prod. Co: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Genre: Comedy Drama Date: 2/20/2009
10. Title: Shimmer Lake Logline: A sheriff investigates a series of murders as well as the
disappearance of a bank robber, The clues lead back to a heist the robber committed. Writer:
Oren Uziel Studio: Fox Atomic Prod. Co: Josephson Entertainment Genre: Murder
Mystery Date: 2/25/2009

11. Title: Within Logline: A couple’s marriage is threatened when the baby surrogate they have
hired becomes obsessed with wanting the husband and the baby for herself. Writer: Jack
Olsen Agency: UTA Management: Principato-Young Entertainment Prod. Co: Screen Gems
Genre: Thriller Date: 3/2/2009

12. Title: Medieval Logline: Described as “The Dirty Dozen” set in the Middle Ages and centers
on seven imprisoned men – a gypsy, a thief, a samurai, a knight, a monk, an Arab and a Viking.
Writers: Alex Litvak, Michael Finch Agency: Endeavor Agency Prod. Co: New Regency
Productions Price: $800,000 against $1.6M Genre: Action Date: 3/3/2009

13. Title: Grandma vs. Grandma Logline: Two grandmothers with very different styles of child-
rearing babysit their grandkids for a month and compete for their affections. Writers: Jon
Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg Agency: CAA Management: Principato-Young
Entertainment Studio: Paramount Pictures Prod. Co: Red Wagon Productions Genre:
Comedy Date: 3/4/2009

14. Title: Once Upon a Time…. Logline: Described as in the vein of “Shrek” and “The Princess
Bride.” Writers: Charles Vignola, Kevin Marcus , Bradley Marcus Agency: Bohrman Agency
Management: Epidemic Pictures and Management, Inc Studio: MGM Prod. Co: Epidemic
Pictures and Management, Inc. Genre: Comedy Date: 3/5/2009

15. Title: Untitled Chris McCoy Project Logline: An untitled college-set comedy script by
newcomer scribe Chris McCoy. Writer: Chris McCoy Agency: CAA Management:
Anonymous Content Prod. Co: Double Feature Films Genre: Comedy Date: 3/8/2009

16. Title: Rites of Men Logline: A working-class single dad, whose only son is murdered, must
set out on a quest to solve the killing. Writer: Jonathan Herman Agency: WMA
Management: Luber Roklin Entertainment Studio: Universal Pictures Genre: Drama
Thriller Date: 3/19/2009

17. Title: Nonstop Logline: The passengers on Flight 209 are mysteriously abducted by an alien
ship. Writer: Michael Gilvary Agency: ICM Studio: DreamWorks Pictures Genre: Science
Fiction Thriller Date: 3/24/2009

18. Title: Celeste and Jesse Forever Logline: A young divorcing couple tries to maintain their
longstanding friendship while pursuing other relationships. Writers: Rashida Jones, Will
McCormack Agency: UTA Gersh Management: Brillstein Entertainment Partners Studio: Fox
Atomic Prod. Co: Team Todd Genre: Romantic Comedy Date: 3/26/2009

19. Title: Elevator Men Logline: Centers on the dark, sinister version of what really happens to
people when they decide they want to get close to vampires. Writer: Marc Haimes Agency:
WMA Management: Benderspink Prod. Co: Summit Entertainment Genre: Dark
Thriller Date: 3/27/2009

20. Title: Good Looking Logline: In the future, a dating service matches soulmates around the
world without fail, but one guy has the audacity to reject the person chosen for him. Writer:
Chris McCoy Agency: CAA Management: Anonymous Content Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Prod. Co: Double Feature Films Genre: Romantic Comedy Date: 3/30/2009

21. Title: The Many Deaths of Barnaby James Logline: A teenage apprentice in a macabre
circus for the dead yearns to bring his true love back to life, but not before encountering the
many dangerous and mysterious gothic characters that stand in his way. Writer: Brian
Nathanson Agency: CAA Management: Benderspink Prod. Co: Appian Way Genre: Dark
Fantasy Date: 4/1/2009

22. Title: The Highest Bid Logline: In “Bid,” an art auctioneer moonlights by capturing
criminals and auctioning them off to rival crime bosses. He runs into trouble, though, when a
mysterious character from his past unites criminal factions against him. Writer: Gary Spinelli
Agency: Original Artists Management: Manus Entertainment Prod. Co: Intrepid Pictures
Genre: Action Date: 4/15/2009

23. Title: Danny Graves’ Man Cave Logline: The story line follows a suburban husband and
father going through a midlife crisis who discovers a mysterious man-cave in his basement. The
fantasy world provides his version of the perfect life, which ultimately gets called into question.
Writers: Jacob Isser, Paul Lutz Management: Brillstein Entertainment Partners Studio: Sony
Pictures Prod. Co: Roth Films Genre: Comedy Date: 4/16/2009

24. Title: The True Memoirs of an International Assassin Logline: After a publisher changes a
writer’s debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself
thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own
survival. Writer: Jeff Morris Management: Art/Work Entertainment Prod. Co: The Film
Department Genre: Action Comedy Date: 4/21/2009

25. Title: Kristy Logline: A young female college student trapped on a deserted campus is
attacked by intruders. Writer: Anthony Jaswinski Agency: WMA Management: Circle of
Confusion Prod. Co: Dimension Films Genre: Thriller Date: 4/22/2009

26. Title: Forever 21 Logline: Being kept under wraps. Writers: Mike Culbert, Mike
Pellettieri Agency: CAA Management: Underground Management Studio: DreamWorks
Pictures Prod. Co: Brownstone Productions Genre: Comedy Date: 4/23/2009

27. Title: Odysseus Logline: Legendary hero Odysseus, famed king of Ithaca, returns to his
island after 20 years of fighting the Trojan Wars, only to find his kingdom under the brutal
occupation of an invading force. Odysseus single-handedly defeats every last man and takes back
his wife, his son and his kingdom. Writer: Ann Peacock Agency: CAA Management:
Principato-Young Entertainment Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Hollywood Gang
Productions Genre: Action Drama Date: 4/24/2009 Notes: Bidding war.
28. Title: Boss Logline: A 21-year-old becomes his father’s boss when he gets promoted.
Writers: Tony Lord, David Cohen Agency: ICM Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Prod. Co: Scott
Rudin Productions Genre: Comedy Date: 4/29/2009

29. Title: Everybody Loves Whales Logline: In October 1988, three California gray whales are
found trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. The subsequent rescue attempt becomes a huge
global event, as scores of journalists converge on the nearby Eskimo town of Barrow, Alaska,
and the U.S. and Soviet government enjoy a rare moment of collaboration. The two-week drama
plays out at a time of geopolitical change, with Mikhail Gorbachev in the midst of his glasnost
initiative and Ronald Reagan preparing to leave office after his second term. During all of this a
nonprofit aid worker and a government worker fall in love. Writers: Jack Amiel, Michael Begler
Agency: WMA Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Anonymous Content Genre: Drama
Date: 5/4/2009 Notes: Based on a true story.

30. Title: Repeat After Me Logline: No details given. Writers: Brad Bredeweg, Peter Paige
Agency: CAA Management: Anonymous Content Prod. Co: Single Cell Pictures Genre:
Drama Comedy Date: 5/5/2009

31. Title: Personal Security Logline: A tough NYC police detective is forced into bodyguard
duty for a spoiled teen heiress who is receiving kidnapping threats. Writer: Matt
Lieberman Agency: Endeavor Agency Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Prod. Co: Seed
Productions Genre: Drama Date: 5/5/2009

32. Title: The Gunslinger Logline: An ex-Texas Ranger will stop at nothing to find and punish
the men who killed his brother and rescue his nephew. Writer: John Hlavin Agency: UTA
Management: Benderspink Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Mad Chance Genre:
Action Drama Date: 5/13/2009

33. Title: The American Can Logline: John Keller, an ex-Marine, orchestrates the rescue of 244
of his New Orleans neighbors after their building, the American Can Co., is flooded in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina. The five-story structure sits in eleven feet of water after the breach of the
levees. Writer: John Lee Hancock Agency: CAA Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment Prod.
Co: Overbrook Entertainment Genre: Drama Date: 5/21/2009

34. Title: Umbra Logline: N/A. Writer: Steven Karczynski Management: Marty Shapiro
Management Prod. Co: Relativity Media Genre: Thriller Date: 5/26/2009

35. Title: Trans Am Logline: Set in the deep South, a disgraced sheriff’s deputy and a getaway
driver must elude a federal manhunt when they join forces to bring an escaped bank robber to
justice. Writer: Matt Johnson Agency: UTA Management: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Genre: Action Date: 5/29/2009

36. Title: The Originals Logline: A group of twentysomethings reconvene for a weekend in
New York after learning that the teacher who shaped their childhoods has fallen into a mysterious
coma. Writers: Bryce Dallas Howard, Dane Charbeneau Agency: ICM Management:
Management 360 Prod. Co: Imagine Entertainment Genre: Drama Date: 6/9/2009
37. Title: Diver Logline: A disturbed ex-cop is recruited into the Diver program, a secret project
based in New Orleans where the cop and others enter the minds of the recently dead to
experience their final thoughts and perceptions in order to solve the most heinous crimes.
Writer: Diane Ademu-John Agency: The Alpern Group Prod. Co: Intrepid Pictures Genre:
Thriller Date: 6/12/2009 Notes: Based on an original, unproduced spec TV pilot by Ademu-
John.

38. Title: Beautiful Girl Logline: A shy but brainy high school girl returns for senior year after
having slimmed down six dress sizes. She finds herself flirting with the handsome English lit
teacher, but the mutual crush turns deadly when the teacher’s obsession with the student compels
him to exact maniacal revenge on everyone who was cruel to her. Writer: Michael
Cunningham Agency: CAA Prod. Co: Screen Gems Genre: Thriller Date: 6/12/2009

39. Title: Hellified Logline: Centers on a journey to hell. Writer: Andy Burg Agency:
ICM Management: Justin Silvera Management Studio: Paramount Pictures Prod. Co: di
Bonaventura Pictures Genre: Supernatural Action Date: 6/26/2009 Notes: Preemptive
purchase.

40. Title: Get a Job Logline: A college graduate and his friends are compelled to lower their life
expectations when they leave campus for the real world. Writers: Kyle Pennekamp, Scott
Turpel Agency: CAA Prod. Co: CBS Films Genre: Comedy Date: 7/1/2009

41. Title: Vatican Tapes: The story centers on a series of events that unfold after a tape gets
leaked from the Vatican displaying an exorcism that goes wrong. Writer: Chris Borrelli Agency:
UTA Management: H2F Management Studio: Lionsgate Prod. Co: Lakeshore Genre:
Supernatural thriller Date: 7/11/2009

42. Title: The Violent Kind Logline: A group of young bikers find themselves tormented by
mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse. Writers: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores
Agency: Gersh Management: Spectacle Entertainment Group Prod. Co: Trancas International
Films Genre: Horror Date: 7/17/2009

43. Title: One Night Stan Logline: When a man learns his fiancee has had more sexual partners
than he, he gets her blessing for one night to play catch-up. Unfortunately, his plans for a sex
buffet don’t come together quite the way he had hoped. Writer: Josh Friedlander Agent: Ava
Jamshidi Agency: ICM Prod. Co: Lionsgate Genre: Comedy Date: 7/17/2009

44. Title: Prisoners Logline: A small-town man’s daughter is kidnapped and responds in a
vigilante fashion by imprisoning a neighbor he suspects committed the crime, while a big-city
cop investigates the crimes. Writer: Aaron Guzikowski Agency: WME Management:
Madhouse Entertainment Prod. Co: Alcon Entertainment Price: Mid-six figures against just
over $1M Genre: Dark Thriller Date: 7/27/2009

45. Title: Babe in the Woods Logline: A female freshman from the Midwest arrives at Yale and
becomes a target of the New Jersey mob. Writer: Mike White Agency: UTA Studio:
Columbia Pictures Prod. Co: Rip Cord Productions Genre: Action Comedy Date: 8/5/2009
46. Title: Change Up Logline: A husband gets swapped with his best friend, a lazy man child.
Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Agency: CAA Studio: Universal Pictures Prod. Co: Big Kid
Pictures Genre: Comedy Date: 8/7/2009

47. Title: Central Intelligence Logline: An accountant is thrown into the world of international
espionage after reconnecting with an old friend through Facebook. Writers: Ike
Barinholtz, Dave Stassen Agency: Agency for the Performing Arts Management: Principato-
Young Entertainment Studio: Universal Pictures Genre: Comedy Date: 8/12/2009

48. Title: Doc & Howie Whack a Granny Logline: Two men inadvertently kill a frail elderly
woman when they neglect to help her carry groceries up stairs. On the plus side, the incident puts
them in position to get closer to the woman’s attractive granddaughters. Writer: Steve Leff
Agency: UTA Management: Rain Management Group Prod. Co: The Montecito Picture
Company Genre: Comedy Date: 8/14/2009

49. Title: Supermax Logline: Set in a maximum security prison for the supernatural, a guard
must join forces with a lethal inmate after a riot ensues in order to fight his way through various
monsters and mad-men in order to survive. Writer: Christopher Allen Nelson Mitch Rouse
Agency: Gersh Management: Lighthouse Entertainment Studio: Columbia Pictures Prod. Co:
Broken Road Productions Price: Mid-six figures Genre: Action Horror Date: 9/8/2009

50. Title: Mercy Logline: A family tries to protect their dying mother and their individual
financial interests from the violent wrath of a religious sect. Writer: Chris Sparling Agency:
UTA Management: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment Prod. Co: Gold Circle Films Genre:
Thriller Date: 9/25/2009 Notes: Preemptive purchase.

51. Title: Rubicon Logline: Described as a female-driven revenge thriller set in a Mexican
border town. Writers: Ric Roman Waugh, Michael Alan Lerner Agency: ICM Management:
Management 360, Anonymous Content Prod. Co: Relativity Media Genre: Thriller Date:
9/28/2009

52. Title: Rehab Logline: A man fakes going to rehab to reconnect with a former high school
sweetheart, now a rock star and in rehab for her excesses. Writer: Sam Laybourne Agency:
UTA Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Prod. Co: Chernin Entertainment Genre: Comedy Date:
10/19/2009

53. Title: The Black Phantom Logline: A double-crossed Caucasian mob hitman turns for help
to an unlikely source…the Black Phantom, an African-American hitman who was hired to kill
him. Writers: Dave Lease, Megan Hinds Agency: Gersh Management: Circle of
Confusion Prod. Co: Screen Gems Genre: Comedy Date: 10/19/2009

54. Title: F***ing Engaged Logline: a raunchy comedy about a couple who make a pact to
have sex every day leading to their wedding so they don’t turn into their crusty old parents.
Writer: Julia Brownell Agency: CAA Management: Manage-Ment Prod. Co: FilmNation
Entertainment Genre: Comedy Date: 10/28/2009.
55. Title: Someone in the Dark Logline: Being kept under wraps. Writers: Richard Blaney,
Gregory Small Agency: Original Artists Management: 59 Management Studio: DreamWorks
Pictures Prod. Co: Pariah Genre: Teen Thriller Date: 10/29/2009

56. Title: Rule #1 Logline: About a New York woman who befriends a Puerto Rican girl with
attention deficit disorder. Writer: Terrel Seltzer Agency: Paradigm Management: Manage-
Ment Studio: Fox Searchlight Prod. Co: Type A Films Genre: N/A Date: 10/29/2009

57. Title: Dirty Old Men Logline: An aging playboy finally meets the love of his life, but then
his best friend and wingman for the past 40 years tries to do everything to break up the new
couple. Writers: Josh Cagan, Greg Coolidge Agency: WME CAA Management: H2F
Entertainment Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Revelations Entertainment Genre:
Comedy Date: 11/2/2009 Notes: Pre-emptive purchase.

58. Title: Jitters Logline: A dysfunctional family struck by the recession moves into a new
neighborhood and is terrorized by super-bugs. Writers: Marc Haimes Agency: WME
Management: Benderspink Studio: Paramount Pictures Genre: Family Action Date: 11/2/2009

59. Title: I Am My Family’s Secret Logline: Revolves around two very different brothers who
discover their parents have been hiding a life-changing secret for more than two decades.
Writer: Derick Martini Agency: ICM Management: Principato Young Entertainment Studio:
Paramount Prod. Co: Montecitio Picture Company Genre: Comedy Date: 11/3/2009

60. Title: Desperados Logline: A woman sends an indignant e-mail to her new boyfriend when
he goes silent after they have sex. When she discovers he’s comatose in a Mexican hospital, she
races south of the border with her friends in tow to intercept the e-mail before he recovers.
Writer: Ellen Rapoport Agency: CAA Management: Management 360 Studio: Universal
Pictures Prod. Co: Mark Gordon Company Genre: Comedy Date: 11/6/2009

61. Title: Last Stand Logline: A cartel leader uses a Gumpert Apollo, a race car used by drug
smugglers, to break out of a courthouse. As he speeds to the Mexican border, the only thing
standing in his way is a border-town sheriff and his inexperienced staff. Writer: Andrew Knauer
Agency: WME Management: Energy Prod. Co: Lionsgate Genre: Action Thriller Date:
11/17/2009 Notes: Preemptive purchase.

62. Title: The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie Logline: The story of a woman whose lack
of self-worth has limited her choice in men to losers until her life takes an unexpected turn when
she is pursued by the hottest guy ever. Writers: Brent Forrester & Mindy Kaling Agency: UTA
Management: 3 Arts Entertainment Studio: Lionsgate Prod. Co: Mandate Pictures Genre:
Rom-Com Date: 12/1/2009

63. Title: Invasion Logline: The survivors of a subway accident in Los Angeles emerge to find a
city in ruins and are forced to deal with mobs and a dangerous slime. Writer: Ben Magid
Agency: WME Management: Energy Prod. Co: Summit Entertainment Genre: Science Fiction
Action Date: 12/2/2009
64. Title: The Panopticon Logline: A salesman receives a pre-recorded message from himself
that tells him the world is about to end and only he can save it. Writer: Craig
Rosenberg Agency: UTA Prod. Co: Lionsgate Genre: Science Fiction Thriller Date:
12/17/2009

65. Title: Cancun Logline: An out-of-place college kid travels with a girl to Cancun on a break.
While there, the girl and her friends are taken hostage by a drug cartel and he is forced to save
them. Writers: Eric Champnella, Grant Thompson Agency: ICM Management: Mosaic Media
Group Prod. Co: Summit Entertainment Genre: Action Date: 12/18/2009

66. Title: Untitled Fogelman Comedy Logline: A father’s life unravels while he deals with a
marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children. Writer: Dan
Fogelman Agency: WMA Manager: Eryn Brown Management: Industry Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Prod. Co: Carousel Productions Price: $2M against $2.5M
Genre: Comedy Date: 12/18/2009

67. Title: The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday Logline: Centers on the famous 1800′s
gunfighter who was friends with Wyatt Earp. Writer: Chad St. John Agency: ICM Studio:
Paramount Pictures Prod. Co: di Bonaventura Pictures Genre: Action Adventure Date:
12/18/2009

Analysis

* Notable Sales: Inception, Untitled Fogelman Project.

* Top Dollar Sales: Untitled Fogelman Project [$2.5M], Medieval [$1.6M].

* Interesting Storylines: That untitled Dan Fogelman project? It became Crazy, Stupid, Love.

* Sales declined in ’09 marking 7 consecutive years in which the total number of spec deals was
substantially less than 100. Trendline here: