New Line Cinema Lands Category Six Spec

EXCLUSIVE: Ending what switched that need considering a brisk week for material, New Line Cinema just closed a spec provide the $300,000 range for Category Six, a script by John Swetnam for just about any “found footage” natural disaster movie. The film takes a first-person POV through video cameras and cell phones to see the story of scholars who make an effort to survive the worst hurricane in U.S. history. The film will probably be produced by Todd Garner through his Broken Road banner. Garner hatched the idea. David Boxerbaum at APA and Mike Wagner made the sale. The material market remains sluggish until recently, but this really is really the most recent in the flurry of specs and pitches that offered now. Really, Category Six might be the 2nd one today that handle extreme weather: Fox just acquired Riders Round The Storm, a pitch which will be composed by Sean O’Keefe of a crew that pulls numerous heists inside an extreme weather event. The scribe most recently offered his script Evidence to Bold Films.