Sony Pictures and Joel Silver are teaming up for the feature film “The Dryline,” from screenwriter David Rothley.
The spec, an action thriller, follows a kidnapping and ransom negotiator tasked with finding a nine-year-old boy who went missing on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After finding the boy, she must fight to keep them both alive when they come under attack by the very people who hired her — corrupt FBI agents and cold-blooded police officials who want the boy dead because of what he knows.
Rothley developed the script with indie producer Patrick Brennan, a founding member of Nine Dot Entertainment. Silver brought the script to Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch via his agents at WME, taking it off the table before it was shopped to the town, sources said. In early development stages, the project is still seeking star talent and a director.
Rothley earned an Mfa in screenwriting from USC,...
The spec, an action thriller, follows a kidnapping and ransom negotiator tasked with finding a nine-year-old boy who went missing on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After finding the boy, she must fight to keep them both alive when they come under attack by the very people who hired her — corrupt FBI agents and cold-blooded police officials who want the boy dead because of what he knows.
Rothley developed the script with indie producer Patrick Brennan, a founding member of Nine Dot Entertainment. Silver brought the script to Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch via his agents at WME, taking it off the table before it was shopped to the town, sources said. In early development stages, the project is still seeking star talent and a director.
Rothley earned an Mfa in screenwriting from USC,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony has preemptively bought the spec The Dryline written by David Rothley, with Joel Silver attached to produce. Patrick Brennan will serve as exec producer. Sources add development is still early on the project and no director or talent are attached at this time. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
The spec marks the first major sale for Rothley, who is repped by WME, Bellevue Productions and attorney Matt Jacobs at Bruns, Brennan & Berry, PC. Silver, the veteran producer of such hits as The Lethal Weapon series and Sherlock Holmes films, most recently produced Superfly for Sony.
More to come.
The spec marks the first major sale for Rothley, who is repped by WME, Bellevue Productions and attorney Matt Jacobs at Bruns, Brennan & Berry, PC. Silver, the veteran producer of such hits as The Lethal Weapon series and Sherlock Holmes films, most recently produced Superfly for Sony.
More to come.
- 8/30/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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