New Line Cinema Lands Category Six Spec

EXCLUSIVE: Ending what switched to be considered a brisk week for material, New Line Cinema just closed a spec offer the $300,000 range for Category Six, a script by John Swetnam for any “found footage” natural disaster movie. The film requires a first-person POV through camcorders and mobile phones to inform the storyline of students who attempt to survive the worst hurricane in U.S. history. The film is going to be created by Todd Garner through his Damaged Road banner. Garner hatched the concept. David Boxerbaum at APA and Mike Wagner made the offer. The fabric market continues to be sluggish until lately, but this is actually the latest inside a flurry of specs and pitches that offered now. Actually, Category Six may be the second one today that are responsible for extreme weather: Fox just acquired Riders Around The Storm, a pitch that'll be composed by Sean O’Keefe in regards to a crew that pulls a number of heists within an extreme weather event. The scribe most lately offered his script Evidence to Bold Films.