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SXSW

Festival ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Aug 15
453
Wire items · since Feb 18
30
Deal items
39
Tracked projects
7
Months active
82
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 30 tracked deal items

27% of tracked dealflow (8/30) is greenlight; 74% of classified deal mediums are film; 79% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
greenlight 8
series order pilot pickup 4
remake reboot 4
book adaptation 4
option 3
short story adaptation 2
spec sale 1
Reported stage
in development 17
in production 4
greenlit 3
acquired 2
completed seeking distribution 2
Medium
film 23
tv limited series 8

Slate · 39 projects from coveragegrouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred; showing top 30 by coverage volume

In development 11
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Grace
Jason Sarlanis · Billie Lourd · Manny Jacinto
 in development 8 Jun 17
Wishful Thinking
Lewis Pullman · Maya Hawke · Graham Parkes
 acquired 7 May 2
Saviors
Adam Scott · Danielle Deadwyler · Theo Rossi
 acquired 6 Jul 23
Over Your Dead Body
Samara Weaving · Jason Segel · Jorma Taccone
 remake reboot acquired 5 Apr 15
Perfect
Millicent Hailes · Julia Fox · FKA Twigs
 greenlight in development 5 Apr 18
Bagworm
Oliver Bernsen · Peter Falls · Corbin Bernsen
 acquired 5 Jul 13
Remedy
Zach Cherry · Tom Quinn · Sharon Horgan
 in development 5 Apr 21
Dead Eyes in development 4 Mar 22
Sparks
Sydney Chandler · Adam Scott · Danielle Deadwyler
 in development 4 Mar 28
Ugly Cry
Felissa Rose · Aaron Dominguez
 acquired 3 Jul 28
Sun Never Sets
Dakota Fanning · Jake Johnson · Joe Swanberg
 acquired 3 May 4
Greenlit 1
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
I Love Boosters
Boots Riley · Keke Palmer · Demi Moore
 greenlit 9 Apr 23
In production 6
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Pretty Lethal
Uma Thurman · Vicky Jewson · Iris Apatow
 in production 9 Apr 17
Sender
Britt Lower · Jamie Lee Curtis · David Dastmalchian
 in production 7 Jul 29
Dreamquil
Elizabeth Banks · John C. Reilly · Kathryn Newton
 in production 5 Jun 13
American Dollhouse
Kevin Bacon · Kyra Sedgwick · Travis Bacon
 greenlight in production 4 Mar 18
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come
Samara Weaving · Kathryn Newton · Jason Segel
 in production 4 Apr 21
Imposters
Jessica Rothe
 in production 3 Apr 7
Seeking distribution 10
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Hokum
Adam Scott · Damian McCarthy · Jamie Lee Curtis
 spec sale completed seeking distribution 17 May 3
Brian
Will Ropp · Ben Wang · Randall Park
 option completed seeking distribution 13 Apr 14
Grind
Brea Grant · Ed Dougherty · Chelsea Stardust
 greenlight completed seeking distribution 11 Jun 20
Forbidden Fruits
Lili Reinhart · Lola Tung · Alexandra Shipp
 book adaptation completed seeking distribution 7 May 19
Drag
Lizzy Caplan · John Stamos · Danny DeVito
 completed seeking distribution 6 Aug 7
Nobody
Bob Odenkirk · Ben Wheatley · Derek Kolstad
 remake reboot completed seeking distribution 5 Apr 17
Power Ballad
Nick Jonas · John Carney · Paul Rudd
 completed seeking distribution 5 Jun 6
Anima
Sydney Chandler · Roger Ebert · Adam Scott
 completed seeking distribution 4 Apr 14
Pizza Movie
Gaten Matarazzo · Sean Giambrone · Lulu Wilson
 completed seeking distribution 3 Mar 15
Family Movie
Kevin Bacon · Kyra Sedgwick · Sosie Bacon
 completed seeking distribution 3 Mar 17
Released & tracking 2
Project · attachedDeal typeLatest reported stageItemsLast seen
Obsession
Curry Barker · Michael Johnston · Inde Navarrette
 acquired 6 Jul 9
Leviticus
Adrian Chiarella · Joe Bird · Stacy Clausen
 acquired 6 Aug 12

Key people · from coveragenames as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design

Adam ScottTalent attached21i · 0d
Steven SpielbergNamed in coverage14i · 1d
Damian McCarthyNamed in coverage12i · 0d
Uma ThurmanNamed in coverage9i · 0d
Jamie Lee CurtisNamed in coverage8i · 1d
Kevin BaconTalent attached8i · 1d
Boots RileyNamed in coverage8i · 0d
Keke PalmerNamed in coverage8i · 1d
Lewis PullmanNamed in coverage8i · 0d
Maya HawkeNamed in coverage8i · 0d
Vicky JewsonNamed in coverage7i · 0d
Samara WeavingNamed in coverage7i · 1d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL SXSW COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 2 tracked titlesgrosses as reported — amber badge = released by another studio

Obsession
“more than $403m worldwide”Jul 9 · worldwide
latest: “more than $403m worldwide” (worldwide) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
“$671.2M”Aug 12 · domestic
latest: “$671.2M” (domestic) as reported in tracked coverage — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

5
FEB
265
MAR
89
APR
48
MAY
17
JUN
19
JUL
10
AUG
WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 22click to expand shared record

CounterpartyItemsDeals
Sundance Film FestivalFEST 506
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NetflixPLAT 394
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NeonCO 383
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ParamountCO 352
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HuluPLAT 253
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Adam ScottPERSON 210
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SXSW LondonFEST 200
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Prime VideoPLAT 192
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Deal record · 30 entriesamounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps

Jul 28 New Line Wins Heated Bidding War For Theo James Krekis Horror Package ‘Jealous People Are Ugly People’
Deal @ in-development
with New Line Cinema, The Fold, Theo James Krekis +5
 Deadline+2 src A+
Jun 23 Kevin Bacon Set For Amazon MGM Horror Film ‘Summoner’ From Jeremy Slater
Deal @ in-development
with Amazon MGM Studios, Kevin Bacon, Jeremy Slater +5
 Deadline+2 src A
Jun 19 Ana de Armas And Kate Hudson To Star In Erotic Thriller 'Palm Grove'
Deal @ in-development
with Ana de Armas, Kate Hudson, Kornél Mundruczó +5
 Deadline+6 src A
Jun 17 ‘A Quiet Place’s Millicent Simmonds Co-Writes, Will Star In Crime Thriller ‘Grace’ For Inevitable Studios
Deal @ in-development
with Millicent Simmonds, Ari Costa, Eren Celeboglu +5
 Deadline B
Jun 12 Glen Powell's 95% RT-Rated Thriller Officially Getting a Netflix Spin-Off
series-order-pilot-pickup @ in-development
with Glen Powell, Netflix, Sundance Film Festival
 MovieWeb A
May 30 ‘The Birds’ Limited Series Starring Sarah Snook Hits TV Marketplace; New Take On Hitchcock’s Classic Comes From Tom Spezialy, David Heyman & UIS
short-story-adaptation @ in-development
with Sarah Snook, Tom Spezialy, David Heyman +5
 Deadline+1 src A+
May 15 Kristen Stewart & Wagner Moura Film First On Slate For XYZ & Vixens
greenlight @ greenlit
with Kristen Stewart, Wagner Moura, XYZ Films +5
 Deadline A+
May 4 GOOD BOY Director Ben Leonberg Set to Helm Horror Film ANKLE SNATCHER for Sony Pictures
short-story-adaptation @ in-development
with Ben Leonberg, Grady Hendrix, Sony Pictures +5
 GeekTyrant A
Apr 30 Keke Palmer & Zack Gottsagen Lead Thor Freudenthal’s ‘Lottery’ For Searchlight
book-adaptation @ in-development
with Keke Palmer, Zack Gottsagen, Thor Freudenthal +5
 Google News (Searchlight Pictures) A
Apr 25 Pedro Pascal & Matthew McConaughey Join Western From 'Oldboy's Park Chan-Wook
greenlight @ in-development
with Pedro Pascal, Matthew McConaughey, Park Chan-wook +3
 MovieWeb+1 src A+
Apr 15 Period film flooded with admirers in NOLA
option @ in-development
with Brooke H. Cellars, Lauren Kitchen, Agnes Applewhite +4
 Google News (Overlook Film Festival) A
Apr 14 Remake of John Carpenter's Cult-Classic Action Thriller Officially Revived
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Studiocanal, Escape from New York, John Carpenter +4
 Google News (John Carpenter) A
Apr 7 Jenna Ortega Eyed for Iconic 80s Horror Movie's Upcoming Legacy Sequel
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Jenna Ortega, Warner Bros. Pictures, Chris Columbus +5
 Google News (Jenna Ortega)+2 src A+
Mar 31 Canneseries 2026 to showcase Apple TV’s ‘Star City’, Richard Gadd’s ‘Half Man’, Disney’s ‘Alice And Steve'
series-order-pilot-pickup
with Canneseries, AMC+, Shudder +5
 Screen Daily+1 src A+
Mar 25 Cambridge actor hits paydirt with roles in ‘Youngblood’ and Eli Roth horror flick
option @ in-development
with Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum, Patricia Cornwell +5
 Google News (Eli Roth) A
Mar 23 Jake Lacy, Nazanin Boniadi’s Adoption Drama ‘Mosquito in the Ear’ Lands Spring Release (Exclusive)
book-adaptation @ acquired
with Nicola Rinciari, Jake Lacy, Nazanin Boniadi +4
 THR A
Mar 23 SXSW: What Were The Best Movies We Saw At The Fest?
spec-sale @ in-development
with Monitor, Smile (franchise), Hokum +3
 Google News (SXSW) A
Mar 20 New Film Taps Dallas’ ‘Weird and Cool’ Vibe for Witchy Horror Comedy
book-adaptation @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Meredith Alloway, Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung +3
 Google News (SXSW) A+
Mar 19 If Mean Girls Was Set at a Free People in 2026, You’d Get Forbidden Fruits
book-adaptation @ in-production
with Meredith Alloway, Lily Houghton, Lola Tung +5
 Vulture A
Mar 18 Daniel Kwan Spent 3 Years Staring into the AI Abyss. He Came Back with a Warning (and a Map)
option @ in-production
with Will Ropp, Brian (feature), Ben Wang +4
 No Film School B
Mar 18 Small Budget, Big Screams: "American Dollhouse" Shocks SXSW
greenlight @ in-production
with John Valley, Hailley Lauren, Kelsey Pribilski +3
 Google News (SXSW) A
Mar 17 Sarah Michelle Geller Criticizes Hulu’s ‘Buffy’ Cancellation: ‘Nobody Saw This Coming’
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hulu, Chloé Zhao +5
 Google News (Hulu)+4 src A+
Mar 17 A Professor Said to Scrap Their Pilot—Then It Got Into SXSW
greenlight @ in-production
with Wade McElhaney, Wes McElhaney, Codependent +1
 No Film School A
Mar 15 ‘They Follow’: Maika Monroe Says ‘It Follows’ Sequel (Finally) Filming This Summer
greenlight
with Maika Monroe, David Robert Mitchell, NEON +2
 Dread Central A+
Mar 14 Brass Knuckle Films Unveils 5-Project Slate Led by Robert Rodriguez Originals | Exclusive
greenlight @ in-development
with Robert Rodriguez, Alexis Garcia, DJ Cotrona +5
 The Wrap A+
Mar 14 Larry David Reveals Title, Trailer, Premiere Date & Some Key Cast for His President Obama-Produced HBO Comedy – SXSW
series-order-pilot-pickup @ greenlit
with Larry David, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama +5
 Deadline+4 src B
Mar 13 Breakups Are All In the Execution on New ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Posters [SXSW Exclusive]
remake-reboot @ acquired
with Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Independent Film Company +1
 Bloody Disgusting B
Mar 13 ‘Perfect’ SXSW Premiere: Julia Fox and Ashley Moore Star in Provocative Queer Romance
greenlight @ in-development
with Millicent Hailes, Julia Fox, Ashley Moore +5
 Google News (SXSW)+1 src B
Mar 13 Brea Grant Gets in the Grind at SXSW
greenlight @ completed-seeking-distribution
with Brea Grant, Ed Dougherty, Chelsea Stardust +3
 Google News (SXSW)+4 src A+
Mar 9 Succession' Writer’s New Silicon Valley Satire Secures a Rare Pre-Premiere Renewal
series-order-pilot-pickup @ greenlit
with AMC, AMC+, The Audacity +5
 Collider+1 src B

Recent mentions · 10 of 423

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 453 wire items (Feb 18 → Aug 15) matching SXSW, deduplicated by URL (25 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. Amber “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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