So far, the new parachute parameter has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal, and a filmmaker deal, all of them.
Now comes the spec script business.
Paramount has aggressively increased Bald Eagles A comedy spec from scribe Brandon Cohen, which sources say is in the seven figures.
Details about the business and the script are being withheld from the series, but Eagles is described as a high-concept, R-rated comedy.
Range Media Partners' Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce the feature, with Range Whigham's Jack Whigham producing. Range also represents Cohen.
Paramount co-presidents Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, while planning to manage brands and IP, are making a point of acquiring original material and are willing to bet on what they believe will be rewarded as they execute to build a high-speed, diversified slate.
Some sources say the deal could be one of the biggest sales of the year. Regardless, it will undoubtedly prove a life-changing move for Cohen, an aspiring writer who has earned scriptwriting credits for the Disney Channel series Just Roll With It .
The last few years have been difficult for the writer, from professionally difficult to personal, to personal difficulties. Late last year, his wife delivered the twins severely prematurely. They were not premature, but micro-premature, born at 24 weeks. The twins endured months of hospital stays this year, and one child struggled with a childhood lung disease.
Amidst all this, Cohen poured himself into his writing—comedies of all things—with two spec scripts. He sold I Can See You're Angry to Miramax in March, with Boulderlight producing. Eagles is the second spec.
Since the close of the Skydance-Paramount Global merger on August 7, the new entity has struck a $7.7 billion deal for exclusive U.S. streaming rights to The Ultimate Fighting Championship for seven years, grabbed a crime drama starring Timothée Chalamet and directed by James Mangold, and poached Strange creators The Duffer Bros. from Netflix for a huge first-look at the company. It's also in negotiations with Legendary Films to release an output deal .
