So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal, and a filmmaker deal, all of them splashy.<\/p>\n
Now comes the splashy spec script deal.<\/p>\n
More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Paramount has aggressively picked up Bald Eagles, a comedy spec by rising scribe Brandon Cohen, that sources say is in the seven figures.<\/p>\n Details on the deal and script are being kept in the aerie, but Eagles is described as an R-rated high concept workplace comedy.<\/p>\n Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Jack Whigham of Range Media Partners will produce the feature. Range also reps Cohen.<\/p>\n Paramount co-chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, even as they plan to manage brands and IP, are making it a point to acquire original material and are willing to bet on what they believe will pay off as they race to build a diversified slate at top speed.<\/p>\n Some sources say the deal could prove to be one of the biggest spec sales of the year. Regardless, it will undoubtably prove to be life-changing for Cohen, an aspiring writer who five years ago earned credits penning scripts for Disney Channel series Just Roll With It.<\/p>\n Recent years were tough professionally for the writer, then became hard personally, as well. Late last year, his wife delivered twins severely prematurely. They were not preemies, but micro-preemies, born at 24 weeks. The twins endured months of hospital stays this year, and one child struggled with an infant lung disease.<\/p>\n Amid all of this, Cohen poured himself into his writing, comedies of all things, coming up with two spec scripts. He sold I Can See You\u2019re Angry to Miramax in March, with BoulderLight producing. Eagles is the second spec. <\/p>\n Since closing the merger between Skydance and Paramount Global Aug, 7, the new entity has made a $7.7 billion deal for exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship for seven years, snagged a crime drama<\/a> to star Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and be directed by James Mangold, and stole Stranger Things creators the Duffer Bros. from Netflix for a large overall first-look<\/a>. On top of that, it is in talks with Legendary to release that company\u2019s movies in an output deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So far, the new Skydance-owned Paramount has made a wrestling deal, a talent deal, and a filmmaker deal, all of them splashy. Now comes the splashy spec script deal. 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