Pictures has pre-emptively picked up the script "Things to Do Before I Die" for David Heyman to produce through his Heyday Films shingle. The script sale injected some life into what has been a relatively quiet spec script market and also put its two first-time writers on the map. Helms had been working various temp jobs, while Linden was an assistant at Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video.

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