Now this is a hangover we can get behind: 2011’s pace of spec sales continued unabated through January 2012. In fact, last month’s numbers were higher than all but the two busiest months of 2011. In other words, January 2012 had the third highest number of monthly spec sales in more than five years. Here are our favorite highlights:
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Five of January’s 15 buyers were studios, including perennial market leader Warner Bros. and Disney, which bought just two specs in each of the past three years. Previously, no studio had picked up a spec script in January since the WGA strike.