Kool HercMadonna and Guy Oseary's Maverick Films has acquired the spec "Kool Herc's Breakbeat" by tyro scribe Paul Hirsch in a deal worth low-six figures, reports Variety.
Storyline is described as an odd-couple misadventure that centers on two DJs searching for an elusive but prized hip-hop record entitled "Kool Herc's Breakbeat."
Herc and his famed "Breakbeat" record are known to be real-life catalysts to the hip-hop movement: By most accounts, Herc was the first DJ to buy two copies of the same record in order to lengthen a 15-second "break," or rhythmic instrumental segment. By mixing back and forth between the two copies of the identical records, DJ Kool Herc was able to indefinitely extend the "break." In so doing, he introduced the turntable as a musical instrument in and of itself, and gave rise to the hip-hop DJ.
"I'm really excited," said Hirsch. "My first script is with a production company that has such a strong background and reputation within the music world."