'Big Daddy' Scribe Sells 'Skiptracer'

Steve Franks has sold Columbia his latest pitch, "Skiptracer," in a deal valued at mid-six against high-six figures, reports Variety.

In "Skiptracer," set in the Florida Keys, a high-society repo man, who specializes in reacquiring yachts, helicopters and sports cars, gets caught up in reuniting a kidnapped child with her mother.

The kid/adult rapport evolves to something akin to 1973's "Paper Moon."

Sony moved quickly to preemptively acquire the broad action/comedy pitch for producer Neal Moritz and his Columbia-based Original Films.