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Independent producer Lawrence Grey at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.

Independent producer Lawrence Grey at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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Million-dollar screenplay sales in recent months by independent producer Lawrence Grey for ‘Section 6’ and ‘Winter’s Knight’ show the market is improving after several years in decline.

Lawrence Grey

Independent producer Lawrence Grey, right, works with a writer, Zak Olkewitz, left, at The Last Bookstore, in Los Angeles.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Lawrence Grey

Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Lawrence Grey

Six months later, in March, he sold the screenplay for “Winter’s Knight” the same way, for the same price.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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