 After initially failing with the William Morris Agency, they sold the script to a Showtime director for a mere $25,000; unfortunately, before the Creative Artists Agency had reviewed it.CAA had found a lucrative buyer but the director refused to sell and instead what he felt was a lackluster movie, "The Runner", was produced in 1999 (although it starred John Goodman, Courteney Cox, and Ron Eldard).Abraham wrote his first script, which he calls boilerplate, for John Wells which got him some exposure.