NEW ATTACHMENTS
Andorra
Logline: A mysterious American picks up and moves to the country of Andorra where he befriends two women, but when a dead body turns up, the American must prove his innocence.
Production Company(s): Jump Street Films Pty Ltd., Unicorn Films
Producer(s): Jamie Bialkower, Lizzette Atkins
Writer(s): Peter Cameron, Jamie Bialkower
Director(s): Fred Schepisi
Details: Based on the novel “Andorra,” written by Peter Cameron and published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in January 1997.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Cargo Entertainment.
Bastards
Logline: Two brothers, raised to believe their biological father died, find out their mother slept with many powerful and famous men in the 1970s and the siblings hit the road to find their real father.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Production Company(s): Alcon Entertainment, The Montecito Picture Company, DMG Entertainment
Producer(s): Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock, Ali Bell
Writer(s): Justin Malen
Director(s): Lawrence Sher
Cast: Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Ving Rhames, Terry Bradshaw
SSN Insight: Paramount Pictures acquired the spec script from writer Justin Malen in a reported six-figure deal. Project was previously set up at Paramount, but went into turnaround. Jason Sudeikis was previously attached to co-star.
Book of Henry
Logline: A precocious little boy, being raised by his single mother and serving as a surrogate father to his younger brother, develops feelings for the girl next door and, to protect her from ongoing harm at the hands of her father, plots a murder.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features
Production Company(s): Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Double Nickel Entertainment
Producer(s): Carla Hacken, Sidney Kimmel, Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman, Matt Berenson
Writer(s): Gregg Hurwitz
Director(s): Colin Trevorrow
Cast: Naomi Watts (final negoitations), Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay
SSN Insight: Thea Sharrock was previously attached to direct.
Gifted
Logline: A thirty year old man attempts to continue raising his deceased sister’s seven year old daughter, a kid-genius, while battling his own mother for custody.
Production Company(s): FilmNation
Producer(s): Karen Lunder, Andy Cohen
Writer(s): Tom Flynn
Director(s): Marc Webb
Cast: Chris Evans
SSN Insight: Chris Evans can next be seen in Before We Go, which he produced and directed as well set for a September 4 release by Radius-TWC.
Girl on the Train
Logline: A young woman gets mixed up in a murder investigation because of what she sees on her daily commute.
Studio/Distributor(s): DreamWorks Studios
Production Company(s): Marc Platt Productions
Producer(s): Marc Platt
Writer(s): Erin Cressida Wilson
Director(s): Tate Taylor
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson
Details: Based on the novel “Girl on the Train” written by Paula Hawkins and published by Riverhead Books in 2015.
SSN Insight: Rebecca Ferguson was last seen in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Kate Mara was mentioned to co-star.
Jungle Cruise
Logline: Script under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Company(s): Davis Entertainment
Producer(s): John Davis, John Fox
Writer(s): John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Robert S H Schulman
Cast: Dwayne Johnson
Details: Based on the Disneyland ride “Jungle Cruise.”
SSN Insight: Timur Bekmambetov was previously mentioned to direct. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen were previously attached to co-star.
LBJ
Logline: Lyndon Johnson goes from powerful Senate Majority Leader, powerless Vice President to President of the United States following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Production Company(s): Castle Rock Entertainment, Star Thrower Entertainment, Acacia Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings
Producer(s): Matthew George, Rob Reiner, Liz Glotzer, Michael Williams, Tim White
Writer(s): Joey Hartstone
Director(s): Rob Reiner
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Kim Allen
SSN Insight: Project was included in the 2014 Black List.
Neighbors 2
Logline: In this sequel, a sorority moves next door to married parents Mac and Kelly, who turn to their former nemeses from the Delta Psi Beta fraternity to help battle the wild young women.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Point Grey Pictures, Good Universe
Producer(s): Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Writer(s): Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien
Director(s): Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Ike Barinholtz, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dave Franco
Details: Sequel to “Neighbors” (2014), directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Zac Efron.
SSN Insight: Dave Franco can next be seen in Nerve, Zeroville, and Now You See Me 2 awaiting release.
Nocturnal Animals
Logline: Susan receives a manuscript from her ex-husband, and reading it causes her recall her first marriage and confront some dark truths about herself.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features
Production Company(s): Fade to Black Productions
Producer(s): Tom Ford, Robert Salerno
Writer(s): Tom Ford
Director(s): Tom Ford
Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger
Details: Based on the novel “Tony and Susan” written by Austin Wright and published by Baskerville Publishers in 1993.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Smokehouse Pictures with George Clooney and Grant Heslov attached to produce. Focus Features and Univers
Rams
Logline: Two brothers battle to save their ancestral sheep stock following a disease outbreak in the secluded Icelandic valley where they live.
Studio/Distributor(s): The Cohen Media Group
Production Company(s): Netop Films
Producer(s): Grimur Hakonarson
Writer(s): Grimur Hakonarson
Director(s): Grimur Hakonarson
Cast: Sigurdur Sigurjonson, Theodor Juliusson, Charlotte Boving, Gunnar Jensson, Thorleifur Einarsson
SSN Insight: Won the Cannes Un Certain Regard prize at this year’s fest.
Star Wars: Episode 9
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Company(s): Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Writer(s): Rian Johnson
Director(s): Colin Trevorrow
Details: Sequel to “Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope” (1977) directed by George Lucas and starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
SSN Insight: Director Colin Trevorrow’s previous film, Jurassic World has grossed $1.4 billion worldwide. He was confirmed as director at Disney’s convention, D23 in Anaheim last weekend.
Sully
Logline: The story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the airline pilot who safely landed U.S. Airways flight 1549 on the frozen Hudson River in 2009.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company(s): Kennedy/Marshall Company, Malpaso Productions, Flashlight Films
Producer(s): Frank Marshall, Allyn Stewart, Clint Eastwood, Tim Moore
Writer(s): Todd Komarnicki
Director(s): Clint Eastwood
Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Holt McCallany
Details: Based on the book “Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters” written by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow and published by William Morrow on October 13, 2009.
SSN Insight: Kathleen Kennedy was previously attached to produce.
Tag
Logline: Storyline under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): 20th Century Fox
Production Company(s): Boom! Studios
Producer(s): Ross Richie, Stephen Christy
Writer(s): Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
Director(s): John R Leonetti
Details: Based on the comic book mini-series “Tag” written by Keith Giffen illustrated by Kody Chamberlain published by Boom! Studios; June 7, 2006.
SSN Insight: Previously in development at Universal, but when the rights reverted back to BOOM!, they brought it to Fox under their first-look deal with the studio.
The Circle
Logline: Follows the iconized boy-wonder visionary of the Circle, an Internet monopoly which links users’ personal emails, social media, banking and purchasing with their universal operating system. The result is one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency.
Production Company(s): Playtone, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, Likely Story
Producer(s): Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Anthony Bregman, James Ponsoldt, Walter F Parkes
Director(s): James Ponsoldt
Cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega
Details: Based on the novel “The Circle” writte by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney’s in October, 2013.
SSN Insight: Alicia Vikander was previously attached to co-star.
The Godmother
Logline: The true story of Griselda Blanco, who became the deadliest, and wealthiest woman to head a Colombian drug cartel.
Production Company(s): First Born Films
Producer(s): Daniela Cristina Cretu
Writer(s): Frank Baldwin
Director(s): Gerard Johnson
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Olivier Martinez, Mehdi Dehbi, Alexa Demie
SSN Insight: Life rights of Griselda Blanco optioned by Daniela Cretu. Eva Sorhaug was previously attached as director. Jon Bernthal and Oscar Jaenada were previously attached as cast members.
The Lost City of Z
Logline: The true story of British explorer Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon.
Production Company(s): Keep Your Head Productions, Plan B Entertainment, MadRiver Pictures
Producer(s): Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Anthony Katagas, Dale Armin Johnson
Writer(s): James Gray
Director(s): James Gray
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland
Details: Based on the book “Lost City of Z” written by David Grann; published by Doubleday in February 2009. The book is an expansion of an article, written by Grann, that appeared in The New Yorker magazine in September 2005.
SSN Insight: Project previously set up at Paramount.
The Only Living Boy in New York
Logline: In New York City, a recent college graduate is at loose ends, a situation that’s not improved when he’s seduced by his powerful father’s 30-year-old mistress.
Studio/Distributor(s): Fox 2000
Production Company(s): Map Point Pictures, Bona Fide Productions
Producer(s): Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Danielle Renfrew
Writer(s): Marc Webb, Allan Loeb
Director(s): Marc Webb
Cast: Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges (in discussions), Rosamund Pike (in discussions)
SSN Insight: Seth Gordon was previously attached to direct. Previously in development at Columbia Pictures. Logan Lerman was previously attached to star.
Underworld V
Logline: In this fifth installment of the “Underworld” franchise, a new, younger generation of vampires and werewolves are embroiled in a supernatural race war.
Studio/Distributor(s): Screen Gems
Production Company(s): Lakeshore Entertainment
Producer(s): Gary Lucchesi, Len Wiseman, Richard Wright, Tom Rosenberg
Writer(s): Cory Goodman, Kyle Ward
Director(s): Anna Foerster
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies
SSN Insight: Anna Foerster is the first woman to direct a film in the “Underworld” franchise.
Valerian
Logline: A man and woman are partners for a space-time police organization.
Production Company(s): EuropaCorp, Fundamental Films
Producer(s): Virginie Silla
Writer(s): Luc Besson
Director(s): Luc Besson
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen
Details: Based on the comic book series “Valerian,” written by Pierre Christin and published in France by Pilote in 1967.
SSN Insight: During the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, China’s Fundamental Films agreed to invest $50,000,000 into this project, marking the biggest deal of the year’s festival.
War Machine
Logline: A satirical fictionalized behind-the-scenes look at the Afghanistan war from the military commanders with their high-stakes decisions and infighting, to the soldiers on patrol.
Studio/Distributor(s): Regency Enterprises, RatPac Entertainment, Netflix
Production Company(s): New Regency Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Ian Bryce Productions
Producer(s): Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ian Bryce
Writer(s): David Michôd
Director(s): David Michôd
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace, Scoot McNairy
Details: Based on the book “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan,” written by Michael Hastings and published by Penguin on January 5, 2012.
SSN Insight: When “War Machine” was in preproduction, Netflix acquired distribution rights
NEW PROJECTS
Dante’s Inferno (Warner Bros.)
Logline: Dante descends through the nine circles of hell in order to save the woman he loves.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company(s): Weed Road Pictures, Hollywood Gang Productions
Producer(s): Gianni Nunnari, Akiva Goldsman
Writer(s): Dwain Worrell
SSN Insight: Warner Bros. acquired the original script in a preemptive deal. Warner Bros. believes the epic love story may have franchise potential.
Gigantic
Logline: This retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale takes place in Spain and Jack befriends a female giant.
Studio/Distributor(s): Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Company(s): Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios
Producer(s): Dorothy McKim
Director(s): Nathan Greno
SSN Insight: Project was announced at Disney’s D23 convention. Oscar winning songwriting couple Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez will write an original song for the film.
Jack Goes Home
Logline: A man who returns home to take care of his injured mother after a car accident that took his father’s life discovers long buried secrets.
Production Company(s): SSS Entertainment, Yale Productions
Producer(s): Jordan Yale Levine, Scott Levenson, Thomas Dekker
Writer(s): Thomas Dekker
Director(s): Thomas Dekker
Cast: Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye, Britt Robertson, Nikki Reed, Daveigh Chase
SSN Insight: Project begins filming this week in Kingston, NY.
Kursk
Logline: On August 12, 2000 explosions aboard the Russian submarine Kursk caused it to sink during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea.
Studio/Distributor(s): Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution
Production Company(s): EuropaCorp
Writer(s): Robert Rodat
Director(s): Martin Zandvliet
Details: Based on the book “A Time to Die” written by Robert Moore and published by Crown in 2002.
SSN Insight: Zandvliet’s film Land Of Mine will premiere at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. Kursk will be his first English-language film.
Running Wild
Logline: A widow works with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her ranch.
Production Company(s): ESX Entertainment
Producer(s): Ali Afshar, Forrest Lucas
Writer(s): Brian Rudnick, Christina Moore
Director(s): Alex Ranarivelo
Cast: Sharon Stone, Dorian Brown
SSN Insight: New studio ESX’s film slate includes social issue drama The Wrong Side Of Right with Lea Thompson, coming-of-age story The Wizard starring Jon Voight and Afshar’s Born To Race franchise which includes a TV series.
Scooby-Doo (Reboot)
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company(s): Warner Bros. Animation, Atlas Entertainment
Producer(s): Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Allison Abbate
Writer(s): Matt Lieberman, Randall Green
Director(s): Tony Cervone
Details: Based on the Hanna-Barbera half-hour animated series “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?” (1969-74) which aired on ABC.
SSN Insight: Allison Abbate previously produced The Iron Giant, the Oscar-nominated features Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie.
The Garden
Logline: A group of explorers head into deep space looking for a new home for humanity when they learn that the sun is dying.
Studio/Distributor(s): Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company(s): Polymorphic Pictures
Producer(s): Polly Johnsen
Writer(s): Aaron Strongoni, E. B. Rhee
Details: Based on the proof of concept short film “The Garden” (2015) directed by E.B. Rhee, and a sci-fi re-imagining of Paradise Lost, the epic poem written by John Milton and published by Samuel Simmons in 1667.
SSN Insight: The VFX-heavy short was made for $30,000. The hope for the project is to start a new science fiction franchise.
The Shee
Logline: In 1960s Ireland, a troubled young woman confronts her violent and tragic past when she travels to a remote island.
Production Company(s): Blumhouse Productions, Roads Entertainment, Shadow Aspect
Producer(s): Jason Blum, Alan Maher, Ciaran Foy
Director(s): Ciaran Foy
SSN Insight: Ciaran Foy previously directed Sinister 2 for Blumhouse. Roads Entertainment, part of the Roads Group, is an Irish film production company founded by Maher and entrepreneur Danielle Ryan.
Untitled (A24/Phantom Four/Marc Munden Horror Project)
Logline: Storyline of the high concept horror film that takes place in a unique setting is under wraps.
Production Company(s): Phantom Four, A24, VisionChaos Productions
Producer(s): David S. Goyer, Kevin Turen, Eva Maria Daniels
Writer(s): Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
Director(s): Marc Munden
SSN Insight: Munden previously directed the acclaimed UK Channel 4 television series Utopia, and is onboard to direct the sci-fi thriller Aether for FilmNation.
Untitled (Lionsgate/Gotham Group/Sci-Fi Thriller Project)
Logline: Storyline of the sci-fi thriller is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Lionsgate
Production Company(s): Gotham/Principal
Producer(s): Eric Robinson, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Writer(s): John Gary
SSN Insight: John Gary has also been tapped to re-write a sci-fi feature at Paramount Pictures called Off-World originally written by Seth M. Sherwood as a starring vehicle for Josh Duhamel who is also producing.