NEW ATTACHMENTS
Dr. Strange
Logline: Dr. Stephen Strange loses his ability to operate after a terrible accident, but finds new purpose when a mystical being known as the Ancient One reveals that Dr. Strange is the newly designated Sorcerer Supreme, responsible for protecting the planet from evil.
Studio/Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Company(s): Marvel Entertainment
Producer(s): Kevin Feige
Writer(s): Jon Spaihts, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Josh Oppenheimer, David S. Goyer, Michael France
Director(s): Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen (in talks)
Details: Based on the Marvel Comics character of Dr. Strange created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko who debuted in the series in 1963.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at Savoy Pictures with Wes Craven attached to write and direct. Project was previously set up at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Everything Will Be Fine
Logline: A man who accidentally struck and killed a child with his car still cannot let go of his guilt twelve years later.
Studio/Distributor: IFC Films
Production Company(s): Bac Films Distribution, ZDF/Arte, Neue Road Movies, Gata Film, Montauk Productions, MER Film
Producer(s): Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel, Jeremy Thomas, Erwin M Schmidt
Writer(s): Bjorn Olaf Johannessen
Director(s): Wim Wenders
Cast: Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marie-Josie Croze, Robert Naylor
SSN Insight: Sarah Polley had been attached to play the girlfriend.
Five Against a Bullet
Logline: In Mexico, after a man’s father is killed by a drug cartel, he vows to run for office and clean up the streets despite the high degree of danger. He then must try to accomplish this task while staying one step ahead of the drug cartels pursuing him.
Production Company(s): Di Bonaventura Pictures, Red Dragon Productions, Mimran Schur Pictures, Suretone Pictures
Producer(s): Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Jordan Schur, Sandrine De Clercq, David Mimran
Writer(s): Joe Carnahan, Alex Litvak
Director(s): Joe Carnahan
SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Columbia Pictures. Bruce Willis was previously attached to star.
Gold
Logline: Loosely based on a true story, an enormous amount of gold is discovered in the jungles of Indonesia in 1993, leading to a scandal involving the mining corporation.
Production Company(s): j.k. livin Productions, Hwy61 Films, Black Bear Pictures
Producer(s): Michael Nozik, Teddy Schwarzman, Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Matthew McConaughey
Writer(s): Patrick Massett, John Zinman
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell
SSN Insight: Michael Mann previously attached to direct and produce. Spike Lee previously attached to direct. Michelle Williams was previously attached to the role played by Bryce Dallas Howard.
James White
Logline: A young New Yorker struggles to take control of his reckless, self destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.
Studio/Distributor: The Film Arcade
Production Company(s): Borderline Films , Relic Pictures
Producer(s): Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, Max Born, Eric Schultz
Writer(s): Josh Mond
Director(s): Josh Mond
Cast: Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Kid Cudi, Makenzie Leigh, Ron Livingston
SSN Insight: The Film Arcade will be making an awards push for the film with the release date set for November 13.
Live by Night
Logline: A young gangster climbs through the ranks during the Prohibition era.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Production Company(s): Pearl Street Films, Appian Way
Producer(s): Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Ben Affleck
Writer(s): Ben Affleck
Director(s): Ben Affleck
Cast: Ben Affleck, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina (in negotiations)
Details: Based on the novel “Live by Night,” written by Dennis Lehane and published by William Morrow on October 2, 2012.
SSN Insight: Messina previously was seen in Affleck’s critical and commercial hit Argo.
Code Name Veil
Logline: A young CIA agent struggles to maintain his morality while navigating dangerous and absurd conditions in 1980s Beirut.
Studio/Distributor:
Production Company(s): Black Label Media
Producer(s): Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill
Writer(s): Matt Billingsly
Director(s): Matt Cuesta
Cast: Ansel Elgort
SSN Insight: In August, 2015, the California Film Commission picked the film as one of 11 films to share $55.2 million in incentives and receive up to 25 percent in tax credits. Previously in development at Harms Way Productions.
Marjorie Prime
Logline: As elderly Marjorie’s memories begin to fail her, she subscribes to a service that provides holographic recreations of her deceased loved ones as she would like to remember them.
Production Company(s): BB Films
Producer(s): Uri Singer
Writer(s): Michael Almereyda
Director(s): Michael Almereyda
Cast: Jon Hamm (in talks)
Details: Based on the play “Marjorie Prime” written by Jordan Harrison which premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles on September 10, 2014.
SSN Insight: Hamm is in ongoing talks for the role of Walter. Production is scheduled to begin in October.
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: 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, Armie Hammer
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 Universal Pictures International secured the rights at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in a reportedly $20 Million deal, marking one of the biggest deal in Cannes history.
Oxford
Logline: An American college student falls in love with a terminally ill Oxford professor.
Studio/Distributor: Screen Gems
Production Company(s): Temple Hill Entertainment
Producer(s): Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey
Writer(s): Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Allison Burnett
Cast: Melissa Benoist, Sam Heughan
SSN Insight: Benoist will next be seen in the CBS upcoming series, Supergirl. Sam Heughan plays the lead role in the Starz hit series Outlander.
Rebel in the Rye
Logline: JD Salinger is followed from the early days of his writing career, though his service in WWII, which change him forever and help him find his voice as a writer.
Production Company(s): Blue Star Entertainment, Bruce Cohen Productions, Black Label Media
Producer(s): Danny Strong, Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, Thad Luckinbill, Bruce Cohen
Writer(s): Danny Strong
Director(s): Danny Strong
Cast: Nicholas Hoult
Details: Based on the biography “JD Salinger: A Life” written by Kenneth Slawenski and published by Random House in 2010.
SSN Insight: Nicholas Hoult’s upcoming films include Autobahn, Equals, Kill Your Friends and X-Men: Apocalypse.
Russ & Roger Go Beyond
Logline: This is the story of the collaboration between provocative filmmaker Russ Meyer and film critic Roger Ebert while they made “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.”
Studio/Distributor: STX Entertainment
Production Company(s): Permut Productions, Sobini Films, Chautauqua Entertainment
Producer(s): Mark Amin, David Permut, Richard Waltzer, Cami Winikoff, Tyler Boehm
Writer(s): Michael Winterbottom, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Chris Cluess
Director(s): Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Will Ferrell, Josh Gad
SSN Insight: Josh Gad is currently attached to the Untitled Permut Presentations/Sam Kinison Project in active development, Gilligan’s Island also in active development, Angry Birds in production the Beauty and the Beast that wrapped.
The Brits Are Coming
Logline: A con artist couple from Britain who owe a huge debt to a Russian gangster travel to Los Angeles and plan a big diamond heist.
Production Company(s): Primary Wave Entertainment, Autumn Pictures, Golden Gate Media
Producer(s): Cassian Elwes, J.C. Chandor, Robert Ogden Barnum, David Hansen, William Clevinger
Writer(s): James Oakley, Alexander G. Michaelides
Director(s): James Oakley
Cast: Uma Thurman, Stephen Fry, Maggie Q, Sofia Vergara, Tim Roth, Parker Posey, Alice Eve
SSN Insight: Kristin Chenoweth and Steven Berkoff were previously attached as cast members.
The Circle
Logline: storyline under wraps.
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, Karen Gillan
Details: Based on the novel “The Circle” written by Dave Eggers and published by McSweeney’s in October, 2013.
SSN Insight: Alicia Vikander was previously attached to co-star. Karen Gillan was previously seen on Doctor Who and Guardians Of The Galaxy.
The House
Logline: After they lose their daughter’s college fund, a couple start an illegal casino in their basement to try to earn it back.
Studio/Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Company(s): Gary Sanchez Productions, Good Universe
Producer(s): Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Writer(s): Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien
Director(s): Andrew Jay Cohen
Cast: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins
SSN Insight: The film was in a bidding war earlier this year, with New Line winning and setting a $40 million budget.
The Journey
Logline: After three decades of not speaking, Ian Paisley, staunch evangelical Protestant and advocate for Northern Ireland, and Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA are forced to ride in a car together. Will their proximity help in the quest for peace?
Production Company(s): Tempo Productions, Generator Entertainment, Greenroom Entertainment
Producer(s): Nick Hamm, Mark Huffam, Piers Tempest
Writer(s): Colin Bateman
Director(s): Nick Hamm
Cast: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney
SSN Insight: CAA and Bloom are selling the project on a promo reel at Cannes. Liam Neeson and Kenneth Branagh were previously attached to star.
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.
Studio/Distributor: No Studio Available.
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, Angus MacFadyen
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 Pictures. Brad Pitt previously attached to star.
Untitled Jason Bourne Sequel
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pearl Street Films, Captivate Entertainment
Producer(s): Frank Marshall, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Jeffrey Weiner, Ben Smith
Writer(s): Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse
Director(s): Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel
Details: Sequel to “The Bourne Identity” (2002) directed by Doug Liman and starring Matt Damon. Based on the novel “The Bourne Supremacy” written by Robert Ludlum and published by Bantam Books in 1987.
SSN Insight: Cassel will next appear in Partisan, scheduled for an October 2 release.
Untitled Richard Pryor Biopic
Logline: This biopic about brilliant but troubled comedian Richard Pryor focuses on his life and career during the 1970s.
Studio/Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Production Company(s): Bruce Cohen Productions
Producer(s): Jennifer Lee Pryor, Bruce Cohen
Writer(s): Bill Condon, Danny Strong
Director(s): Lee Daniels
Cast: Mike Epps, Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Kate Hudson
SSN Insight: Michael B. Jordan, Marlon Wayans, Mike Epps and Nick Cannon were being considered to play Pryor before Mike Epps got the role.
Untitled Woody Allen 2015 Feature Film
Logline: Logline under wraps.
Production Company(s): Gravier Productions
Producer(s): Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Walson
Writer(s): Woody Allen
Director(s): Woody Allen
Cast: Steve Carell, Jeannie Berlin, Jesse Eisenberg, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart
SSN Insight: Bruce Willis was previously attached as a co-star, and withdrew from the project shortly after principal photography began because of commitments to appear in the Broadway stage adaptation of Stephen King’s “Misery.” Steve Carell filled the role in his place.
The Headhunter’s Calling
Logline: Follows Dane Jensen, a corporate headhunter who works at Blackrock Recruiting arranging jobs for engineers. He is well on his way to achieving his longtime work goal of taking over the company when his 10-year-old son falls ill and his personal and professional priorities clash.
Producer(s): Alan Siegel, Mark Williams, Gerard Butler
Writer(s): Bill Dubuque
Director(s): Mark Williams
Cast: Gerard Butler
SSN Insight: Marks the directorial debut for Mark Williams. Production begins October 26 in Toronto. Voltage Pictures will handle international rights and CAA domestic, with sales opening at Toronto this month.
SFv1
Logline: Set in the future when humanity has spread out into interplanetary colonies, the film follows Sy, a drifter who falls in with Kane, an off-world military contractor trying to rescue his daughter Indi from peril while evading a global crisis caused by the military contracting company he works for.
Production Company(s): A Storm Alley Entertainment, Eclectik Vision, Phonetic Images
Producer(s): Matthew Graham, Brett Thornquest, Sidonie Abbene and Shane Abbess
Writer(s): Shane Abbess
Director(s): Shane Abbess
Cast: Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford, Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Teagan Croft
SSN Insight: Currently filming in Sydney and the Australian Outback. Worldwide sales are being overseen by XYZ Films.
A.R.C.H.I.E.
Logline: A robotic dog named Archie, who was created to help those in need, escapes when the military shuts down the research program that created him.
Production Company(s): Trilight Entertainment
Producer(s): Shayne Putzlocher, Glenn Paradis, Sara Shaak
Writer(s): Robin Dunne
Director(s): Robin Dunne
Cast: Katharine Isabelle, Michael J. Fox, Robin Dunne
SSN Insight: Michael J. Fox will voice the dog Archie in the film. This marks the feature film debut for filmmaker Robin Dunne (Just Friends, Sanctuary) as he will co-star.
NEW PROJECTS
Oh! Heavenly Dog
Logline: After a private investigator is killed, he gets a chance at redemption, coming back to Earth as a dog in order to solve his own murder.
Studio/Distributor: Fox 2000
Production Company(s): Temple Hill Ent.
Producer(s): Brandon Camp, Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey
Writer(s): Dave Johnson, Tim Hill
Director(s): Tim Hill
Details: Remake of the 1980 Chevy Chase comedy Oh! Heavenly Dog.
SSN Insight: Producer Brandon Camp is the son of the original movie’s director and co-writer, Joe Camp.
Heist
Logline: Storyline about a daring heist is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer(s): Nico Mastorakis
Writer(s): Chris Frazier, Charlie Frazier
SSN Insight: WB production exec Cate Adams will oversee the project. Chris and Charlie Frazier also wrote In the Company of Lies, in active development with Brett Ratner producing.
Untitled Lucille Ball Biopic
Logline: The biopic focuses on the 20-year marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Production Company(s): Escape Artists
Producer(s): Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr.
Writer(s): Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Cate Blanchett
SSN Insight: Cate Blanchett was recently seen in the film fest favorite, Carol which TWC picked up. She will also be seen in Truth from Sony Pictures Classic, Jungle Book: Origins, an Untitled Terrence Malick/Christian Bale project and Cancer Vixen.
The Kid
Logline: A young boy tracks down Billy the Kid for help when his father is murdered, and disillusioned with the legend, finds a real hero who takes on the challenge.
Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Company(s): Upload Films , Silver Lining Entertainment, Suretone Pictures
Producer(s): Jordan Schur, Nick Thurlow, Sam Maydew
Writer(s): Andrew Lanham
Director(s): Vincent D’Onofrio
Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, James Franco, Ethan Hawke
SSN Insight: Daredevil star Vincent D’Onofrio marks his feature directorial debut with this film.
The Second Life of Nick Mason
Logline: A man released early from prison is forced to do anything a crime lord asks, and is hounded by the cop who put him away.
Studio/Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Company(s): The Story Factory, Color Force
Producer(s): Shane Salerno, Nina Jacobson
Details: Based on the novel “The Second Life of Nick Mason” written by Steve Hamilton; to be published by Putnam in May 2016.
SSN Insight: The acquisition is in line with the author’s shift to Putnam after the end of his 17-year relationship with St. Martin’s Press. Putnam will publish the novel in spring 2016.
The Titan
Logline: In the near future, a military family is relocated so they can participate in a ground-breaking experiment of man’s genetic evolution into space.
Production Company(s): Motion Picture Capital, 42, Automatik
Producer(s): Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Benjamin Pugh, Rory Aitken, Arash Amel, Leon Clarance
Writer(s): Max Hurwitz
Director(s): Lennart Ruff
Cast: Sam Worthington, Ruth Wilson, Sofia Boutella
SSN Insight: The film will begin shooting January 18 in Europe. Voltage Pictures will start international sales at Toronto with CAA overseeing domestic sales. Leon Clarance and Motion Picture Capital are fully financing the film.