![Jonas Cuaron]()
Starts
Desierto
02/24/2014
Logline: A group of illegal immigrants who are trying to get into the U.S. run into a racist who has taken it upon himself to patrol the border.
Production Companyies: BN Films, Canana Films
Director: Jonas Cuaron
Executive Producers: Lucas Akoskin, Gael Garcia Bernal
Producers: Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron, Alex Garcia, Santiago Garcia Galvan
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gael Garcia Bernal
Screenwriters: Jonás Cuarón, Mateo Garcia
SSN Insight: This marks Jonas Cuaron’s first feature film as a director.
Rules Don’t Apply
02/21/2014
Logline: Howard Hughes has an affair with a young woman in the later years of his life.
Production Company: RatPac Entertainment, New Regency,
Director: Warren Beatty
Executive Producers: James Packer, Warren Beatty
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Lily Collins, Warren Beatty
Screenwriters: Warren Beatty
SSN Insight: It took over two decades before this project went into production. As Beatty’s passion project, this is the first film he has directed since 1998.
Home
02/24/2014
Logline: A man, fresh out of prison and under provisional house arrest at his recently deceased father's house, struggles with his own psychological delusions.
Production Company: GK Films, Appian Way, Blumhouse Productions
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Producers: Steven Schneider, Graham King, Tim Headington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Micahel Hampton, Jason Blum
Cast: Topher Grace, Patricia Clarkson, Genesis Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Adam Alleca
SSN Insight: Script was originally optioned by Wes Craven and Marianne Maddalena's Craven/Maddalena Films, using its discretionary fund.
Agent 47
02/24/2014
Logline: A genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47 becomes conflicted by his conscience and unfamiliar emotions.
Studio: Fox International Productions
Production Companies: Daybreak Productions, Giant Pictures, Prime Universe Films
Director: Aleksander Bach
Executive Producers: Daniel Alter, Michael Hendrickson
Producers: Charles Gordon, Alex Young, Adrian Askarieh
Cast: Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware
Screenwriters: Skip Woods, Michael Finch
Details: Based on the video game
Hitman: Codename 47, released by Eidos in December 2000.
SSN Insight: Rupert Friend took over the lead role which Paul Walker was previously attached to star in prior to him passing away.
Suffragette
02/24/2014
Logline: The story of British women in the early 20th Century who fought for the right to vote.
Production Company: Film4, Ruby Films
Director: Sarah Gavron
Executive Producers: Katherine Butler, Cameron McCracken
Producers: Alison Owen, Faye Ward
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson
Screenwriters: Abi Morgan
SSN Insight: Previously in development at Focus Features.
Wraps
The 33
02/20/2014
Logline: Recounting the true life story the collapse of the Chilean mine and the rescue of the 33 miners who were trapped underground for 69 days.
Production Companies: Half Circle, Phoenix Pictures, Dynamo Capital
Director: Patricia Riggen
Executive Producers: Carlos Eugenio Lavin, Leopoldo Enriquez, Alan Zhang
Producers: Mike Meadavoy, Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Bernie Williams
Cast: James Brolin, Antonio Banderas, Martin Sheen, Juliette Binoche
Screenwriters: Craig Borten, Michael Thomas, Mikko Alanne, Jose Rivera
Details: Mike Medavoy has acquired the life rights of the story of the 33 Chilean miners.
SSN Insight: Jennifer Lopez was previously attached to star.
Lila and Eve
Logline: After their children are killed in a drive-by shooting, two grief-stricken mothers plot revenge for their deaths.
Studio: A+E Networks
Production Companies: Chick Flick Productions, JuVee
Director: Charles Stone III
Executive Producers: Julius Tennon, Viola Davis, Rob Sharenow, Tanya Lopez, Lisa Hamilton Daly, Molly Thompson, Damian Ganczewski
Producers: Darrin Reed, Sara Risher
Cast: Yolonda Ross, Jennifer Lopez, Viola Davis
Screenwriters: Patrick Gilfillan
SSN Insight: This reunites Jennifer Lopez and Viola Davis who previously starred in
Out of Sight together.
