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HHHH
9/14/2015
Logline: The true story of the assassination of Hitler’s colleague, Reinhard Heydrich.
Production Company(s): Legende Films, Echo Lake Entertainment, FilmNation, Adama Pictures
Director(s): Cedric Jimenez
Producer(s): Ilan Goldman, Simon Istolainen
Cast: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O’Connell, Jack Reynor
Writer(s): David Farr, Audrey Diwan, Cedric Jimenez
Details: Based on the book “HHhH” by Laurent Binet; published by Grasset in 2009.
SSN Insight: Screenplay was included in the 2014 Brit List.
Little Pink House
9/14/2015
Logline: The story behind the infamous 2005 Kelo v. City of New London Supreme Court decision.
Production Company(s): Brightlight Pictures, Korchula Productions
Director(s): Courtney Balaker
Executive Producer(s): Shawn Williamson
Producer(s): Shawn Williamson, Courtney Balaker, Ted Balaker, Joel Soisson
Cast: Catherine Keener
Writer(s): Courtney Balaker
Details: Based on Jeff Benedict’s nonfiction book “Little Pink House”.
SSN Insight: Catherine Keener is also attached to wrapped films: November Criminals, The Greens Are Gone and Unless along with Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 that’s awaiting release.
Loving
9/16/2015
Logline: The true story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving’s historical Supreme Court case that eradicated laws against marriage between interracial couples.
Production Company(s): Sarah Green Film Corp., Big Beach, Augusta Films, The Zoo, Raindog Films
Director(s): Jeff Nichols
Executive Producer(s): Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jack Turner, Jared Goldman
Producer(s): Sarah Green, Nancy Buirski, Colin Firth, Ged Doherty, Marc Turtletaub
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga
Writer(s): Jeff Nichols
SSN Insight: Jeff Nichols also wrote and directed Midnight Special for WB that’s awaiting release and wrote the script for Aquaman that’s in development.
Star Wars: Episode 8
9/15/2015
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Studio/Distributor(s): Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Production Company(s): Bad Robot, Kasdan Pictures, Lucasfilm, Ltd., Ram Bergman Productions
Director(s): Rian Johnson
Executive Producer(s): Kathleen Kennedy
Producer(s): Bryan Burk, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Ram Bergman
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill
Writer(s): Rian Johnson
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: Rian Johnson also wrote a treatment for Star Wars: Episode 9. He previously wrote and directed the films Looper, The Brothers Bloom, and Brick.
The House
9/14/2015
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(s): New Line Cinema
Production Company(s): Gary Sanchez Productions, Good Universe
Director(s): Andrew Jay Cohen
Executive Producer(s): Jessica Elbaum, Chris Henchy, Spencer Wong
Producer(s): Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane
Cast: Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins, Cedric Yarbrough, Frank Gerrish
Writer(s): Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien
SSN Insight: Amy Poehler will next be seen alongside Tina Fey in Sisters. Looking forward, she’s attached to Schooled and Balls at Universal along with Groupies at Paramount, all in active development.
The Kaiser’s Last Kiss
9/14/2015
Logline: A fictionalized account of the last years in Nazi occupied Holland of Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor.
Production Company(s): Egoli Tossell Film, Ostar Enterprises, uMedia, Alton Road Productions
Director(s): David Leveaux
Executive Producer(s): Bill Haber, Phil Geier, Claudia Bluemhuber, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel
Producer(s): Judith Tossell, Lou Pitt, Jens Meurer
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer
Writer(s): Simon Burke, Lionel Chetwynd, Alan Sharp
Details: Based on the novel “Kaiser’s Last Kiss” written by Alan Judd and published by HarperCollins in 2003.
SSN Insight: Christopher Plummer can next seen in Remember, to be released by A24. He’s also attached to A Girl and a Gun and Little Mizz Innocent, both in development.
The Purge 3
9/16/2015
Logline: On one night during the year, murder is legal and bad things happen to people who don’t stay locked in their homes.
Studio/Distributor(s): Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures
Production Company(s): Why Not Productions, Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions
Director(s): James DeMonaco
Producer(s): Jason Blum, Sebastien Lemercier, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form
Cast: Frank Grillo, Betty Gabriel, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor, Joseph Julian Soria
Writer(s): James DeMonaco
Details: Based on the film The Purge in 2013 and a sequel to the film The Purge: Anarchy, released in 2014.
SSN Insight: James DeMonaco previously wrote and directed Purge and its sequel. He’s currently attached as a write on Gangster and The Listener, both in development.
Untitled STX Entertainment Sci-Fi Project
9/14/2015
Logline: A boy born to an American astronaut while on a mission to Mars and raised on a space station returns to Earth as a teen and embarks on a US road trip in search of the father he has never met.
Studio/Distributor(s): STX Entertainment
Production Company(s): Southpaw Entertainment, STX Entertainment
Director(s): Peter Chelsom
Executive Producer(s): Allan Loeb, Steven Pearl, Sasha Harari, Douglas Urbanski
Producer(s): Gabrielle Jerou
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino
Writer(s): Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay, Allan Loeb
SSN Insight: Project was previously set up at Relativity Media with Robbie Brenner attached to produce and Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley attached as Executive Producers.
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Breaking Through
9/15/2015
Logline: When Casey, a dancer who is discovered on YouTube, gets thrust into the modern world of internet celebrity and culture, she must find a way to balance her true identity with her online persona, or risk losing everything she cares about.
Studio/Distributor(s): XLrator Media
Production Company(s): BB Films, F.J. Productions, Get Lifted Film Co., Mad Horse Films, Perimeter Group
Director(s): John Swetnam
Executive Producer(s): John Legend, Ty Stiklorius
Producer(s): Mike Jackson, Uri Singer, Luis Fragali, Fabio Golombek
Cast: Bruna Marquezine, Julie Warner, Sophia Aguiar, Marissa Heart, Jay Ellis
Writer(s): John Swetnam
SSN Insight: John Swetnam is currently attached as the writer on an untitled Paramount/Bad Robot action project, wrote a spec script for the film Spinback in active development at Summit.
Ghostbusters (Reboot)
9/18/2015
Logline: With paranormal activity on the rise, a Columbia University academic, her ghost-chasing friend, the friend’s business partner, and an MTA employee join forces to bust ghosts and save New York.
Studio/Distributor(s): Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Company(s): The Montecito Picture Company, Apatow Productions, Ocean Pictures, Quantity Entertainment, Feigco Entertainment, Pascal Pictures
Director(s): Paul Feig
Executive Producer(s): Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson
Producer(s): Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Gene Stupnitsky, Ali Bell, Lee Eisenberg
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Dan Aykroyd
Writer(s): Katie Dippold, Paul Feig, Etan Cohen, Dan Aykroyd, Ivan Reitman
Details: Reboot of “Ghostbusters” (1984) and “Ghostbusters II” (1989) both directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver.
SSN Insight: Project will reportedly bring back the original team of Ghostbusters.
Running Wild
9/18/2015
Logline: A widow works with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her ranch.
Production Company(s): ESX Entertainment
Director(s): Alex Ranarivelo
Producer(s): Ali Afshar, Forrest Lucas
Cast: Sharon Stone, Dorian Brown, Jason Lewis, Tommy J Flanagan
Writer(s): Brian Rudnick, Christina Moore
SSN Insight: Alex Ranarivelo previously wrote and directed the featuers Knuckle Draggers and Born to Race.
The Magnificent Seven (Remake)
9/18/2015
Logline: A woman hires a group of gunslingers to protect her town from rampaging bandits.
Studio/Distributor(s): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Company(s): Roger Birnbaum Productions
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
Executive Producer(s): Guy Riedel
Producer(s): Roger Birnbaum, Todd Black
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Haley Bennett, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio
Writer(s): John Lee Hancock, Nic Pizzolatto
SSN Insight: Tom Cruise was previously attached to star Lawrence Kasdan previously attached to direct when project was in development at United Artists. Previously in development at United Artists who hired Terry Swann and Mark Kasdan to write.